Yes— it feels personal now because of the frequency of the notes— which I noticed start to fade in the middle. This book reminds me of narratives I read during my lates 20’s & early 30’s— a time when I myself used to mark up my books more frequently (I still do occasionally) with notes (before my first Kindle/e-reader).

And this article I read years ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/scribbling-in-the-margins.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare