Blinkist 1
(一) How To Read Literature Like A Professor (Thomas C.Foster)1. Literary analysis uses memory, symbols and patterns to enrich our reading experience.
2. The tale of a quest is the underlying structure for countless stories.
3. All books borrow ideas from other books, whether it’s obvious or not.
4. Symbols help us detect hidden messages within a story.
5. Setting shapes our perception of a story subtly, yet profoundly.
6. Irony subverts your expectations as a reader, communicating ideas in surprising and powerful ways.
(二) I’d Rather Be Reading (Ann Bogel)
1. Books are windows into the soul, present and past.
2. Books are companions to life and mirror the experience of living itself.
3. You’re always developing as a reader, and you never lose your past experiences.
4. Books can help friendships develop, or even damage them.
5. Being a bookworm comes with its unique set of challenges and opportunities.
6. There’s more to books than meets the eye.
(三) Breaking The Page (Peyer Meyers)
1. Ebooks can improve the reading experience in some genres.
2. Ebooks shouldn’t be mere replicas of printed books.
3. Ebooks can drastically improve the reading experience and incorporate other kinds of media.
4. Ebooks need new kinds of libraries that allow customers to find what they want quickly.
5. Instead of promoting sharing with others, ebooks should help people share with themselves.
(四) How to Read a Book (Mortimer J.Adler and Charles van Doren)
1. In order to get more from books, you need to read actively and learn some basic reading rules.
2. Elementary reading: before you analyze a book, you have to understand it at the basic level of grammar and vocabulary.
3. Inspectional reading: before analyzing a book, you should first skim-read it to see whether it is worthy of closer inspection.
4. Analytical reading: When you start analyzing a book, you should first identify its main theme and the author’s aim.
5. Understand the author.
6. When you analyze a book, you should evaluate its significance and logic.
7. Syntopical reading: you can apply your reading expertise to several books on the same topic at the same time.
8. You should adapt the rules to different genres and seek external help when it’s needed.
(五) Reader, Come Home (Maryanne Wolf)
1. Reading is a skill that we learn as our brains develop rather than an innate ability.
2. Our deep-reading abilities are being altered by the digital age, and we need them more than ever.
3. Our attention is ever-more fragmented, which hinders deep reading.
4. Children are highly susceptible to fragmented attention spans, which has a serious effect on their brains.
5. Parents who read to their children do more for their development than screens ever could.
6. There is a crisis in reading in the United States, which is why it’s crucial children of all ages receive support.
7. to prepare for the future, we should nurture children’s brains with the best of both worlds.
8. Protecting our third life as readers preserves our ability to turn knowledge into wisdom.
(六) Reclaiming Conversation (Sherry Turkle)
1. Digital communication cannot replace in-person conversation when it comes to creating authentic social connections.
2. Solitude and reflection are vital for healthy mind, and too much media gets in the way.
3. Parents too busy on their phones risk depriving their kids of attention they need to develop.
4. Social media is creating new rules for friendship.
5. Online love can easily become unreal.
6. Digital appliances have become unavoidable at work and at school, with some detrimental effects.
7. The internet has made us less politically involved and threatens our privacy.
8. We can use the challenges of digital media to understand what we need more of as a society.
(七) Proust and the Squid (Maryanne Wolf)
1. When humans started writing, our brains rearranged themselves to take on the challenge of reading.
2. The first alphabets revolutionized both our ability to record our thoughts—and our thoughts themselves.
3. The foundation for reading is laid early in a child’s life.
4. Children move through five stages of reading development, from pre-reader to expert.
5. We never stop learning to read.
6. Dyslexia has many different types and potential causes in the brain.
7. People with dyslexia may have other talents, not in spite but because of their different brain structure.
8. The skill of reading is an important part of our personal and cultural development, and we must do our best to preserve it.
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