How to Read a Book

>>9439369
I pretend to read for the culture.

This book made me scared of reading wrong.

>>9439373

Too many people read now so they can impress their friends or peers and gain no knowledge from it. Best case scenario, they might gain information they can parrot but don't understand.

I've long since given up on attempting to improve myself.

Within this awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries:
Happiest they of human race,
To whom their God has given grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,
To lift the latch, to force the way;
But better had they ne’er been born,
Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.

--Sir Walter Scott

I read that book and it's fucking awful. I tried following its advice, but I would never use its methods again.

>>9439369
>Anglos need a guide on how to read
Why are all of your kin imbeciles?

>>9439375
have you actually read it? if you did, you read it wrong

>charles van doren
kek

>>9439369
I cant imagine meeting the faggot who would make a post like this

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>>9439369
This book is pretty good too senpai

>>9440052
I think this about 90% of the posts I see these days

>>9439525
this. at best its methods are only good for academic books.

tl;dr don't read it if your only interest is literature, read abc of literature by pound instead

>>9440082

New York Times best seller guarantees it sucks or at best is mediocre.

this book is not good for most shit tbqhfam. read some harold bloom

>>9439696
It's the Americans. Always the Americans.

>>9439525
Spoken like someone who is incapable of independent critical thought. You read books on an elementary level and then parrot everything your teachers and friends say/think.

>>9441815
>Spoken like someone who is incapable of independent critical thought
huh? I read the book, made an opinion of it, gave it an honest try anyway, still didn't like it. How is that being incapable of independent critical thought?

>>9441785
If that's how you judge a book you're gonna miss out desu

The reading list at the back is great too

>>9441791

The democrats and liberals have gutted the American education system. George W. Bush started it with the no child left behind garbage and then the dems/liberals really ran with it from there with common core and other garbage. Americans under 35 are seriously mentally retarded., ignorant or just flat out stupid.

>>9440580
This is a sign that you don't read well. The authors clearly say that their main concern is with Non-Fiction.

>>9441953

I found their system works well for everything in the early stages of studying any book but later you need to rely on other tools. They even say early on that the type of reading they are discussing isn't for entertainment reading, IIRC. Its a solid book on reading better....not the end all be all for every situation but a solid foundation to build from in my opinion.

>>9439369

Excellent book OP. It's not great for poetry or books that require artistic interpretation. Its a good jumping off point though for studying texts or even early/cursory examination of novels.