I wish reading were a more linear process for me. Explicitly annotated or not, the better I find a work, the more uncontrollably my thoughts proliferate as I re

I wish reading were a more linear process for me. Explicitly annotated or not, the better I find a work, the more uncontrollably my thoughts proliferate as I read, and I'm consequently having to re-read and re-read particularly thought-inducing paragraphs. There's obviously a material difference between authors/editors inserting their own thoughts and me inserting my own, but either way, the better the text, the less linear it is.