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I know predicting the future is always a challenge and full of uncertainties, but I'm still curious to see if you have any predictions of any modern books that might one day be regarded as a classic.

I personally haven't read any that falls under this category. When I think of classics like To Kill A Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Animal Farm, or even childrens classics like The Velveteen Rabbit, it's difficult for me to see exactly what actually made them classics. But maybe you're better at this than I am. And I would love to hear your guesses on which you think will be a classic one day.

If I had to choose one, I'd hesitantly say The Hunger Games, as it's easy to read but also has a lot to say about challenging a Communist regime. It was assigned in high school back in 2010. So at least one English teacher saw some literary value in it.

I've been doing this thing recently where I'll make a list of the chapters in the book and every time I finish a chapter I'll write a small summary and even highlight it a color that feels appropriate if I feel it would help me remember it better. I'll show you what I mean.

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This series had 5 books so after every chapter I tried to summarize it as succinctly as I could.

What I noticed is that this helped me memorize so much more than I usually do about a book. Because I'm always coming back to the list as I progress thru the book, I spend more time looking at how the story is structured, how the pacing has been, and where I think the story might go next.

Plus if I ever in the future forget details, I'm sure looking over this will quickly refresh me.

Do you take any notes? It's obviously not necessary, but it seems to help.