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Is it normal to forget books? Anonymous Mon Mar 30 10:46:32 2020 No.14982559 [Reply] [Original]

I've read lots of things, mostly classics, and I liked them all but I don't remember shit except maybe essential plot details of books I was particularly fond of. Is this normal?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 10:48:28 2020 No.14982572 >>14982559 ye

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 12:07:44 2020 No.14982888 >>14982559 Yep it's normal If it bothers you, you should try reading with a pen and taking notes

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 12:19:12 2020 No.14982933 its normal. I like to believe that although we rarely remember all the full facts and details of the story, we retain the wisdom and value just by reading and understanding the text

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 12:21:21 2020 No.14982945 >>14982559 “I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 14:16:43 2020 No.14983575 >>14982559 that is why you reread

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 15:24:28 2020 No.14983891 >>14982559 Take notes and write yourself a little something afterwards. I make wikipedia edits, primarily to benefit my own retention of what I've read, far less to "improve the encyclopedia".

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 15:26:56 2020 No.14983904 >>14982559 yes but reading them HABITUALLY over a long period of time will unconsciously affect your behavior, personality, imagination, c&. if you read 2 books a year and forget them both its not gonna get you anywhere

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 15:42:11 2020 No.14983968 >>14982559 I just remember whatever fits into my worldview.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 16:00:46 2020 No.14984062 >>14982559 The point is the experience, as gay as that sounds. So if you can remember the "feelings" you felt while reading, you're good.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 16:16:03 2020 No.14984142 >>14984062 This. Memory is based off feelings

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 16:23:22 2020 No.14984177 You need to look up Yates 'The Art of Memory' and practice learning books and verses you value by repeating them aloud to yourself. This is how people memorise literature.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 16:35:55 2020 No.14984251 >>14982945 This is legit helpful. Thank you anon.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 16:37:38 2020 No.14984264 Sometimes I know, or feel, a book is one of my favourites, but just as often forget the plot. I suppose it shows human memory, but also that a good book isn't about plot but the emotion captured.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 30 16:38:27 2020 No.14984272 Yes it's normal. Hopefully you gained some insight while you were reading it

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