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I love finding a secondhand book with annotations, it feels so special to see a glimpse into what someone else was thinking while reading. Even if it's surface level notes for like a class or something, it makes me feel connected to the greater whole of humanity.
Jun 25, 2025
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I personally hate annotating or marking my books at all, even in high school when I was forced to highlight books in english class it felt sacrilegious. It was printed with the exact correct number of words, I do not need to add to it.
But, i do love when i get a copy of something and someone has underlined their favorite passages or scribbled some notes in the margins. Feels like taking a peek into someoneβs diary.
Feb 23, 2025
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I wanna know what past owners of my beloved books thought of the passages!! I want to know what YOU think! Books are meant to be annotated, shared, discussed and loved!!
May 14, 2025
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I like when a book has some scribbles or folded corners from a previous life. It makes me feel less anxious about keeping it pristine and it's honestly pretty romantic to sit and think about who held it before you.
Jan 22, 2024
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I don't have any specific ones on the top of my head but when I was looking for inspo for a magazine I was making I stumbled upon the collection of Zines on Internet Archive. They have categories for punk, feminist, art, fanzines, etc and they're fun to look through. They also have a category of unsorted ones that feels like digging through a bin trying to find hidden gems.
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But between the two, team Edward. Haven't read the books but that one scene in I think it's Eclipse? Where Jacob basically pulls a "kiss me or I'm gonna kms" where he threatens to run into battle because Bella won't return his affection... yeah, I was already a bit iffy on him at this point but this confirmed it for me. Really though, I watched these with a group of friends as a comedy, so I wasn't really on any "side" per se, I think they're all really dramatic. Bella is at most 18 during the course of the films, Jacob is even younger, and Edward is a really immature 100 year old. Even though she turned to a vampire for Edward I'm convinced IRL they would be divorced at 20.
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Watch the Aquabats Supershow!! Really camp and fun, side project of a ska band (Aquabats) with one former member being Travis Barker, now drummer for Blink-182. I need to go to an Aquabats concert so bad
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