/lit/ - Literature

>>15139308
Depends if the notes are helping you or not. Very nice pic tho.

I’m about to start doing this. I won’t if I’m just reading for pleasure though.

If you have time, take it. I would say it is better to have a greater understanding than a more extensive library. Note taking and reflection on the content of the book will also vastly improve your memory of it.

>>15139336
This

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>>15139308
How regularly do you guys take down notes?

>>15139308
I think it's a good idea and I wish I'd started doing it years ago.

>>15139308
I think it's a great habit. One problem i had was forgetting everything about a book just after finishing reading it. Taking notes helped me avoid such a thing.Also having notes helps you when you want to compare and contrast different books on certain points. I took 8 pages of notes when i read the Brothers Karamazov.

>>15139308
>I feel that it slows me down
This isn't a bad thing though. Reflection takes time. Understanding concepts fully takes time. Take your time.

Stop taking notes, you wont really need it a lot and for me, personal y it males me put a little more difficulty to the habit of reading. I would recommend you to walk, its better.
When you have an urge to put something down in a notebook take a short walk around or apartment or guarden and try thinking about what you just read. Try to explain it. Then get back to reading. Its the best

>>15139354
Hard to say - any time there's something I find significant. It's quite subjective. That said, I take a lot more when I read non-fiction.

>>15139363

Mostly my "notes" consist of writing out any particularly good quotes I want to remember, perhaps with a short comment underneath.

>>15139449
This probably

What is the problem of it slowing you down? Why are you reading in a rush?

I say take your time. Write your notes. Not only will they make you savor the book better, but this book will be unique and will also reflect your tastes and opinions to possible future readers, maybe your children or grandchildren.

>>15139449
What is it with needing? Are we reducing our reading experience to need?
If so, me, a blue collared joe will read nothing more than texts on my cellphone. You are treating his great habit of writing while reading, which probably enriches his mind and makes him a better reader, improving his attention and memory, as if it were an addiction to drugs, an urge.

I don't like it. makes it feel like work

>>15139308
I see absolutely no reason to do it for fiction. for math and difficult philosophy sure.

>>15139308
Would love to see her get BLEACHED

>>15139308
I only do this for philosophy/theory. For fiction I'd rather get immersed.

>>15139308
i would like to make a note in her cute little tummy button

>>15139754
>theory

Didn't know people say this unironically.

what do you take notes on for fiction, poetry, plays?

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>>15139827
Anything that I find clever or interesting. Sometimes stuff that I think would be usable in my own writing.

>>15139874
I wanted to attract attention, but not post full-on coomer bait. That image is the best I could do.

>>15139874
fuck off prude

>>15139909
can you not lower the quality of this board with images like that?

>>15139927
Images like what? Fully clothed women who just happen to be attractive?

>>15139308
>nigger bimbo

>>15139354
I have a notebook for all my notes, a5 lined pages. A typical 300 pages non fiction book would be 4 to 6 pages of notes.

>>15139973
I just use OneNote.

>>15139874
Kek
Coomers need to be put to death in the name of the LORD

>>15139308
I don't take notes as I read because I find it too distracting, after I finish a reading session I take a couple of minutes to write a handful of sentences about what I read in a notebook, if there was anything worth noting down.