![]() ![]() + Bonus points if you have previously lived, or are currently living under a dictatorship/authoritarian government. Requirements: 18+, likes reading, brutally honest, sense of humor, preferably African (this is not a requirement!!!) ✨I’m looking for alpha readers for the first ten chapters!✨ unrestrained political satire, a bipolar bisexual, a Lebanese lesbian, and their book club of apostates who are way too obsessed with Machiavelli’s The Prince. I present to you: The Housekeeping of Small Dictatorships, feat. I have finally realized that one solution to the lack of black/african dark academia representation is to write it… ![]() Your thoughts are worth the paper they are written on, even if that paper already has words on it, even if your words are imperfect, and maybe especially because they are… □ dark academia black academia annotating books book annotations books reading literature book club ![]() If the book is not a rare edition, and there are millions of copies of it out in the world, why not leave your mark? of all the books that gather dust, or get destroyed and go to landfills, before they are even read… why think that the one you’ve read so closely, and interacted with so indelibly, and annotated in pen and highlighter and bathwater and tears, is a waste? Yeah, the ones that are made for writing in… That way, I can lend out the “clean” one to people I don’t want seeing my innermost thoughts…Īs a perfectionist (in the worst way) annotating books has helped me work through the perfectionist and self-doubt issues that have previously stopped me from writing in all the beautiful notebooks I buy. I usually annotate books I’m reading for the first time as PDFs on my iPad, and I prefer to have two copies of any book I physically annotate. Now, I like the idea of owning a unique copy of my favorite books. It was the most intimate and beautiful reading experience. I used to be scandalized by the thought of annotating anything outside of my literature classes’ texts (and even that made me feel guilty)… until a friend lent me a copy of a book they’d annotated. black academia annotating books book annotations dark academia light academiaĪnnotating one of the reads in our dark academia book club! If you could even simply share this post, that would be wonderful! It would move me to tears to be able to pay a few bills doing something I love, for someone who will appreciate the thought and effort heavily annotated books require. You can specify themes tracked by tabs, as well as the colors used in highlights, underlining, sticky notes and tabs! You may even choose the specific edition of the book, within reason.Īll prices include the fresh copy of the book, the annotation materials used, the hours I will spend annotating to your specifications, and free shipping! While I have a listing of some classics I am familiar with, I also have a listing where you can commission AN Y book, classic or contemporary, to be annotated by me. You may now purchase a fully annotated book on my Etsy shop! If you have ever wanted a fully annotated book, but don’t know where to start, or would just like to experience reading a book annotated personally for you by someone else… I have the perfect holiday gift for you, or a loved one you can dedicate the annotation to! Out of a burning love for reading and annotating books (and a severe lack of gainful employment) I have decided to put my few and meagre talents to good use. ![]()
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