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Derek Sivers has phenomenal book summaries. https://sivers.org/book

- changed my life - read summary first, if really good, buy and read book - cons are 1) makes you think less about content 2) may be too easily forgotten 3) retention isn't as high as reading a book that hits theme over and over with a sledgehammer 4) ignore books with bad review that may be useful to you

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I've tried taking notes of my reading in the past, but struggled because they either (1) were incomprehensible sometime later or (2) interrupted my flow of reading

I wonder if anyone has techniques / software (voice to text) they would share..

Highlighting passages on kindles as you read is the most passive way I've come across. Review afterword

I try to do it by reading a chapter, then going back to the beginning of it and taking notes on the big ideas.

Second this. I spent a lot of time reading reviews on his site. I also noticed the reviews of the books I've read he really nailed the salient points. Highly recommend checking it out.

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