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Do you write up your books once you've finished reading? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/books@lemmy.world
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So I have 'just started reading'. After a lifetime of being dyslexic and thinking I disliked books, I've realised that if I find something in my wheel house and with a little perseverance of getting over the inital hump, I'm really enjoying it. However a few months after reading a book, I've kind of forgotten the finer points and details I enjoyed. Does anyone write up books they've read and what tips have you got/do you have any templates?

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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I never keep track, and if I forget all the details of a book, either it's time to read it again, or perhaps it simply hasn't memorable enough for a second taste?

I enjoy forgetting. After 50 books a year for a couple decades, if I remembered everything that sounds exhausting

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    I enjoy forgetting. After 50 books a year for a couple decades, if I remembered everything that sounds exhausting

    I'm the other way, am 61 and a prodigious reader from school age but I often wonder why bother ? I can't remember the book i read in January, let alone 5, 10 or 40 years ago, it becomes a form of brain rot I think?

    I'm thinking of picking like 50 books and reading and rereading ad infinitum until i really understand them, so far I have not been brave enough to commit haha

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    The question becomes: are you forgetting because of the volume; or because of the quality?

    Because finding wonderful, rare gems of books that etch their words upon your heart - those memories do last a lifetime.

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