Do any of you take notes of things you learned while reading?
Do any of you take notes of things you learned while reading?
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Do any of you take notes of things you learned while reading?
I’ve only read with a pencil in my hand for well over four decades now.
I know it is book blasphemy but if I know the book will stay in my possession I do some marginal notes. Don’t flog me please.
@Brenda I was a college professor. In maybe two dozen books I taught over and over and over and over again, I may well ultimately have written more in them than was originally printed there.
Sounds like you were a professor with keen attention to detail. You had lucky students
Yes always?
I always leave a review after I read a book. So yes, I do.
Oh I hadn’t thought about taking notes for a review. Great idea!
Yes. All the time.
Yr name is hilarious
Yes ??️
It’s hard for me to read w/out a pencil behind my ear.
It’s funny what type of reading mannerisms we develop.
I used to do that all the time, whenever I was reading. But then, what was I supposed to do with the notes? So I gave that up, and now I read and read and read, and go on to the next one. Taking notes all the time was too much like work! LOL
It is work lol ?
@Brenda That’s why I don’t do it anymore! I’m 75. What do I need with all those notes?
Oh true unless you have a granddaughter like me who would pour through those notes like a book dragon. Lol
Always! I have a notebook full of interesting things I’ve learned.
Write the characters’ names on a pad and who they are/related to so if they don’t come back up for a while, I know how they fit in.
Good idea! ?
Some books have so many characters and I am older so I need a little help sometimes!
I do book reviews on the books that I read.
I keep a reading journal, where I put quotes, stuff to look up later, ideas I had while reading, etc.
Then I also look up stuff on Pinterest and Tumblr related to what I am reading about and put them on my reading journal pinterest boards and tumblr book blog. It’s not on paper, but I do find I learn a lot by the time I am done with each book, even if most of what I learned is from further reading and images on the Internet..
That is such a great idea! Way to utilize social media. ?
Yes..
I do keep a journal wuith quotes and new things I learn on each book
I take notes, highlight, and scribble in margins of text books. With fiction, I buy two copies of my favorite authors. One to read and one to “deconstruct” (usually a used copy). I study the story structure, character development, and highlight areas I liked and lines that I thought could have been better written. I also read with a dictionary and look up new words I’ve never heard before.
Hey cool. Buying 2 copies. I never would have thought of that ☺
@Brenda I only do it with my favorite authors. And deconstruct one or two books of each, usually my favorites. It helps me learn how to write better. I learned TONS the first time I did it.
I love this idea! Thank you so much for sharing this with me ?
A little off the topic, but a HS English teacher of mine suggested always reading with a pen in hand (not necessarily for note taking). She claimed it keeps you more alert when reading and helps you to remember things in the book.
every now and then. and sometimes i write down little quotes
I’m constantly look up if things are true. I’ve learned a lot from fiction especially science fiction.
When l am in a book club l do
Yes. I’m about to start reading War and Peace for a year long group and I have a planner set up with character analysis, My feeling about the reading selection and places to answer questions
I keep a file of extracts and quotes from books. It has about 3500 items now.
I notate classics I envision teaching one day. 🙂
All the time.
I keep a log of great quotes and new words I learn.
I d like to, but i dont
no, but I do bookmark my favorite scene/passage
Yep, I have several notebooks
yes, and I highlight.
Sometimes depends what I’m reading, I often star quotes and stuff though x
Yup. I have a notebook of random information on hand at all times.
I have a severe journal addiction too. I need an intervention for real
All the time! 🙂 I write in the margins of my books.
Me too!
Sometimes
nope
No.
Me no !!
But sometimes I stop to think about things I’m reading .. we can think of that as a mental note-taking!!
True
Yea I have a notebook.
No but good idea
I do because we learn something new each day
Only if I plan on writing a review.
Yes
Once in a while