Marginalia (Annoying)

I've been guilty of marking up library books when writing papers and whatnot (in pencil only!) but seriously, this is ridiculous:


Practically every sentence (and even a footnote!) on both pages has been marked off with a bracket. The distracting nature of the marginalia is exacerbated by the thickness of the pencil used. No mechanical 0.5 mm pencil lead here. Nope.


It's a fascinating book (Terry Eagleton's The Rape of Clarissa) but while reading it, there were points where all I wanted to do was take a giant white eraser to the margins. I still might.