How do you read without getting distracted or forgetful of what you read, and also how do you keep interest in a book fully, some stuff in certain books are just super boring and then there are parts that are interesting and I just won't read for days when I'm on a long boring chapter or maybe very little a day
By the way, here are his tips:
"Never read a book without a pen in your hand." ~ Benjamin Franklin - That's great advice whether you write in your books or take notes in a notebook. Personally, I write, scribble, highlight, argue and draw symbols in all my books.
Read a whole paragraph / section BEFORE you stop to highlight or take a note. Don't stop right when you see something interesting; keep reading to get the "big picture" or context of what stood out to you. Then "reread" when you make your notes.
Read important sections out loud. A person reads much slower when you read out loud than when you read silently, but studies show that if you read out loud, you tend to retain things better because you're engaging multiple senses (hearing and seeing).
Read silently with quick "check-marks." There are times when you should read silently and simply use a pencil to "check" sections in the margins you want to go back and reread later. This will help you get through a book quicker without being distracted by stopping to highlight or write.
Explain what you read. When you finish a chapter / section of a book, take a break and "think" about what you've read and, in your mind, "explain it" to someone. See if you can structure your thoughts so as to be able to repeat back to someone what you've read. This is a great exercise. I do this A LOT when I read - and actually "talk through it" out loud to myself walking around my office or in the car.
Learn to "X-ray" a book by reviewing the Table of Contents and only reading the sections / chapters that will be benefit you. And don't feel like you have to read an entire book.
Pay attention to summary words - "therefore" or "as a result" or "in conclusion." When you see a summary / conclusion word, make sure you understand the author's points and argument that has led to his conclusion.
Circle / Underline key words in a sentence.
Mark words you don't know - and look them up! If you have a Kindle this is much easier. Looking up words you don't know increases your understanding of the author's intent, but it also increases your vocabulary!
You should read How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren. This is a "must read" book!
Request (not on libgen)
The comedic work of the children of modern Jewish immigrants overturned the prevailing languages and imageries with which an Anglocentric United States had traditionally represented and expanded itself. In ^IGravity Fails: The Comic Jewish Shaping of Modern America^R, James D. Bloom approaches these developments by first surveying this transformation as it affected literature, entertainment, commerce, and politics, and then offers sharply focused chapters that look at changes in sexual candor, reactions to the Holocaust, and critiques of race.
Indeed, the personae discussed here pioneered unprecedented candor toward and scrutiny about sex and violence, and no other book delves as deeply or as widely among art forms, media, and levels of cultural hierarchy. Including considerations of the work of such diverse artists as Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Lenny Bruce, Gilda Radner, Philip Roth, Jerry Seinfeld, and Stephen Sondheim, Gravity Fails provides a unique, penetrating, and hilarious look at a major force in the progress of American culture.
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eumeswil guy here, looking for advice on next book. I'm looking for another work of fiction to read. I absolutely love when scifi/fantasy is combined with reactionary ideas. Aside from eumeswil, my all time favorites include lord of the rings and all of the fiction from ayn rand. What should I pick up next?
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Here's a new one that you'll enjoy if you have the patience to get through the beginning - overall a tirade against modern ideas, weakness, and borderless internationalism with a science-fiction / literary backdrop.
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I can't find anything about this but it looks interesting, so I'll give it a shot, thanks. looks like they're taking stuff down for copyright, eumeswil, got removed. I won't even try to post pdf since it's newer and more commercial, but I just finished Gene Wolf's Book of the new Sun, and the sequal Urth of the New Sun. Definitely some fascist background ideas, such as the pervading theme that race and breeding makes an individual what they are, and esoteric lore that any esoteric fascist or reader of Miguel Serrano will greatly appreciate. The PDF is out there, if you can't find with google, reply to this post and ill help you get it, just no point posting pdf now when it'll get this whole post deleted before anyone sees it.
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wait a sec, why do i have the feeling that you are the author of this book? please let me know if you see this post, now im really curious.
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For reactionary ideas in science fiction, check out Space Viking and Uller Uprising, both by H Beam Piper.