<p>Should you read books one at a time or read many simultaneously? Will reading a couple books together at once alter or influence your memory/ analytical reasoning of any books? I need to write journals and essays for books assigned for English and APUSH. I don't know whether I should read a little of each everyday or just focus on one book until I'm finished and then move on.. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>One book at a time... Seriously. Don't overload your subconscious memory...</p>
<p>Ya, I always read one at a time. Or at least I try to stick by that.</p>
<p>I prefer to read one at a time, but I also know people who read multiple books successfully. I think it depends on the person. However, I would consider one at a time to be the more standard method, and more likely to work for most people...but if you think reading them (or, well, a couple books...probably not more than that) simultaneously would work for you, there's no harm in trying it to see.</p>
<p>Jennifer,</p>
<p>I read one book at a time.</p>
<p>I read multiple books, so I can switch off when I get bored. Try both, you still have like a month and a half left before school.</p>
<p>yea definitely just one at a time. im currently in the middle of 6 right now, its not going well.</p>
<p>I try to read on at a time. otherwise I end up forgetting about one, so I'm really only reading one by the end anyway!</p>
<p>Yep I agree with almost everyone here, read them one at a time. It's much less confusing, and you get to fully apreciate that book without others getting in the way.</p>
<p>I also agree. Pace yourself.</p>
<p>I have AP Lit homework and I'm on track to finish a few days before school starts.</p>
<p>I have 15 journals and 3 novel reports for 3 books.
I'm reading my 2nd book.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think that one book works best because I've tried reading multiple books at a time. What happened was I just threw away the less interesting ones and kept reading the one I liked most lol.
Thanks for your opinions guys!</p>
<p>Also, for journal/log assignements, do you do them while you read the assigned chapters/book or after you read it? I find that I hate writing in between my reading but then if I write after I read the chapters/book, I tend to forget a lot of the details. What do you guys do?</p>
<p>I am pretty brutal with my books. I underline ferociously and make comments in the margins. Then, when I am done, I have a running outline of everything that I found to be note-worthy. I can then build whatever projects I need. Obviously, if I have not yet finished a book and an assignment on some portion is due, I do that work without having finished the whole book. However, I generally read books from begininning to end in a day or days, not weeks, so that rarely happens.</p>
<p>Well, I'll just give you my background...I read about 100+ books a year, if not more, and I've only reread two books in my entire life (Fahrenheit 451 and Fight Club) ...</p>
<p>So, to avoid rereading, I take extensive notes on SCHOOL books. Then, after the book is over & perhaps I've thought of new angles because of the ending, I add the details/symbolism into a typed outline. Then, I do a "symbols" page, "messages/themes", "characters". It seems like overkill, but I aced any test my english teacher gave!</p>
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