Why paper, why slow
Most of what I read never becomes a note. The ones that do are usually the passages I argued with in the margin. This site is simply those arguments, typed up before the pencil fades.
A quiet corner for reading notes. I read slowly, mostly on paper, and keep the margins here — one book at a time, no schedule, no newsletter.
On re-reading
A book read twice is two different books. The first pass belongs to the plot; the second belongs to the sentences. Lately I have been re-reading the shelf I built in my twenties, and it is not the shelf I remember.
Marginalia, a small defence
Writing in books horrifies some people. I think a clean page is a conversation politely declined. Pencil only, though — ink is a commitment I am not ready for.