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caeli  ·  3438 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you feel about underlining in your books?

You should do whatever you want!

Seriously though, different people have different preferences. I personally like writing/underlining in most of my books, except if I really want to preserve the book in some way (like my first printing of The Shining, I'm never marking up that shit!). I feel like having markings and dog-eared pages signifies that I love the book and it has impacted me in some way.