Books

Not usually but I did when reading The Locked Tomb books; the never-ending density of information with the potential to be relevant later/earlier/right now but you just don't know it yet, was far too much to keep track of otherwise.

They're incredible books but it's one hell of a mental work out reading them whilst keeping tabs on what is actually going on, and that only just starts to happen properly on the second read-through.

My notes were scribbles in a notebook with page and paragraph numbers next to a quote of the interesting or enlightening phrase, and if a theory was forming I'd add a few words outlining it and underline key ones. That way I could skim over my notes and pick out which bit related to what and where in the book it was.

Thats too much work for me...i read to enjoy. Notes are for work meetings!

Reading on an ebook reader makes it really easy for me to highlight sections and annotate them. It can be fun to note my various suspicions about the killer as I read an Agatha Christie for example, see if and how early I can guess the killer. Getting those notes back out of my ebook reader and into a format I can preserve has been a bit of a challenge.

No. Notes are for studying, not entertainment.

No, I just discussed it with my wife who has a better memory than me. Also using the coppermind time machine when I thought a name sounded familiar

I never take notes, but I make frequent use of the glossary and search function on e-books to go back and refer to things I might have misunderstood or want to refresh my memory on

No. I read the entire book and then forget everything. Nowdays i try to at least jot down my thoughts in a post reading review so i can go back and see what i thought about the book but I even forget that sometimes.

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 might jot down my thoughts after a reading session or between chapters, but not taking notes like I would do for studying... More like bullet points of things I would bring up in a book club, or questions or ideas I want to remember for next time, or my own rambling musings triggered by an idea from the book. I rarely read those notes again, just writing them down is satisfying enough. I wouldn't want to stop the experience just to do diligent note-taking, but to each their own.

Sometimes I even skip or skim parts on a first read through and then read more thoroughly when I'm acquainted with the world, story and characters, it's easier to pick up conplicated history or lore once I've gotten the main story out of the way.

I only did it in the past when I was reading for school, but I'd like to start annotating this year because it helps me really engage critically with the story!

My way of notetaking before was highlighting passages/quotes, or writing small little notes about my thoughts. For example, if something a character said or did related back to an important theme, I'd highlight that and make a small note of it. If a description of the setting emphasized the mood/atmosphere of the story, I'd highlight it and make another note. If I morally disagreed with a character's actions or if their actions disagreed with the narrative, I'd make note of that. Etc., etc.