Do you make notes when you read?

pok3rplaya · 17-02-2011 11:04PM #1

In the margins, a notebook, scraps of paper?

Only when you read non-fiction? Only when you read fiction?

squeakyduck · 17-02-2011 11:36PM

Personally I would never take notes if I was reading a book for pleasure. But, if I had to write an essay on it or have an examination on several books I would take notes, sometimes within the book, or maybe in a notebook for the purpose.

Asphyxia · 18-02-2011 12:45AM

I've only ever done that for school. I never do it anymore!

Manach · 18-02-2011 01:03AM

I do (with the obvious exception of library books). It is a form of arguing with the author and it helps me absorb what she is trying to say.

Eliot Rosewater · 18-02-2011 11:34AM

Yes. Depending on the book I vary between "no notes", "some notes" and "hell, there are more scribbles here than typed words." Politcal books are conductive to the last two categories; fiction to the first two.

I think it's nice to pick up a book one has annotated and flick through and find some of the interpretations or underlined quotes. I also find that the process of writing notes makes one engage with the book more.

Denerick · 20-02-2011 12:10PM

Its probably best practise when reading a complicated piece of literature (e.g. Joyce or Proust) or when working your way through confusing philosophy or politics (e.g. Kant or Marx) but when reading for pleasure I never take notes. Not that I read Joyce, Proust, Kant or Marx for pleasure. Yet.

johnlinkson · 22-02-2011 11:04AM

Yes, i ways try to note every thing what i am reading. Because it is one way to memorize. If you write after reading then it is good way for student to memorize.

Do you make notes when you read?

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