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So … you've just finished reading a book. For the sake of the discussion, we’ll say it was everything a book should be—engaging, entertaining, interesting, thought-provoking. The kind you want to gush over. The question is—do you immediately move on to your next book? Or do you take time to contemplate this writerly masterpiece and all its associated thoughts/emotions/ideas for a while first?

 

這禮拜的主題很有意思。回顧一下今年的閱讀習慣，似乎沒有像前兩年那樣認真地做筆記，尤其是最近閱讀較多的類型是「歷史小說」。也正因為歷史小說通常是四～六冊一套，等整套讀完差不多是三個禮拜一個月了。除了一開始，為了清楚出場人物之間的關係畫張樹狀圖，和對於有興趣的片段標上書籤外，幾乎沒有停下來為閱讀完的書做個總結。