I take extensive notes on it. There are so many characters, places, events, plotlines, lore, etc. It's proven to be incredibly useful. It's the type of series where once you learn some lore, it's fun to go back and re-read certain chapters with that new understanding. I'll frequently pick up the previous books and rifle through them. The notes make it much quicker to find the sections I want to find.

At the same time, I think taking extensive notes can sometimes make it a little less fun. Like I'm consistently pulling myself out of the moment to jot stuff down.

Do you take notes on the books you read? If so, how do you take notes?

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[–] lunarcat@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I only did it in the past when I was reading for school, but I'd like to start annotating this year because it helps me really engage critically with the story!

My way of notetaking before was highlighting passages/quotes, or writing small little notes about my thoughts. For example, if something a character said or did related back to an important theme, I'd highlight that and make a small note of it. If a description of the setting emphasized the mood/atmosphere of the story, I'd highlight it and make another note. If I morally disagreed with a character's actions or if their actions disagreed with the narrative, I'd make note of that. Etc., etc.