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A lot of you have asked me how I read so many long, difficult books, so in this video I share my method and give you some tips on how to read difficult books. After posting a very long video last month, this time it is a short one.
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Don't mind me noting things down in the comments
1. Start with short books
2. Judge a book by its cover (or snippet or intro or ending even)
3. Have a deadline
4. Make predictions
5. Skim, skip, and stop
6. Take notes (on your phone)
7. Summarize the book in own words (your snapshot)
8. Analyze the book (your interpretation, argument, and your supporting lines from the book)
9. Your take/angle of view (1-sentence summary, 1-sentence analysis, your unique perspective)
Conclusion: pick and choose, 4 brains for reading (judging books, breaking down books, digesting heavy elements, regurgitating for others), goal of reading is to read and respond (sounds like Stanley Fish)
Thanks for the video.
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As an Iranian, I am proud that the Blind Owl is one of your favoritesš Translation of its complicated plot and metaphors must have been very hard.
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Iāve never related more to another reader in my life. Thank you for this contribution, Iāve always felt like a sort of freak because I do exactly what you explained and I picked on these habits entirely through my reading experience but other fellow readers often looked at me like I had 5 headsā¦ Iām getting emotional so Iāll end my comment hereā¦ Thank you again.
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This is so good - thank you so much !
You are brilliant šš»
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Youāre wise and kind for putting this out. Hereās some scratch. Please do more of this. Excellent work.
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Thanks a lot for sharing this great ideaā„ļø
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Youāre such an inspiration!ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤
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I love this channel, Fiction Beast. Thank you, sir.
Keep teaching , the world needs you more than ever now.
I loved Professor Harold Bloom from Yale as an example, who now has passed, but it my papa and his library who starting me reading at a young age.
I write my notes down with pen and paper, I never liked cellphones or computers much, although there is dark and light in technology.
Great books I read over and over again throughout my life.
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I'm a discovery reader (I love that expression) through and through. I'm now reading Tristram Shandy and enjoying the feeling of being dragged along. I started reading In Search of Lost Time last October and am still reading Swannās Wayš¤¦.
What I enjoy most about your videos are the analyses. Thank you for sharing your tricks.
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Looking forward to this. The older I get the less patience I have for books that are long and obscure. They are just poorer value for time, which is precious.
- There's a saying that if you can't explain something to a six year old, you haven't understood it yourself. This might apply to some authors.
- Alternatively, obscurity can hide superficiality, as it's considered a challenge to decipher it. Would Heidegger be as popular without his obsurity?
- Obscurity can also provide an pseudo-intellectual defense of bad ideas. e.g. John Searle's and Noam Chomsky's criticism of French Obscurantists.
- Another saying is that long and short arguments contribute to the same end.
Sure, books should inspire and stretch, but they should also speak to you and themselves be authentic, written with a sincere desire to get the point across clearly, respectful of the reader and their time.
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Thanks for the helpful video. Iāve been struggling to keep up with my reading plan. Now I know how to approach books that might be beyond me or beneath me or just a bad pick.
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Fantastic video FB. I would love if you do a video of your top 100 fave novels š
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Love your videos.
I canāt skip. I have to read every word of a book, even if Iām reading an excruciatingly difficult or boring passage. Iām too OCD to skip. I might miss something. ā¤
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Absolutely excited
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I really want to read in search of lost time some time
but im not sure im ready yet , i want to experience it fully and get
immersed into it while my mind is clear and focused because i
think it will be a one of a time experience and i will gain a lot out of it.
Maybe during a summer that i will have a lot of free time and peacefulness of mind.
I will surely try some of your tips.
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Another great video. I love your videos on Proust they are very insightful. I've still to read the last volume and I have enjoyed the series. It is already my favorite book now. I'm currently reading Fictions by Borges and it is amazing too. Some of the themes are mind blowing. Do you have a video on that book? Thank you for posting.
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thank you for all the hard work you put in this channel. unfortunately i cannot read anymore because i am partially sighted.
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Do you have any plans of covering cormac mccarthy's work? I believe he is one of best modern writers..
Btw that was another superb video by you
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Thank you
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