Thanks for these helpful suggestions. I am naturally a fast reader, so slowing down and really taking in the scenery or even camping with a passage makes such good sense to me. I always look at a table of contents, but I don’t read it carefully. Your map analogy is great.
Wuthering Heights is what I would call a very difficult book, a personal enigma. I cannot read this book without feeling or suspecting that I am really missing something.
Great question. That depends on the book. If you’re committed to learning from the book, treat it like a study session with 10 well read pages a day. Don’t burn yourself out in the boring sections. Treat it as a practice the same way you would learn the piano. 🎹 Playing scales isn’t always fun, but one day, it leads to Bach.
I always used to read a lot of criticism for college-level books. We had to read 5 books a week sometimes and the criticism helped; George Orwell, Joseph Conrad, Rhe Sisters Brontë; college really hammers your mind. 😆
Would you recommend a good dictionary? I know that sounds weird, but I have several and many words are not even in them. I really like dictionaries. But, the more I read important material, I find myself depending on the internet.
That’s a great question. I don’t have a specific one that I recommend, although, now I’m going to hunt for the best one. 😂 Maybe I’ll do a video of it when I find it. For now, I use a small Webster pocket dictionary which has a 70% success rate.
If you're looking for something tangible in a hard copy and you have the funds and the shelf space a good set of the OED, Oxford English Dictionary, is usually pretty sufficient for most readers and writers alike. Just a thought.
@@tonikeltz3751 My set of the OED is thirteen volumes with the supplement. There is an two volume edition but the print is so small it was originally sold with its own magnifying glass.
Thanks for these helpful suggestions. I am naturally a fast reader, so slowing down and really taking in the scenery or even camping with a passage makes such good sense to me. I always look at a table of contents, but I don’t read it carefully. Your map analogy is great.
Just discovered you and really enjoying!
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Wuthering Heights is what I would call a very difficult book, a personal enigma. I cannot read this book without feeling or suspecting that I am really missing something.
Love your channel! How do you get through a book you WANT to read, but has long sluggish/boring parts to get through?
Great question. That depends on the book. If you’re committed to learning from the book, treat it like a study session with 10 well read pages a day. Don’t burn yourself out in the boring sections. Treat it as a practice the same way you would learn the piano. 🎹 Playing scales isn’t always fun, but one day, it leads to Bach.
I always used to read a lot of criticism for college-level books. We had to read 5 books a week sometimes and the criticism helped; George Orwell, Joseph Conrad, Rhe Sisters Brontë; college really hammers your mind. 😆
Orwell is in the top 3 for me
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Would you recommend a good dictionary? I know that sounds weird, but I have several and many words are not even in them. I really like dictionaries. But, the more I read important material, I find myself depending on the internet.
That’s a great question. I don’t have a specific one that I recommend, although, now I’m going to hunt for the best one. 😂 Maybe I’ll do a video of it when I find it. For now, I use a small Webster pocket dictionary which has a 70% success rate.
@@TheReadWellPodcast i hope you will do a video if it works out. thanks
If you're looking for something tangible in a hard copy and you have the funds and the shelf space a good set of the OED, Oxford English Dictionary, is usually pretty sufficient for most readers and writers alike. Just a thought.
@@In_Libris_Libertas "Set"? Not just one? I was thinking of getting an Oxford Dictionary. Thank you.
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My set of the OED is thirteen volumes with the supplement. There is an two volume edition but the print is so small it was originally sold with its own magnifying glass.
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