100... is a long list, so I know I should expect some utter shit, scattered in some pearls too. : )))))
But, some of the books listed, I read before Bobby was born, and many newer ones could easily end up on a similar list from my reading over the last 30 or 40 years.
The very nice to see are three classics, 1984, The Handmaid's Tale and If On a Winter’s Night, A Traveler by Italo Calvino... The more recent books that are excellent, include Gone Girl, All the Light We Cannot See, and A Gentleman in Moscow... with The Martian and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue really need to make the five of the best three. Gone Girl for the plot structure alone should be on everyone's list... Paula Hawkins' "The Girl on the Train" should also make many lists.
... now for those books read in 'e'-form, did you capture quotes or other key paragraphs in Glasp or say Zotero, etc.? : ))))))
Thanks for reading, Tim, and for adding your own picks to the pile. Gone Girl for plot structure alone is a fair call.
On your e-book question: yes, that flow works. If you read on Kindle, you can pull your highlights into Glasp and keep them alongside your web highlights, so quotes from books and articles end up in one place instead of two systems. Fiction highlights are underrated there. Most people only save from non-fiction, but a sentence you loved in Calvino is just as worth keeping.
No, not Kindle, but epubs in general, not tied to Amazon. Hence, the Zotero or Calibre as your 'open reader of choice' that can give you markups and notes options, etc... which ultimately can sit in a 'notes' system - Evernote (lacking but improving) or Obsidian, etc.
Got it, thanks for clarifying. EPUB is the honest gap for us right now. Glasp covers web pages, YouTube, PDFs, and Kindle, and a local EPUB opened in Calibre never touches the browser, so our extension has nothing to attach to. Zotero or Calibre is the right call there.
Where Glasp can still sit in your setup is the last step you mentioned. There is a Glasp plugin for Obsidian that syncs highlights into your vault as Markdown, so your web and PDF highlights land in the same place your EPUB notes end up, rather than living in a separate silo.
EPUB support has come up before and your framing of it, open format, not tied to Amazon, is a good argument for it. I will pass it along.
100... is a long list, so I know I should expect some utter shit, scattered in some pearls too. : )))))
But, some of the books listed, I read before Bobby was born, and many newer ones could easily end up on a similar list from my reading over the last 30 or 40 years.
The very nice to see are three classics, 1984, The Handmaid's Tale and If On a Winter’s Night, A Traveler by Italo Calvino... The more recent books that are excellent, include Gone Girl, All the Light We Cannot See, and A Gentleman in Moscow... with The Martian and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue really need to make the five of the best three. Gone Girl for the plot structure alone should be on everyone's list... Paula Hawkins' "The Girl on the Train" should also make many lists.
... now for those books read in 'e'-form, did you capture quotes or other key paragraphs in Glasp or say Zotero, etc.? : ))))))
Excellent 'sub', so linked up there too.
Thanks for reading, Tim, and for adding your own picks to the pile. Gone Girl for plot structure alone is a fair call.
On your e-book question: yes, that flow works. If you read on Kindle, you can pull your highlights into Glasp and keep them alongside your web highlights, so quotes from books and articles end up in one place instead of two systems. Fiction highlights are underrated there. Most people only save from non-fiction, but a sentence you loved in Calvino is just as worth keeping.
Tutorial: https://glasp.co/posts/how-to-download-highlights-and-notes-from-kindle
And Bobby's margin-note system is a good reminder that the tool matters less than the habit of marking things at all.
No, not Kindle, but epubs in general, not tied to Amazon. Hence, the Zotero or Calibre as your 'open reader of choice' that can give you markups and notes options, etc... which ultimately can sit in a 'notes' system - Evernote (lacking but improving) or Obsidian, etc.
Got it, thanks for clarifying. EPUB is the honest gap for us right now. Glasp covers web pages, YouTube, PDFs, and Kindle, and a local EPUB opened in Calibre never touches the browser, so our extension has nothing to attach to. Zotero or Calibre is the right call there.
Where Glasp can still sit in your setup is the last step you mentioned. There is a Glasp plugin for Obsidian that syncs highlights into your vault as Markdown, so your web and PDF highlights land in the same place your EPUB notes end up, rather than living in a separate silo.
EPUB support has come up before and your framing of it, open format, not tied to Amazon, is a good argument for it. I will pass it along.
I’m happy to hear all of the ones you enjoyed, Tim! You called out some gems.
I actually read exclusively physical books instead of e-books because it helps me remember them better, and I take a ton of physical notes in the margins and back cover of each one. Here’s a peek into that system: https://leaderandlearner.substack.com/p/use-this-3-step-system-to-get-more?r=qtnsx&utm_medium=ios
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
That one’s been on my TBR list for a while. Sounds like I need to prioritize it higher! Thank you, Tracey.