Taking notes on what I read outside of my academic work has been a game-changer for me as well! It's made me engage with books so much more deeply, I'm more confident in my opinions cause I spend more time reflecting on what worked/didn't work for me, and it's helped me figure my taste out a little bit more. And, of course, I can't say enough good things about joining the SBJ book club!
I love these habits! A big change that has helped me read more regularly is reading multiple books at the same time. I used to strictly be a one book at a time kind of person, fearing I couldn't give sufficient focus to more than one book, but then if I wasn't in the mood to read that one book, I wouldn't read at all. Now that I read multiple books, I'm reading all the time and I think my enjoyment of all of them is enhanced because I only read each one when I actually want to! It's great! Note-taking is so intimidating to me for some reason...but I really need to give it a go. And yessss, chatting books and reading together in the book club is simply the best and has brought me so much joy! 💕
I'm with you on reading multiple books at a time & I also used to think reading more than one was impossible. But you're right, it's like a nice little freedom that makes me enjoy reading even more!
Taking notes on what I read outside of my academic work has been a game-changer for me as well! It's made me engage with books so much more deeply, I'm more confident in my opinions cause I spend more time reflecting on what worked/didn't work for me, and it's helped me figure my taste out a little bit more. And, of course, I can't say enough good things about joining the SBJ book club!
I love these habits! A big change that has helped me read more regularly is reading multiple books at the same time. I used to strictly be a one book at a time kind of person, fearing I couldn't give sufficient focus to more than one book, but then if I wasn't in the mood to read that one book, I wouldn't read at all. Now that I read multiple books, I'm reading all the time and I think my enjoyment of all of them is enhanced because I only read each one when I actually want to! It's great! Note-taking is so intimidating to me for some reason...but I really need to give it a go. And yessss, chatting books and reading together in the book club is simply the best and has brought me so much joy! 💕
I'm with you on reading multiple books at a time & I also used to think reading more than one was impossible. But you're right, it's like a nice little freedom that makes me enjoy reading even more!