>decide to start taking notes to understand and remember books better>decide after every chapter I'll summarize the chapter in my own words to solidify the information in my head>end up just basically rewriting key paragraphs with almost no deviationam I an NPC with no internal monologue?
Depends, what are you reading? Good chunk of literature is just key paragraphs strung together with a story; most of realism and what came before, and genre fall into this category; if you are reading this sort of stuff and only retaining those key paragraphs it is probably because you are mostly bored by the story that strings it together even if you enjoy it. Move onto denser lit of the 20th century so your brain has something to do other than enjoying the ride. If you are reading that denser style lit of the 20th century, you probably never learned to read and think if you understand the words and make it to the end, you comprehended. This is common and most readers go through a phase where they read like this before something causes everything to suddenly makes enough sense that they can see what retards they were. But this is all broad strokes since you failed to provide any of the information required to actually answer your question. This lack of vital context suggests you never learned to read, time to learn.
Read how to read a book by adler then learn about mnemonics.
>>25238393I decided to do this for my first reading of infinite jest. At some point I dreaded having to write something for each chapter that I would go a few days to weeks in between readings. It took me three months to get through the book.
>>25238751>misleading title
>>25238716Retarded faggot OP just dropped a dookie and ran away as usual
I'd say doing that after every chapter is a bit tedious. I started doing it when I finish a book, and only if I really liked it. I cover the plot, important characters, fragments I really liked and my take on the book. This usually takes less than five pages.
>>25238393I just take notes of things that interest me. Why would I give a shit about stuff I will forget about the second I close the book?
>>25238393Pointless endeavourJust go for a walk after you are done reading for the day and think about what you readIt will drastically cut into your screen time, increase your nice air and sun intake, do wonders for your health if you are otherwise generally sedentary, and it will make you a much better thinker than just immediately pour over a paper whatever you have just read after every chapter
i hate those notebooks because you can't rip the pages out. i mean you can but not completely. much prefer spiral-bound
>>25240097This. I literally just write down page numbers and re read those. Never ever forgotten what I liked about the page doing this
Sometimes I wish I had somewhat less of an internal monologue, if you get my meaning.
>>25238718the advice in this thread by far
>>25238393Write small essays on what the idea of the story is rather then summarizing the story.
>>25238393>ideainstead of actually reading booksget a pdf copy and submit to gpt5.5it will print a nice summary
>>25238716>Depends, what are you reading? non fiction, mostly older stuff pre 50spost 50s are mostly political science about current period>>25238718ordered it thanks anon>>25240092>plot, important characters, fragments I really likedsweetie im not trying to deep dive into harry potter, im trying to better understand political science and the nature of our world
>>25238751This reminds me when I was in elementary school they would make us write little post it notes while reading. I guess the idea was to get your thinking on paper and so that the teachers can grade comprehension and application. Well I fucking hated that shit dude, nothing was worse than having to disengage from the book to write some slop like "Jenny seems really mad here!" that I already obviously knew but had to do anyways. Genuinely made me hate reading in class
