By the way, this would be a good time to share your (yes, you, dear reader of this comment) experiences trekking through every exercise in a book. I assume this

By the way, this would be a good time to share your (yes, you, dear reader of this comment) experiences trekking through every exercise in a book. I assume this will be a more common experience for graduate students, but has anyone else participated in the beautiful endeavor that is simply devouring an entire text?