Book Reading Glyphs

I thought I’d share the glyphs that I use to markup the books that I read. Once you get over the initial reaction of writing in your books (which took me a while) it really is quite useful. If you create enough meaningful glyphs flipping through a previously read book gives you immediate access to quotes, important/interesting points and main arguments. Prior to this I had a little notebook that I’d jot down page numbers or other bits of information. This was quite cumbersome. Nevermind the fact that you had to make sure you didn’t lost your notebooks. I use a mechanical pencil or some other erasable medium. I’m sure some people out there want to start reading more books or something like that this year and this may help the process a bit. In order from top to bottom: good or interesting point, main argument, quote, emphasis, questionable or confused, funny and sad. You can use these in any combination to get the desired effect. I think these are lean enough that you don’t have to learn another language and yet meaningful enough to capture your reaction to the books you read. Enjoy.