BollWeevil

it’s really my responsibility to read one of the most influential ‘books’ ever; one which affects the actions of those who have faith in it.

I buy more books than I need. Mostly non-fiction owing to the autodidact nature of my existence and lack of social life. So, I have books on literature, science and philosophy to get through. Some from the university library.

By ‘get through’ I do not simply mean ‘read’. I mean go through meticulously making notes and condensing the information into manageable chunks to first organise/understand, then memorise using mnemonics and repetition. So, ‘The Ode Less Travelled’ by Stephen Fry, for example, I will go as far as to memorise the entire glossary…and the same goes for most books on the pile. This is slightly unfeasible with books such as Climbing Mount Improbable which have many tidbits of information so I try to focus on the main points and arguments.

I’ve also (nearly) done this with the periodic table.

I also have fiction to read for university. Shakespeare, Austen and Conan Doyle mainly, and any related texts such as Austen’s letters.

I’m trying to prioritise a bit too. I don’t want to be a sponge of meaningless trivia. I want an in depth of knowledge of subjects in academia, not an ability to recite the the Guinness Book of Records at will.

About to start a Shakespeare module for my final year of university. However, the university is utter shit so I’m going to be autonomous and learn much of it on own. I’m starting in October so I will, hopefully, have at least some of it read by then, or the plays immediately relevant to the course.

I have other things to learn as well, my own goals, but I’m trying to keep much of it in line with literature. So, a good knowledge of literary terminology, theory, philosophy of logic, etc.