I’ve been reading the Stormlight Archive, which is a massive epic fantasy series.
I take extensive notes on it. There are so many characters, places, events, plotlines, lore, etc. It’s proven to be incredibly useful. It’s the type of series where once you learn some lore, it’s fun to go back and re-read certain chapters with that new understanding. I’ll frequently pick up the previous books and rifle through them. The notes make it much quicker to find the sections I want to find.
At the same time, I think taking extensive notes can sometimes make it a little less fun. Like I’m consistently pulling myself out of the moment to jot stuff down.
Do you take notes on the books you read? If so, how do you take notes?
Sometimes, but only really for characters / locations, and more at the beginning than the end.
I’m in stormlight 5 myself just now, and I stopped doing notes after book 3 I think? Similar for The Expanse, a couple years ago.
I read fiction for pleasure. Any book that’s so overly complicated and with places totally foreign (made up) that I need to take notes just to keep track of things…that book is not for me. Taking notes makes me think I’m back in school.
legit. I’ve got a threshold too, for sure. it’s just not zero. :-P
Totally reasonable stance. I just like getting geeky about cool lore.