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<p>Created page with &quot;Framework for how to read books Presented from the perspective of, &quot;I wish I read more. How do you read?&quot; * Don&#039;t set a goal to finish books - books are there to entertain you,...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Framework for how to read books<br /> <br /> Presented from the perspective of, &quot;I wish I read more. How do you read?&quot;<br /> <br /> * Don&#039;t set a goal to finish books - books are there to entertain you, communicate with you, put ideas in your head. If you don&#039;t finish a book, it isn&#039;t a crime against the author. The crime would be taking a book you don&#039;t like and shoving it down your own throat in some kind of forced-reading equivalent of a Bataan death march.<br /> * Don&#039;t stick through books you don&#039;t like - reading isn&#039;t a chore, reading is a pleasure (see above). (100 page rule)<br /> * Read both fiction and non-fiction<br /> * Read both fiction and non-fiction simultaneously - keeps you from getting bored, forces your brain to draw interesting parallels it wouldn&#039;t otherwise<br /> <br /> Reading classics<br /> * The more you read, the easier it gets. So choose wisely, start your classics reading with something you like/are interested in, and go from there. That will lower the energy barrier involved in reading classics. <br /> * Prepare for your read. Understand why you&#039;re reading what your&#039;e reading (why you chose it and why it&#039;s a classic). Understand what happens in the novel/book and why it&#039;s significant.<br /> * Support your read. Throughout your read, read chapter summaries, read along with an audiobook version of the book (e.g., from Librivox), read commentaries, read or re-read with annotated version.<br /> * If you don&#039;t appreciate, on your own, what you&#039;re reading, that doesn&#039;t mean you shouldn&#039;t (or can&#039;t) appreciate it. A professor may be able to tell you why a particular work of art is beautiful. If you can&#039;t do that, it&#039;s okay - that&#039; their job, not yours. You don&#039;t need to be able to author a textbook on mathematics in order to digest said textbook. Understanding mathematics well enough to author a textbook on mathematics is the author&#039;s job - not yours. They&#039;ve already done all the hard work. Your job is the easy one: sit back and appreciate it all.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Reading]]</div>

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