Now these three stages of analytical reading are the ideal. You will read very few books to this ideal. Most are not worth it.
If you’ve read a book thoroughly and want to say “I don’t understand”, then you are saying the book has a fault. Your job is to locate...
Reading a book is a conversation between you and the author. If you do not internalize this, you are not performing deeper reading. You...
We need to find out what the author’s propositions are. He may tell us outright. But keep in mind that his propositions are nothing but...
Find out all the important words/phrases in the book and examine how the author is using them. Figure out what they mean with relation...
Rule 1: You must know what kind of book you’re reading. Find this out early in the process. You should be able to state what the book...
While reading, you should have 4 questions you need to answer: What is the book about? What is said in detail, and how? Is the book...
Is the book even worth reading? Skim the book to find out. This post says how. First, do the following: Look at the title page,...