Tuesday, February 25, 2025

HtRaB: Ch 7 X-Raying a Book

 More of the same, really. Kind of losing interest. Like I said last night, I feel like I'm reading a lot of the same stuff over and over again. More rules that (Adler admits) are basically restatements of other rules. He gives a terrible summary of The Odyssey, talks about how titles used to be longer (like a webnovel title or something now), and suggests outlining the constitution. Maybe I'll make that tomorrow's post. For tonight, I will be starting another subseries for a bit. I don't want to drop these (unless I drop the book entirely) since part of the point here is to collect my thoughts more than to be marketable or whatever.

Adler's Rules for Analytical Reading:

1. Classify

2. Summarize

3. Outline (not necessarily on paper, in your head can be ok)

4. Identify the problems the author is trying to solve/discuss.

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