At first, I wanted to improve my writing ability, and I wanted to have some output every day. However, the inspiration and topic of writing are not available every day, especially for beginners. After a few days of persistence, I usually encounter the same problem: I don't know what to write.
I can't keep a running account like a diary, which is boring and altruistic. Writing that is worthless to readers is only self-satisfaction and cannot improve their thinking and writing ability.
At this moment, I had a flash of light. Why not write reading notes? In this way, reading and writing can be combined, which not only completes the goal of reading for one hour every day, but also solves the problem of not knowing what to write. It's killing two birds with one stone!
A month later, I found that the benefits of insisting on writing reading notes go far beyond these. The notes not only recorded my feelings after reading, but also deepened my memory and understanding of the book. Today, I read How to Read a Book Effectively: A Super Practical Method of Reading Notes by Japanese writer Xiao Ye Bozhi, and I deeply agree with his view that we must form the habit of reading and taking notes.
The author divides the reading method of notes into five steps: book selection, book purchase, reading, recording and flexible use. Most people may only have two processes: buying books and reading. In fact, such reading is blind and inefficient.
That's how I used to read books, so I just grabbed one and started reading. There are not many books to read, and what's worse is to forget them after reading them. What impressed me the most was reading the romance of the Three Kingdoms in junior high school. I have read it back and forth for more than three times, and I remember the first chapter "Taoyuan Sanjieyi" most clearly. As for other heroic stories, they are really random.
Now that I think about it, one of the reasons for the poor reading effect is that I neglected the important link of choosing books. The author advocates that everyone should take notes from the beginning of choosing books. By taking notes, we can think and evaluate whether a book is worth reading. So as to establish a book list, so that we can buy books more purposefully and reduce wasted time and unnecessary expenses.
You have to answer at least two questions: Why should I read this book? What do I want to learn from this book? This is actually the active reading proposed in How to Read a Book and Read with Questions.
In the last chapter of this book, I found the second reason why I can't read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms well. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a famous book, and the reading methods of famous books and ordinary books are a little different. Reading and appreciating a famous book requires you to have certain life experience and appreciation ability, because many famous books are actually boring and obscure at first reading, and it is difficult to insist on reading and understanding.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms has many characters, complicated plots and diverse schemes. For a junior high school student with little experience, it is not easy to understand. Plus, I just read through and didn't take notes, so the reading effect was naturally greatly reduced.
Akio Ono, the author, gives some tips on reading famous books. You should put them where you can get them easily every day, such as the bedside. So you can pick it up and read it again and again. Over time, the richer the experience, the deeper the understanding of the content, and now I can understand what I didn't understand before. Rereading at this time, you will have different feelings and appreciate the charm of famous works.
Rereading books will have different understandings of some contents, and rereading notes can also have the same effect.
I summarized the book list of 1 this month yesterday. When evaluating each book, I will look back at the notes I made at that time. You can not only think of the corresponding content in the book at once, but also think of more, and even compare and evaluate it with other books. It's like seeing a piece of chocolate and immediately thinking of the feeling of eating it last time. Is it sweet or bitter? Do you have any nuts? It can also be associated with other brands of the same type of chocolate, which is smoother and more delicate.
The author recommended the notes of "Hot Pot with Scallion Oil" to us, which is simply excerpts and comments. There are not many excerpts in essence, and the selection criteria are whether you agree with this view from the heart and whether it inspires you. Because only such sentences can make us have something to say and feel.
In order to stick to it, a comment can start with a sentence, but you must express your true feelings. Slowly, you will find that there are more and more things you can express, and you can contact your own experience or the opinions of other books. Such comments are more comprehensive and valuable.
If we get into the habit of taking notes, we actually set up our own library. Each note represents a book you have read, and you can easily recall the contents of the book by flipping through the notes. Every time I look back, I deepen my memory and add some thoughts.
Taking notes is the process of reading books thinly, and looking back at notes is to read books thinly again. So, are you still afraid that you can't read a book well?
So I suggest that you must take notes when reading. If you find writing too troublesome, you can also take electronic notes with various tools, such as impression notes. Students who use Kindle to read directly mark and export, which is convenient and quick. Students who read paper books can also use APP to scan and upload. As long as you have the heart, you can always find a solution
When every book you read becomes a series of notes, your own library is established with your thoughts, and your personal knowledge system is also established. Think about this result. Is it exciting?
Since it is a library, it is of course necessary to do a good job in management and prepare for future retrieval and review. The author also gives many suggestions in this regard. Title, author, specific version, reading date, keywords, etc. The more detailed the record, the better.
If you use electronic notes like me, don't forget to mark keywords and build an index directory. And the same book can have different keywords, representing different levels of information. For example, set up 20 19, time management, list, habits and Steven? Covey "and other keywords, so that no matter by the author, time, subject can search the results.
If you want to know more about how to take reading notes, I recommend you to read the book How to read a book effectively: a super practical reading method with notes. I hope everyone can develop the good habit of taking notes and make reading more efficient!