Why did you decide to keep a reading journal in the first place? This might help you come to an answer.
I have taken notes on fiction only a few times when reading for pleasure—mostly in reading sf when some new idea or speculation made me wonder about its further implications and I jotted it down for discussion with other like minded people. That worked fine and I still do it once in a while. I also took notes once or twice when reading fiction as part of a reading group, again with the idea of highlighting discussion points that interested me. But I felt that taking notes detracted from the actual reading and enjoying part of reading—discussion wasn’t any different without notes.
I think my original reasoning was “to get as much out of the book as possible”, but since I’m not getting anything more out of it by taking notes I think I’ll just stop. Thanks for the tip!
Why did you decide to keep a reading journal in the first place? This might help you come to an answer.
I have taken notes on fiction only a few times when reading for pleasure—mostly in reading sf when some new idea or speculation made me wonder about its further implications and I jotted it down for discussion with other like minded people. That worked fine and I still do it once in a while. I also took notes once or twice when reading fiction as part of a reading group, again with the idea of highlighting discussion points that interested me. But I felt that taking notes detracted from the actual reading and enjoying part of reading—discussion wasn’t any different without notes.
I think my original reasoning was “to get as much out of the book as possible”, but since I’m not getting anything more out of it by taking notes I think I’ll just stop. Thanks for the tip!