Do you take notes while you’re reading, and if so, what method do you use?
This is one of the reasons I greatly prefer reading on my iPhone’s Kindle app. I love to take notes, & the app makes it so easy.
At the moment I’m having to read a physical book, though, so taking notes has been challenging. I finally ended up typing them into the Notes app on my phone.
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I agree that ebooks are easiest for note taking. While I don’t write many notes I highlight freely and I’m able to go back and find passages that inspired reflections as I was reading. When I have read books for reviews I’ve taken copious notes, but that interferes with the flow of reading for me. Once I bought an old copy of a paperback version of a book, and as I prepared to lead a book discussion I wrote notes in the margin and underlined. Such was my need to be thoroughly prepared. I don’t recommend that approach.
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I use pages on my iPad. I take notes for bookclub books. I read a lot and fast . If I read bookclub books too soon I would forget what the book is about when it is time to discuss! If the bookclub questions are available I answer the questions. If not I will write a bit about each chapter,if I think it is important to remember. Books I read for my own pleasure I do not take notes. I do keep a written journal by months. I list the title and author. I also of course have the list on BookBrowse and Goodreads. I used to have a journal where I would write the date, title, author and a short summary but decided that was too time consuming. I would rather get on with reading my next book!
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Nope. Perhaps that’s because I used to take copious notes in college decades and decades ago. (Truth told over a half century ago.)
I read my ebooks on my IPad and I agree with the others. It is easy to mark pages and also highlight sections.
Yes! Highlighters, pens and flag tabs
As you all have mentioned Kindle highlighted is a blessing. For printed, I use a journal or notepad to keep track of the character’s names and note any quotes, or plot points I want to remember (but otherwise won’t remember) to bring up.
If I am going to be leading the discussion I take more notes. If the book is my own and an old paperback I might write in the margins or offer up a large ! or ?? to emphasize a paragraph that is ripe for discussion. And of course, post it notes.
I seldom do. The last time I made preparations with a notebook and pen was before I started reading “A Suitable Boy” in 1993. Then I started reading. The characters were so well-written that I never needed to use my notebook.
I’ve been waiting for years for “A Suitable Girl.” Sigh.
I only take notes for books I’m leading discussions for at a nearby library. I do sometimes wish I would for all books as I think it would be fun to go back and read them later. And it would definitely help me remember better in book club discussions. I do write down quotes from books that are meaningful to me.