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People claim to have “read” x book or y book, but I’m not sure you are actually comprehending the text unless you are annotating. What are some thoughts on annotation? How do you do it? Are there any books that you do not annotate?

Personally, I use 3 different color pens: black: paraphrase/summarize ; blue: questions ; green: my own thoughts, analysis, synthesis, evaluation.

Pic related is an example of deep reading annotations

>> No.11297866

>>11297860
>What are some thoughts on annotation?

Not necessary unless you're a dribbling brainlet.

>> No.11297873

>see mommy I colored my book me am smart boy :DDD

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>that 20 year old boomer whose memory is so shot he cant just make mental notes

>> No.11297892

>>11297860
I tried doing it with Ulysses, it's not fun

>> No.11297895

>>11297860
i don't see the depth of those annotations.
Personally I never write in my book - the reason being - i don't want to be distracted or lead the wrong way the next time i read. Instead i have a little notebook i use to go page by page or a few pages at a time and try to summarize what i think the meaning of what is written.

>> No.11297934

>>11297860
>Deep reading annotations
>Circles the word "it"
Jesus Christ

>> No.11297958

>>11297860
Why do you annotate in the book?
Think about it. Inline notes are useful only after the fact, on a second reading, in effect to simplify, or make obvious, the results of an analysis or comprehension. I take notes to figure out structures that parallel a work I am reading. I think the inline comments are impractical and comparable to looking up every word as you read them.

>> No.11297990

>>11297958
I do that too anon, I have a word list ~20 pages on a google doc of words I don’t recognize. I annotate in preparation for essays / a thesis I have to write, but I incorporate that skill in whatever book I’m reading. It allows me go back and know what I was thinking at the time.

If reading is a conversation with the author, paraphrasing/summarizing is a listening skill, one I exercise with the author. I ask questions to him/her, I evaluate, and thread common themes throughout the book, or in reference to other books. Deliberate reading is a dialogue with the author, and hopefully I/we can do this exact same exercise, and converse about our conversations with the author :)