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/lit/ etiquette.. /lit/iquette? 2017-03-12 01:15:28 Post No. 9225583
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How do you read? Do you read more than one fiction work at a time, or put your sole focus into a single book to immerse yourself in it, and only it? Do you take notes/annotations as you go a long? Do you read the plot and reviews beforehand? Review dense scenes? How often do you think about the book when away, do you try to interpret what the author may have meant metaphorically or poetically when away?
Give me the details.
I ask because when reading a textbook I take many notes and review sections. I read more than one at a time as well. When watching a movie I'll often read the synopsis and plot before hand too. I'm curious as to what most of you do when it comes to reading for pleasure (not for education, or assignments).
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I'm a pretty casual reader. On an average week, I'll do about fourty pages a day. I spend most my energy trying to understand how an author has created a certain effect, how a writer can give me a vivid image of a bar it's zinc tables in just two lines. I'll often have about three books on the go at the same time, I don't have any trouble remembering the plots, and I can pick up a half-finished book (the shame of it) years later and remember where I left off pretty clearly. Once I read a book, I'll shelve it and think more about any emotional message. If I really enjoyed the book, I'll read more from the author or his influences, but really I'm conscious that I haven't read enough books to give me the kind of luxury of depth over width yet. I a book was really good, I'll end up taking it's writing style in a really annoying way mostly. I kept putting hyphens all over the place in some important essays after The Ego and It's Own.
For movies, I just pay a lot of attention to the dialogue, how it works or flows.
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Depending on uni workload I read about 40 pages a day, reviewing dense chapters when needed. If I'm reading non-fiction I keep a slow pace and make notes
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