Every reader has his/her own opinion. thoughts, interpretations and meaning of words. A book is ones personal property friend where they feel free to express their views with pencil. Seems a pencil is most always the choice of editing. I guess it is intended so they might change their minds. I always enjoy reading others "pleasure scratching" as I call it, so I may sometime get a different prospective of the authors meaning. It seems so personal to read others pencil marks, sort of like looking into their soul. I always look in anticipation for these marks in previously owned books. When I purchase these books I feel I am getting a little of someone's life. Oh if books could talk; not in the new way!
I feel like I'm participating in an informal book club when I see (unobtrusive) underlining.
Nancy, I love that concept, an informal book club!
Every reader has his/her own opinion. thoughts, interpretations and meaning of words. A book is ones personal property friend where they feel free to express their views with pencil. Seems a pencil is most always the choice of editing. I guess it is intended so they might change their minds. I always enjoy reading others "pleasure scratching" as I call it, so I may sometime get a different prospective of the authors meaning. It seems so personal to read others pencil marks, sort of like looking into their soul. I always look in anticipation for these marks in previously owned books. When I purchase these books I feel I am getting a little of someone's life. Oh if books could talk; not in the new way!
Mary, this is so thoughtful about the pencil. Sam is using a Blackwing 602, since he learned from a friend that it's the pencil John Steinbeck used.