tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19817992.post7413340749286270121..comments2023-09-23T10:42:30.066-04:00Comments on Maureen Wittmann: Writing in Books?Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01306638938982553941noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19817992.post-14956930764512674902006-12-28T17:59:00.000-05:002006-12-28T17:59:00.000-05:00After reading Adler's HTRAB, I've become a scribbl...After reading Adler's HTRAB, I've become a scribbler in my books....hey, doesn't that HELP the next reader out?! I love reading others' notes in the margins of old books. : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19817992.post-20175944912986198522006-12-28T13:10:00.000-05:002006-12-28T13:10:00.000-05:00Thanks! I really enjoyed this essay! My husband a...Thanks! I really enjoyed this essay! My husband and I are both fans of Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book. But it poses a special dilemma for our family. On the one hand, we have a very hard time re-selling books, but on the other hand, I have a hard time writing in them, or re-reading them when I have written in them. When I go back to one of my own books, I somehow feel like I want the re-read to be a "clean slate" in a new time. Still, I really like the encouragement to "make a book your own" by delving deeply into it. A good counterpoint to the "throwaway culture" we see, even in the bookstore world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com