How to read a book?

Well, Dr, Adler can tell you how:

"How to Read a Book (A Touchstone Book) (Paperback)
by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren "This is a book for readers and for those who wish to become readers..."

Paperback: 426 pages
Publisher: Touchstone; Revised edition (August 15, 1972)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0671212095
ISBN-13: 978-0671212094
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.08 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4 1/2 stars based on 84 reviews.
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,662 in Books (See Top Sellers in Books)

How to Read a Book was originally authored by Mortimer Adler. He co-authored a heavily revised edition with Charles Van Doren.
The book gives guidelines for critically reading the texts that comprise what the authors consider to be the Western canon, which they refer to as the "Great Books."
Tips are given for approaching various genres: poetry, history, science, fiction, etc.
The book was a commercial success upon its initial publication in 1940.
The major revision, copyrighted in 1972, added the tips for approaching various genres and a whole new section on syntopical reading.

2006-12-29 04:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Seriously, why are you reading it? Class assignment? Extra credit? Pleasure reading?
If it's for class, think about the type of test you will be taking. Ask for a rubric for what you will need to know.
Extra credit - just read then ask for more details.
Pleasure - Just read, choose a spot to read and a good time.

Always give the book about 20 pages or more before you judge if it's interesting or not.

2006-12-29 12:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by rebeccasingles 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Start at page 1, then 2, then 3, then...

2006-12-29 12:47:01 · answer #3 · answered by wayne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Start off with something easy like Dr. Seuss and then work your way up. If you don't know your letters and the sounds the make, order Hooked on Phonics. Good luck! hahahahahahahaha

2006-12-29 12:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by geeky120493 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Depends on the book.

2006-12-29 15:21:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

you pick it up then you open it and look at the words and sentences starting on the first page and progressing to the last when you finish you close it and put it down

thorough enough for you?

2006-12-29 12:40:42 · answer #6 · answered by szz45 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

You open it and start reading. Simple!

2006-12-29 13:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by Corrida 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Um, by reading it? Are you being serious?

2006-12-29 18:49:56 · answer #8 · answered by K.K. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

read a chapter everyday

don't be lazy ..

gd luck

2006-12-29 12:40:14 · answer #9 · answered by dodi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I don't know. It is extremely difficult.

2006-12-29 12:39:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

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