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Post by annalovesbooks1983 on Feb 5, 2009 10:46:29 GMT -5
Lately when I read a book I like to read more on the subject matter of the book, or about some of the characters or themes, I like spark notes and cliff notes, Do any of you like to use them or like to use other resources to help you understand a book or its themes better? I like the websites for spark notes, and cliff notes www. sparknotes.com www.cliffnotes.com |
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Halie
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by Halie on Feb 5, 2009 19:47:23 GMT -5
I think it's better to read the original text and struggle while forming your own ideas about the body of work rather than to take it easy by reading a guide and using preconceived notions and analysis as basis for what you think about the book. But that's just me.
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lindsay
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." - Franz Kafka
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Post by lindsay on Feb 6, 2009 11:05:20 GMT -5
Sometimes I do need the extra help from sparknotes and cliffnotes (paticulariy if I'm reading something for class) but as a rule I think one ought not to rely on those things.
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Feb 6, 2009 11:50:50 GMT -5
I will occasionally use them when I can't understand something. But they give things away and I don;t like that.
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