Words and Pictures

I read a lot, and I'd like to find a way to turn that reading into a productive activity. A couple of weeks ago I started writing up my notes and the impressions that hit me as I read, but that didn't last very long. Yesterday I kept thinking about the fact that I don't remember how to write a book review, that is if I ever knew how to write one. I've been trying. I've been writing reviews on Living Social for a while now, but I'm not satisfied with the quality of their content. I have a really hard time summarizing what I read, a hard time incorporating an author's thought into my own in any form other than speech, and that speech is fleeting. I've whined for a while now how about the ineffectuality of reading that doesn't stain the memory for more than a few days or weeks. What good does my reading do me if I can't use it?

I used to be very good at using it. I used to think I knew exactly what these guys were talking about and my memory seemed to have no weaknesses. That was when I was young, and I always, I mean always had a response, had something to say.

You'll notice that I'm not exactly up with the technology. There's got to be an easy way to load pictures of the books I'm reading so you can see them, and not merely read about them. I started looking around for such a thing the other day, but very quickly became discouraged. I typically have five or six books that I'm reading at any given time. So tell me, if you know, what would you use and how does it work?