Archive - Read and Think Deeply

Intentional Rhythm of Rest

Taking the month of August off

Jul 28 • Ryan Hall

Building A Balanced Reading Life

How To Keep You Reading Life Fresh

Jul 21 • Ryan Hall

From Reader to Writer: Why My Reading Life Had to Change

My wrestling with shifting seasons

Jul 14 • Ryan Hall

The Hidden Danger of Turning Every Book Into Homework

My story of quitting The Count of Monte Cristo

Jul 7 • Ryan Hall

June 2026

Building A Thinking Life

Our final part in the series on going from being a consumer to a thinker

Jun 30 • Ryan Hall

How To Write Summaries and Reviews of Books

How to take ideas from books and turn it into thinking

Jun 23 • Ryan Hall

How To Organize Your Thoughts for Writing

Part 4 of this series includes reviewing the book and organizing ideas

Jun 16 • Ryan Hall

My Writing and Reading Journaling System

How I take notes and organize ideas

Jun 9 • Ryan Hall

May 2026

An Immersive Summer Reading Plan

Here are the books I am planning on reading this summer

May 26 • Ryan Hall

How To Take Notes As You Read

My system for active reading

May 19 • Ryan Hall

How To Move From Consuming Books to Thinking Deeply

Why reading and thinking are separate skills

May 12 • Ryan Hall

Embracing The Limitations Of The Reading Life

Lessons for readers from Four Thousand Weeks

May 5 • Ryan Hall

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