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Concluding the Analytical Stage

Now these three stages of analytical reading are the ideal. You will read very few books to this ideal. Most are not worth it.

Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author

If you’ve read a book thoroughly and want to say “I don’t understand”, then you are saying the book has a fault. Your job is to locate...

Criticizing a Book Fairly

Reading a book is a conversation between you and the author. If you do not internalize this, you are not performing deeper reading. You...

Determining an Author’s Message

We need to find out what the author’s propositions are. He may tell us outright. But keep in mind that his propositions are nothing but...

Coming To Terms With an Author

Find out all the important words/phrases in the book and examine how the author is using them. Figure out what they mean with relation...

Analytical Reading: Structure

Rule 1: You must know what kind of book you’re reading. Find this out early in the process. You should be able to state what the book...

Questions and Notes

While reading, you should have 4 questions you need to answer: What is the book about? What is said in detail, and how? Is the book...

Inspectional Reading

Is the book even worth reading? Skim the book to find out. This post says how. First, do the following: Look at the title page,...