#perzonal

Listen to the audiobook during my workday, usually at 1.5-2x speed depending on the book. I will listen to it faster sometimes and sacrifice comprehension with the understanding that even if I can make out every single word I will probably forget a lot of it anyway.

Bookmark any parts that I think are important or resonate with me.

At home that night go back and listen to all my bookmarks again and in my storygraph reading journal type up all the time stamps and quotes and my reactions to those bookmarked moments. This can take a while depending on the book.

Physical reading journal where I break down the book and my thoughts in a slightly more organized way, using my notes from the previous step. Like my old English class essays but less formal and less polished. Decorate if I can. I usually don't so too much because I will have rambled too much and my writing hasn't left any spare space on the page.

I've thought about starting a booktube but I don't know if I have space for that because I also have other hobbies that I want to get back to. I would love to be able to share videos or photos of my journal but it's kind of a personal journal and the books just have taken over it. Maybe I will start a separate journal for books, but that seems even more tedious than what I have now and I kind of like being able to see what else was going on in my life when I was reading a particular book.