According to Adler, the first type of book owner keeps books untouched and unread. The second type of book owner reads only a few, but owns many. The third type of book owner has few books that are all filled with markings. Those that mark books with all of their ideas, arguments, and hypothesis are conversing with the author. After reading that statement, I had to stop and think about my own reading patterns. While reading, I do have questions, speculations, and often times talk to myself when I’m upset with something I have just read. So, am I having a conversation with the author then? - no. The reasoning for this answer is because I forget my feelings about the different parts because I don’t write it
According to Adler, the first type of book owner keeps books untouched and unread. The second type of book owner reads only a few, but owns many. The third type of book owner has few books that are all filled with markings. Those that mark books with all of their ideas, arguments, and hypothesis are conversing with the author. After reading that statement, I had to stop and think about my own reading patterns. While reading, I do have questions, speculations, and often times talk to myself when I’m upset with something I have just read. So, am I having a conversation with the author then? - no. The reasoning for this answer is because I forget my feelings about the different parts because I don’t write it