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Written by Sophia Basaldua-Sun on 2025-01-28 at 15:28

Pen: Sailor Mini

Ink: Vinta Inks Sirena

Something that I really love doing that combines my love of reading and study with my love of stationery, pens, and ink, is copying out striking quotes from novels that I’m reading.

I’ve always done this a little bit for my research, but it really reached a new level of just being something I do to engage with texts in a different way during the pandemic when I decided to read The Tale of Genji.

Writing down lines that stood out to me provided a way to both document my reading experience and also let the style of the translation get into my body in a different way than the purely visual act of reading.

Now I often recommend to people, if they’re looking for a simple step they can take to deepen their reading experience, try marking the passages that stand out to you, whether that’s with sticky tabs, a highlighter, or writing them in a quotes notebook.

Over time you’ll begin to notice themes emerge in what draws your attention. And you get the pleasure of just spending a little extra time with lines that you love.

I think it’s a nice, low pressure way to get a little more studious with what you’re reading while taking away the pressure of trying to identify what is important or what an expert would pay attention to.

QOTD: do you mark up your books or find external ways of tracking the parts that interest you?

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Written by Sophia Basaldua-Sun on 2025-01-19 at 14:18

Something about me? I love fountain pens. I write exclusively with them (except when I need to sign something because only fun inks not permanent black ink for me).

Something I loved doing on Instagram has been participating in the fountain pen and journaling communities there.

I learned so much of what I know about fountain pens through social media, including about Hobinichi (the planner brand pictured here) and bungubox (the pen brand pictured here).

I learned about so many fountain pen inks that come in all of these incredible shades, and sheens from small brands across the world.

I loved seeing all the creative ways people used their pens and inks from currently inked logs to the final touches on their junk journal spreads.

It’s also really fun to see everyone’s different handwriting, their aesthetic sensibilities, and how those things brought their journals to life. So I hope that’s somrthing I’ll find here as well.

If you’re a fountain pen user or aspiring fountain pen user, let’s connect!

QOTD: what is your go to fountain pen?

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Written by Sophia Basaldua-Sun on 2025-01-16 at 00:51

Hi there! Now that I’ve started populating my feed a bit I wanted to introduce myself!

I’m Dr. Sophia Basaldua-Sun, a scholar of comparative literature turned publishing professional (I work in trade publishing now).

As a way of keeping in touch with my academic roots I created an Instagram blog about canonical novels, research, learning, and lately a bit of travel content as well.

I really love engaging with the book community, and especially with journaling, junk journaling, and creative journaling communities. Even though I’m more of a note taker than a journaler, I love observing and learning new ways of making my notebooks more visually interesting.

So that’s a little about me! And I hope you’ll tell me a little about you and join me for an occasional (okay three times a week) dose of learning about literature and comparative literature.

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