Do you take notes when reading dense non-fiction?

>>8430792
I take notes when I'm reading. Bar-none.

>>8430792
I do not take notes on other people's work.

I concentrate on reading the novel - forming my own ideas and drawing my own connections, but I seldom take notes.

>>8430792

Why do you wanna know?

notes for non-fiction, favourite fragments for fiction

>>8430810
Nonfiction, anon.

>>8430792
When reading any nonfiction just to keep myself involved

If I'm reading for work, I always annotate.

Never when I'm reading for pleasure.

I don't write anything, but I will circle paragraphs and stuff that I find interesting, and highlight words that I'm unsure of. I don't review what I've circled or highlighted usually until after I've finished reading whatever I'm reading.

I fap while I read

Normal masturbation + mental masturbation

>>8430821

Love this post.

I write a review of every paragraph.

Helps retention, and gives you a little meditation on whats happening/ what the author is saying/what I think/what might happen. Er, turns reading into an experience.

Knowing you gotta review the paragraph keeps you engaged and interested and - i find - it kicks up the saturation of whatever you're reading by 3000%

>>8431014

This is for fiction sorry.

With non-fiction I definitely would do the same.

>>8431014
yeah well I write a book for every sentence. Top that.

>>8430792
I write notes all over the margins of my novels. If you don't do this, you're not a literature person.

>>8431070
>tfw I don't do this because i'm afraid of ruining all those books I spent money on

>>8431075
when I've done too much or the book starts to get worn, I just buy a new copy and transfer my notes while streamlining. Rinse and repeat. By the 3rd or 4th copy, I have exactly what I want.

>>8431070
Yeeeah I can't bare to mark up my books like that.

Plus, my opinions/perspectives may change if I ever reread it.

>>8431084
I assume you only do this for the few books you consider to be truly important works.

>>8431097
Any book that I plan on writing about and submitting to a journal gets marked up to hell and back.