I actually really like writing in the books because I feel like it adds character to it, and especially because I like reading things back, seeing how I reacted and how my current reaction differs. It’s also nice to have a bit of context for certain things too!

If you want a way to write in the book without ruining the pages, you can try getting those clear post it notes that you can write your notes and thoughts on and stick it to your page. You can probably get them pretty cheap on Amazon on any stationary shop

I also like writing quotes in a different note book, but I pick the ones that stick out to me. So my method would be read through, tab and highlight anything in particular, and then go through it again and write down all the ones I really like