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18876650 No.18876650 [Reply] [Original]

How do you read? I feel like I'm not getting as much as I should out of the books I read. Do you re-read books to better understand them? Do you take notes? Do you look for historical and philosophical context before/after you read the book?

>> No.18876665
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I promise I'm not a shill but seriously, read this book: I saw an anon recommend it a couple days ago and so I bought it and read it and it was surprisingly easy to follow and very helpful; it even has reading lists at the back but you don't have to do them, you can just read the book for the tips on how to take notes and stuff like that

>> No.18877594

>>18876665
Thanks, anon. It's a good book so far.

I have a few more doubts though, hopefully other people have more insight into my questions.

>> No.18877720

>>18876650
I translate the text something like this polyglot shit --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgeXyxhahhI

>> No.18877757
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re-reading is pretty much a must if you want to ‘understand’ a book. writing a short ‘review’ or diary ‘blurb’ to yourself whenever you finish something (first time or re-read) is also useful to record your own feelings and changes. then if you want to get more anal (correct anal?) do that, but for every chapter.

>> No.18877764

Start by reading slowly

>> No.18878454

>>18877757
That's what the first anon's book says too. I'll start doing that.

>>18877764
Fair enough. I have a bad habit of speed-reading everything if I'm not fully focused. Any advice on how to break that?