★ Private Collection ★
Marginalia
What These Books Found in Me
How to add a new book card
Every card lives in the BOOKS array inside the <script> tag at the bottom of this file. To add a new book, copy the template below and paste it inside the array — before the last closing bracket ]. Add a comma after the previous entry.
{
callNumber: "LIT 035", // Your call number — genre prefix + next number
title: "Your Book Title",
author: "Author Last, First", // How you want it to display
genre: "literary-fiction", // Must match a genre-btn data-genre above
genreLabel: "Literary Fiction", // Human-readable label for the stamp
highlights: 47, // Number from your Kindle notes
quote: "The key quote here.", // Single sentence — the one that carries the book
annotation: "Your annotation. // 2–4 sentences in your voice",
substackUrl: "" // Leave blank until you publish the post
},
genre — must be one of: literary-fiction · biography · nature · philosophy · spirituality · history · psychology · thriller · erotic · gothic · craft · business · science · horses · travel
callNumber — use the prefix for the genre (LIT, BIO, NAT, PHI, SPR, HIS, PSY, THR, ERO, GOT, CRF, BUS, SCI, HRS, TRV) followed by the next available number.
substackUrl — once you publish the Substack post for this book, paste the URL here. The card will automatically display a link.
Save the file and reload the page. The new card appears immediately, searchable and filterable.