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Would you guys recommend reading this book or something similar for someone new to serious reading? I can read just fine but don't feel I absorb as much as I'd like.

>> No.7454074

I'd avoid it personally. Just read a lot of good books, read the intros and notes that come with them. But mainly enjoy and experience the book. Don't get worried about 'the correct way to read'. You'll become a better reader with experience.

>> No.7454092

It's shit.

Get Reading Like a Writer and/or How to Read Literature.

>> No.7454107

>>7454068

I wouldn't recommend it. It's pretty old and some of the sections are useless.

For someone getting into "serious reading" (and by that I assume you mean getting into literary novels and the classics and stuff), I'd recommend pic related, which is mostly about analyzing symbolism and subtext, so you'll understand a story's themes and overall get a deeper understanding of a piece of literature.

>> No.7454109

Best way to learn how to appreciate a book is to fart around with writing yourself

>> No.7454110

I bet 95% of whatever is written in this book is already intuitive to you and will be largely suplerfluous. If you don't absorb as much as you'd like you should just experiment with new ways of annotating your shit and studying these notes.

Also try reading and rereading selected parts of the books you read in different intervals of time and you'll have a better notion of how your memory works and which one works out better for you

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7454151

I never really read books my whole life.

Then I was trying to get into feminism and decided to force myself to read one of the classics: Woman Hating. (http://radfem.org/dworkin))

Since then I've read through about 7 books by Andrea Dworkin and am yet not bored.

I'm afraid of moving to other feminist authors because I fear I'll be bored and then feel guilty.

>> No.7454152

>>7454151
Dworkin go back to sleep

>> No.7454157

>>7454152
She's been sleeping for 10 years.
I wonder when she will wake up.

;_;

>> No.7454229

>>7454151

Kill yourself

>> No.7454249

>>7454068

I found it worthwhile. It focused my reading. I thought the part about notes and marginalia was helpful.

>> No.7454291

>>7454068
There was a good thread about these kinds of books recently.

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>>7454229
y-you too

>> No.7454334
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7454334

>>7454151
Who gets into feminism? That is like saying you want to get into being a White Supremacist.

>> No.7454345

>>7454334

Yeah I mean at least have the good taste to say that you're trying to get into post-modern dialectical discourse or something

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>>7454334
>"feminazi"
>a term coined by a retarded conservative Murrican
>the Nazi actually persecuted feminists
3/10 made me put a little effort into my reply

>> No.7454384

>>7454379
>>>/pol/

>> No.7454393

>>7454384
Did you mean to quote >>7454334?

>> No.7454399

>>7454393
>'No'

>> No.7454407

>>7454399
What the fuck are you doing?