[newbamboo]

I like to see others’ notes and highlighting, as long as it’s not too much. If the notes are banal or stupid it just makes me feel better about myself. If they are too smart for me or make connections I cannot, all the better.

My preference, rather than write in the book, is to write notes on little notepads and leave the note in the book as bookmarks. Probably not good for the books themselves if I add too many but it is convenient and I don’t have to worry about someone downstream finding my marginalia banal.