Footnote Numbers Without Superscript

footnotes.tex

\documentclass[letterpaper,landscape]{article}

\usepackage[margin=0.25in]{geometry}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{footnote}
\usepackage[flushmargin]{footmisc}
\pagestyle{empty}

% Lines 12-21 should make the footnote number normal-sized in the table and superscripted in the footnotes. How do I fix?
%\makeatletter 
%\renewcommand\@makefnmark{
%  \ifnum\pdfstrcmp{\@currenvir}{tabular}=0
%    \hbox{\normalfont\@thefnmark}
%  \else
%    \hbox{\@textsuperscript{\normalfont\@thefnmark}}
%  \fi
%}
%\makeatother

\begin{document} 
\begin{savenotes}
\section*{Books}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}[c]{|l|l|c|c|}
  \hline
  \textbf{Title} & \textbf{Author} & \textbf{Year} & \textbf{Notes} \\ \hline \hline 
  Romeo and Juliet & Shakespeare & A while ago & \footnote{I read this in high school.} \\ \hline
  Great Expectations & Charles Dickens & Somewhat more recent & \footnote{I read this in middle school.} \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{savenotes}
\end{document}