What is a Book Summary?
A book summary is not a book review.
A book review is a description of the book including your opinions, interpretations, ideas, and critiques.
A book summary, sometimes called a synopsis, it recaps all the main ideas and does not include outside commentary.
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Steps for writing a book summary
Writing a book summary consists of three steps.
- Take notes while you read.
- Write the main takeaways in your own words.
- Continue to summarise over time (progressive summarization.)
Reasons for writing a book summary
- Writing a book summary helps you remember what you read months, or even years, after reading.
- It helps you connect main concepts from other books, giving you a deeper level of understanding.
- Lastly, it helps you improve your own wr...
Why Write a Book Summary?
- It helps solidify what you’ve learned. Summarizing a book in your own words makes you reflect on the information that just entered your brain.
- It helps you quickly review ideas in the future. Why spend hours reading a book (especially non-fiction) i...
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