How do you usually feel about reading a very thick non fictional books? Motivational books, pre-marital educational books, school or college text books, books that is not related to your daily subject but you have to read it to elevate your knowledge, etc. Boring right? And usually i will read those kind of books just because "i have to" or "obliged-ly", not because i was interested in that book. And for me, those kind of books will take months to finish, even unfinished. So i really really have to struggle to find a way to maintain my interest in those kind of books.
Well, recently i found a trick for myself, to keep my interest in those kind of books and shorten the reading time of my timeline basis. Naon sih bahasana 😅. Hope it will be useful for you.
Firstly, i have to know about the general topic of the book i want to read. For example, i am reading "Api Sejarah" right now. What i am thinking is, that, that book will explain about the distortion of the Islamic history in our nation. Because, you know, history written by the sovereign, right?
Secondly, i will formulate several question that i hope will be answered by this particular book. Then i will have those question list written in a piece of paper, and i will slip it as some kind of bookmark. And i will almost (mostly) add more question as i read more page. And that is the sign of me did the thinking process 😀.
This second part is essential for me to nurture my interest in the book. A force for my finger to keep turning the page because i really really need to answer those question, otherwise i will have a nightmare (lebay pisan maneh).
Thirdly, write the important or interesting part of the book that intrigue your mind the most. You can write the important or interesting part of the book on the other side of the question paper. Like quoting quoting gitu, kaya kids jaman naaaww.
Lastly, keep that question list paper inside the book, in hope that you will recall the knowledge without re-reading the book.
Well, that s all folks! Sometime i wish every author add some blank paper in the back of the book so i can corat coret dibelakangnya. But i am afraid that it will be considered as a rape or physical abuse, hehe. Sorry for the English alakadarnya. Happy reading! Cheerio!
Irs
07/11/17
19.08 WIB
