bookslover
Puritan Board Doctor
James Boswell (1740-1795) gives some advice (from The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, 1785) -
". . .every man should keep minutes of whatever he reads. Every circumstance of his studies should be recorded: what books he has consulted, how much of them he has read, at what times, how often the same authors, and what opinions he formed of them at different periods of his life. Such an account would much illustrate the history of his mind."
So: do you keep lists of your reading (annotated or not)?
". . .every man should keep minutes of whatever he reads. Every circumstance of his studies should be recorded: what books he has consulted, how much of them he has read, at what times, how often the same authors, and what opinions he formed of them at different periods of his life. Such an account would much illustrate the history of his mind."
So: do you keep lists of your reading (annotated or not)?