The Reading Habit That Changed How I Understand Books

The method is less important than the mindset

The Reading Habit That Changed How I Understand Books How a pencil, a few questions, and a margin can transform the way you read Sabrina Nesbitt | PhD student Jun 09, 2026 ∙ Paid 1,789 63 242 Share I picked up my old copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray recently. The dark brown paperback is so scuffed that the edges are more a taupe color now. The pages are water-warped from a rainy day in California long ago and make that crinkling sound when you turn them. Inside the novel are the various iterations of my handwriting throughout the last decade or … Continue reading this post for free, courtesy

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