To enjoy a book like that thoroughly I find I have to treat it as a sort of hobby and set about it seriously. I begin by making a map on one of the end leafs: then I put in a genealogical tree or two. Then I put a running headline at the top of each page; finally I index at the end all the passages I have for any reason underlined. I often wonder-considering people enjoy themselves developing photos or making scrap-books-why so few people make a hobby of their reading in this way. Many an otherwise dull book which I had to read have I enjoyed in this way, with a fine-nibbed pen in my hand: one is making something all the time and a book so read acquires the charm of a toy without losing that of a book.
https://www.cslewis.org/blog/a-letter-on-reading-in-war-time/?utm_source=pocket_shared
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