Reads with Colin — Reading to change yourself

Hi, I'm Colin. I write about books — and what they make me do. 你好，我是 Colin。聊聊好书——以及它们让我做了什么。

Reader · Note-taker · Book sharer 读书人 · 笔记爱好者 · 读书分享者

01WHAT THIS IS这是什么

Reads with Colin is a book-sharing site — bringing you more great books from around the world, newer and wider. Most of them change how you see the world, and what you do next. You'll find reading notes, a 3-2-1 Thursday column, and curated columns by theme: a favorite passage, two quotes, a book with two lessons, plus what I'm currently reading and a reading tip you can try. Reads with Colin 是一个读书分享网站，持续为大家带来全球更多、更新的好书——聊那些"能改变你看世界方式、也会改变你接下来所做的事"的书。这里有读书笔记、3-2-1 Thursday 栏目和按主题划分的常设专栏：本周选段、两句名言、一本好书与两条值得咀嚼的洞见，再附上我正在读的书和一条阅读小贴士。

Five minutes to read; a week to think about. No ads, no spam — just books worth keeping. 五分钟读完，够你回味一整周。没有广告，也不群发杂讯——就是一个安静的读书分享站。

I also keep a blog on thinking & learning at thecolin.vip, and write a WeChat channel called 小Lin思考 — that's me; Colin here, 小Lin there, same person. 我也在 thecolin.vip 写关于思考与学习的个人博客，公众号「小Lin思考」也是我——这边叫 Colin，那边叫小Lin，同一个人。

02WHY I WRITE为什么写

Reading is easy. Remembering is the work. The hardest part of a book is keeping what you underlined, applying it on a Tuesday afternoon, and letting the rest go. 读书最难的不是读，而是记得住、用得上、放得下——记住好句子，用上好方法，放下读过的执念再往前走。

This site is my way of fighting "I read it and forgot." The best input is input with an output attached. I take the sentences that hit me and rewrite them in my own words; wherever I can't, I haven't yet understood the book. 这个网站，是我对抗"读完就忘"的方式：最好的输入，是带着输出输入。 把书里最触动我的部分重新讲一遍——讲不清楚的地方，就是我还没读明白的地方。

"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider." "读书时不可存心诘难作者，不可尽信书上之言，亦不可只为寻章摘句，而应推敲细思。"

— Francis Bacon, Of Studies— 培根，《谈读书》

03WHAT'S INSIDE这里有什么

The Archive书评档案 One note per book — each with a reason worth reading it.每本书一篇笔记，附上一句值得一读的理由。 3-2-1 Thursday3-2-1 读书通讯 3 ideas, 2 quotes, 1 question — what the reading turned into.3 条思考、2 段引文、1 个问题——读书长出来的东西。 Columns常设专栏 Themed shelves — including East-meets-West cross-reading.按主题深挖的书架，含中西互证系列。

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