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Understanding the concept of the self
The importance of living in the present moment
The illusion of control
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Write a 1 sentence summary of what the book was about and what I liked and didn’t like on a broad scale.
Then I’d spend a few sentences rating each metric: writing style, plot, characters, originality, intellectual value, and my personal enjoyment.
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Readers fail when they allow themselves to believe the old mantra that fiction is the thing you relate to and writers the amenable people you seek out when you want to have your own version of the world confirmed and reinforced. That is certainly one of the many things...
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It is possible to kill your enjoyment of storytelling if you go headlong into every book with a surgical knife. That’s why I find it’s best to read most books casually and just experience the story.
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Rereading lets you get past your initial reactions to analyze why the story works or doesn’t work
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Narrow your focus to one of those elements. Smmarize each chapter to one sentence. In the end, reread your summary.
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The point is to capture what makes the text emotionally relevant to you
Whenever you open a new book, that experience doesn’t exist in a vacuum. You bring with it all of the stories you’ve consumed before, your own philosophy of the world, and your knowledge base or assumptions.
If yo...
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