/lit/ - Literature

I bracket good or interesting sentences. I write some thoughts on the front page or at the end of the book.

women are cute

>>19169026
This is indeed cute, but ultimately useless.

Just like women. :^)

I keep a bunch of diaries as simple text files. When I'm reading a book, all the notes are typically going into the day's entry, along with my thoughts and sometimes quotes, without a particular system. Though, I try to end it with a summary when I'm done, and if I reread a book I sometimes get back to my notes.

>>19169008
>this much annotation
>for a fucking Sarah J. Maas book
do women really

>>19169008
started doing it recently, surprised to see a post about it so soon. sometimes being plugged into the zeigeist makes me feel insecure but I suppose it's nice to have a commonality with my fellow autists
don't write in your fucking books, jesus christ. if you want notes just buy a notebook, it's about $5 per
I use sticky notes like your disaster of an image. make sure you stick them in deeper to the pages or else it'll crinkle when put away
my system is 3 colors. striking prose, effective writing technique and fun facts

don't write vapid garbage and underline/highlight/bracket random shit inside the actual book like a woman

>>19169047
she annotated that book like a fucking boss and i'm here for it

>>19169008
When I'm reading fiction, after I finish each chapter I write a short summary of what I just read, and maybe one or two questions that came to mind while I was reading. I dog-ear any pages where it seems like something significant is happening or if there's a passage on that page I want to re-visit later. I usually don't write in my books except for a little star or something next to a paragraph, most notes go in my notebooks

>>19169050
shut the fuck up

>>19169063
lmao

>>19169063

>>19169008
I keep one giant text file with quotes as well as other notes and lists. I copy them over from a kindle or otherwise type them out (or download a pdf/epub and copy them across if they're too long).

>>19169050
>sticky notes
does this help memory? ive been writing in my books for years ever since i read some article by mortimer j adler about how you need to make books "intellectually yours" by vandalizing it beyond compare.

>>19169095
Based

>>19169097
>i read some article by mortimer j adler about how you need to make books "intellectually yours" by vandalizing it
just write "ex libris [your name]" inside the front cover

>>19169097
>taking advice from article writers
sounds cucked. try it for yourself but I seriously doubt it'd make a difference
it's for review. go to the sticky note and read what's there. if you want to engage more deeply and effectively with a book you should read it more
funny self help cuck, there's no magic ritual which will make you smart. just put in due effort

women can't read books. they just watch them

>>19169120
i review my notes and underlinings in my books. im asking does it help retention. if it doesn't, then there is no reason to start doing it. also its actually cucked to want to preserve your books and keep them "pristine" like some faggot with a napkin in his pocket.

>>19169008
Unless I'm doing it for my university work or I'm reading something complex that may require more thinking than your average novel (e.g. something by Dostoevsky or Hesse), I'll just read through a book and not make any notes.

If I'm gonna make notes, I'll probably do it after reading and then revisit what I've read.

Yes, I keep commonplace books based on subject matter. I usually take notes on scratch paper or iPad, then curate them and write them into the commonplace book while watching TV.

>>19169291
>he doesn't plan to give his books to his children when he gets old
dad, why did someone scribble on the book?
it's because your grandfather was retarded and didn't respect his own property, don't grow up to be like him

>>19169533
Retard take

Note taking is the only way to properly retain information when reading, it's very important when you're actually trying to learn something from what you are reading.

Plebs will tell you they simply just remember what they read, but they don't.

>>19169564
I agree with notetaking but I also want to be able to re-read the book uninterrupted if I decide to read it again; take notes in light pencil that can easily be erased if need be, I will never understand the retards who use the brightest colored pens they can find and mark up the page like its a coloring book or something

>>19169564
active discussion and practical application > note taking
notes are only as good as how much they offer in both terms of initial insight and in post review
>that image
atleast this one seems to have somewhat productive notes but imagine navigating that shit in review
what do you do on the second reading or third reading if you're thorough? do you decipher it each time?
buy two notebooks. record these impulsive thoughts in one then take actual notes in the second book

the only reason you'd write notes like this is to post images for clout because you're a dark academia fag and daddy didn't hug you enough

>>19169008
I highlight things on Kindle and take short notes sometimes. I usually go back and read my highligts a day or two after I'm finished. I sometimes go back to older books after thinking about them for a while or if a certain part jumps to mind.

>>19169533
>he doesn't plan to give his books to his children when he gets old
I don't because they're paperbacks made for abuse.

>>19169008
Annotating the actual book like that disgusts me. If I am reading to do research then I will jot down notes in a notebook like any researching person with basic research skills would do. Or if I find a particularly beautiful passage I want to study, I will write it down. Always in a separate notebook, not in the book itself

>>19169008
Yes, I always do.
Since most of my books are on my kindle app nowadays, I uust highlight what caught my attention and add the note of why. This is actually the main reason I use kindle instead of physical books, the other being I can't lose my notes or books. The third being, the books are always with me. The fourth being, I can get the next book wheneve/wherever I want.

>>19169052
This.

>>19169564
I don't do it primarily for memory, although it helps of course. I do it to "vocalize" and concretize my thoughts on what I'm reading.

>>19169008
No. Instead of writing notes I just try to remember what I read from memory by paraphrasing the main ideas in my thoughts, then reread again to see if I remembered correctly. If not, I repeat the process. If I do remember, I move on.
Besides, most people who take notes just try to copy verbatim anyway. If you're gonna take notes, take it closed book so you're actually forced to remember the material from memory, then correct it by reading the text again, or don't take notes at all. Only copy notes verbatim if you're truly desperate in memorizing specific details like dates for a history class or something.

>>19169008
Your post really makes me want to rape you, please give me your number so I can drive immediately to you and impregnate your womb, I like your notes very much.

>>19169052
>>>That part

>>19169564
Note taking has literally been proven scientifically to be ineffective for learning. You're wasting a lot of time doing it.

>"the only way to retain information"
Absolutely not, and now you look like a retard aswell, good job you fucking clown, nobody will ever love you

>>19169008
Yes but this is too much, also imagine taking notes on fantasy

>>19169008
Today I received a book in the mail and I've been seething for almost an hour now because it was advertised as "in VERY GOOD" condition, but when I opened it and started flipping though it I found out that the person that owned it before me decided it would be a good idea to highlight (bracket and underline, in pen) every other sentence, for the whole book. Some parts of the book are almost unreadable with how much they've been marked through and scribbled around. Then I discovered that the person had written their name, along with a date, on the front cover (the actual glossy front cover, not the title page): A "Britta Jenson" who apparently recieved the book on June 11, 2003. When I found out it was a woman, it all made sense. Compare this to another book I got awhile back: there was no name on the front cover, and all the underlining was done lightly, in pencil, and could easily be erased. Be like the anonymous person who owned the other book, don't be like fucking Britta Jenson

>>19169564
The actual correct way to retain what you learn is to periodically reflect on it, synthesize it with other things, and discuss it with others.

>noo you cant just write in books you own!
why are incels like this? I am not renting the book.

>>19169008
nigga i just highlight what i want an add a note

i highlight shit on my ereader and write about what i'm reading in my diary if it's interesting enough.

>>19169291
revision always helps retention, it's a basic step in building memories to revisit things. writing things down also helps as that is itself a kind of revision as well as being a kind of analysis or generalisation of content.

>>19169114
>ex libris
I do this, but Ex Bibliotheca [my name in Latin, properly translated and using the correct declensions].
It's similar to having my "legacy" in someone's library. I love that, which is why I love pre-owned books. One cooking book I have has a Portuguese happy-birthday poem on the front page, it was a present to someone.