setgoblen
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I guess my favorite author is Malcolm Gladwell, I've enjoyed most of his books.
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Best book I've read that was published in 2016 was Presence by Amy Cuddy.
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I tried audio books in my car or late at night, it doesn't work for me. In my car my mind tends to wonder around, and listening at night just makes me sleep.
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I've just signed up, it looks fun.
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I admit, the actual fact of reading is more pleasant with a physical book. but I prefer using my tablet for reading books because it's easier to order, keep evidence, copy quotes, search text, read in the dark. Not to mention I can carry around thousands of books, or have access to virtually any book with a couple of taps on the screen.
For me another plus is that I can listen to music that I can control (volume and track) with my tablet while I'm reading.
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The Bible, i started reading it three times when I was a teen. Now I think I'll wait to grow older and have the time.
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I would certainly recommend Malcom Gladwell's books to young adults. All his books are inspiring and motivating.
My favorite is Outliers, followed by The tipping point and Blink.
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"Climb high, Climb far, Your goal the sky, Your aim the star. Mark Twain"
The third wave by Steve Case
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Dear friends,
I can not say I read a lot, I read about 20 books per year. But I noticed a problem that disturbed me, after a couple of months, not to mention years I could hardly remember the content of the book I've read, revisiting it is a solution, but it is a time consuming solution.
First I started saving quotes from every book a read, and revisited them from time to time, that helped a little but it was not enough. Then I started creating summaries of the books I've read, also revisiting them from time to time, that was a little better, but still not enough,
Only after I've read a book about educating children (I have a 3 year old boy), I've stumbled upon a great idea, TESTING.
Now, when I read a book, I create questions for the interesting topics, eventually creating a test with 20-30 questions for every book. I confess, it's harder than reading quotes or a summary, but it tends to stick in my memory for longer periods of time, so it's less time consuming. (by the way the books name is Make it Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel)
Do any of you use this technique? Or what techniques do you use for remembering past lectures?
Books that you bought or retained for nostalgia
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Last year I bought The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. It was the first novel I've read when I was a child.