Comments on: BOTNS Readers, Meet Jack Murnighan http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html illuminating conversation about books and reading Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Tanya http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html/comment-page-1#comment-1109 Tanya Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:14:30 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html#comment-1109 I got my copy in the mail today! Thank you! I have a new stack in the house dedicated to certain editions of the Classics and BOTB is right in there with them! Even though I had already read "Wuthering Heights," it was recent enough that I was able to give it the BOTB treatment (picking out a favorite line, taking a look at a couple of things JM mentioned in his commentary...) and tomorrow, I start "Jane Eyre." I got my copy in the mail today! Thank you!
I have a new stack in the house dedicated to certain editions of the Classics and BOTB is right in there with them!

Even though I had already read “Wuthering Heights,” it was recent enough that I was able to give it the BOTB treatment (picking out a favorite line, taking a look at a couple of things JM mentioned in his commentary…) and tomorrow, I start “Jane Eyre.”

]]> By: Tanya http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html/comment-page-1#comment-6353 Tanya Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:14:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html#comment-6353 I got my copy in the mail today! Thank you! I have a new stack in the house dedicated to certain editions of the Classics and BOTB is right in there with them! Even though I had already read "Wuthering Heights," it was recent enough that I was able to give it the BOTB treatment (picking out a favorite line, taking a look at a couple of things JM mentioned in his commentary...) and tomorrow, I start "Jane Eyre." I got my copy in the mail today! Thank you!
I have a new stack in the house dedicated to certain editions of the Classics and BOTB is right in there with them!

Even though I had already read “Wuthering Heights,” it was recent enough that I was able to give it the BOTB treatment (picking out a favorite line, taking a look at a couple of things JM mentioned in his commentary…) and tomorrow, I start “Jane Eyre.”

]]> By: Tanya http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html/comment-page-1#comment-1108 Tanya Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:47:31 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html#comment-1108 I'm a big believer in thoroughly comprehensive reading and do that in conjunction with note-taking. I tend to write in my journal however, as opposed to notating the physical book(sometimes the margins are just too small; and too, a journal allows me to cut and paste and expand at will, as well as link up to other titles.) I attach little post-it notes and flags to the pages however and every once in a while will take a red pen to obvious typos. I don't skip any portion of the book but I find those passages in JM's commentaries interesting nonetheless. I’m a big believer in thoroughly comprehensive reading and do that in conjunction with note-taking. I tend to write in my journal however, as opposed to notating the physical book(sometimes the margins are just too small; and too, a journal allows me to cut and paste and expand at will, as well as link up to other titles.) I attach little post-it notes and flags to the pages however and every once in a while will take a red pen to obvious typos. I don’t skip any portion of the book but I find those passages in JM’s commentaries interesting nonetheless.

]]> By: Tanya http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html/comment-page-1#comment-6351 Tanya Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:47:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html#comment-6351 I'm a big believer in thoroughly comprehensive reading and do that in conjunction with note-taking. I tend to write in my journal however, as opposed to notating the physical book(sometimes the margins are just too small; and too, a journal allows me to cut and paste and expand at will, as well as link up to other titles.) I attach little post-it notes and flags to the pages however and every once in a while will take a red pen to obvious typos. I don't skip any portion of the book but I find those passages in JM's commentaries interesting nonetheless. I’m a big believer in thoroughly comprehensive reading and do that in conjunction with note-taking. I tend to write in my journal however, as opposed to notating the physical book(sometimes the margins are just too small; and too, a journal allows me to cut and paste and expand at will, as well as link up to other titles.) I attach little post-it notes and flags to the pages however and every once in a while will take a red pen to obvious typos. I don’t skip any portion of the book but I find those passages in JM’s commentaries interesting nonetheless.

]]> By: Kristen M. http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html/comment-page-1#comment-1107 Kristen M. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:39:40 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html#comment-1107 This is how I read. I will go back and reread sentences, paragraphs or even whole pages every time I catch my mind wandering. This way I am rarely lost in a plot. The strange thing though is that doing this doesn't help my post-book retention at all. I forget most books within a few months, hence my prolific re-reading habit. This is how I read. I will go back and reread sentences, paragraphs or even whole pages every time I catch my mind wandering. This way I am rarely lost in a plot. The strange thing though is that doing this doesn’t help my post-book retention at all. I forget most books within a few months, hence my prolific re-reading habit.

]]> By: Kristen M. http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html/comment-page-1#comment-6349 Kristen M. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:39:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html#comment-6349 This is how I read. I will go back and reread sentences, paragraphs or even whole pages every time I catch my mind wandering. This way I am rarely lost in a plot. The strange thing though is that doing this doesn't help my post-book retention at all. I forget most books within a few months, hence my prolific re-reading habit. This is how I read. I will go back and reread sentences, paragraphs or even whole pages every time I catch my mind wandering. This way I am rarely lost in a plot. The strange thing though is that doing this doesn’t help my post-book retention at all. I forget most books within a few months, hence my prolific re-reading habit.

]]> By: Biblibio http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html/comment-page-1#comment-1106 Biblibio Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:01:45 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html#comment-1106 It seems to me that if a book deserves my careful, slow attention (classic or otherwise), I'll pick up on it. Some classics deserve careful, meticulous reads for their language but some don't. I'll try it sometime, though. Perhaps I've been wrong all along... It seems to me that if a book deserves my careful, slow attention (classic or otherwise), I’ll pick up on it. Some classics deserve careful, meticulous reads for their language but some don’t. I’ll try it sometime, though. Perhaps I’ve been wrong all along…

]]> By: Biblibio http://booksonthenightstand.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html/comment-page-1#comment-6348 Biblibio Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:01:00 +0000 http://botns.booksellersblog.com/2009/06/botns-readers-meet-jack-murnighan.html#comment-6348 It seems to me that if a book deserves my careful, slow attention (classic or otherwise), I'll pick up on it. Some classics deserve careful, meticulous reads for their language but some don't. I'll try it sometime, though. Perhaps I've been wrong all along... It seems to me that if a book deserves my careful, slow attention (classic or otherwise), I’ll pick up on it. Some classics deserve careful, meticulous reads for their language but some don’t. I’ll try it sometime, though. Perhaps I’ve been wrong all along…

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