"Boring" would be the last thing I'd call it, but you have to admit - it's a pretty short list.
It depends mostly on what I'm reading, if I'm reading a math textbook I usually do more "reflecting" than actual reading, I create small programs like imaginary number calculators, function plotters, etc. that let me play with the thing I'm reading about. With programming books I always try to write something, but make it something different than the examples in the book. Sometimes I wander off to Google and then find out the thing I needed was covered in the next chapter, but you get the idea :)
I usually read fiction only before I go to bed, so when I'm finished reading I have some quiet time. Your brain gets really weird right before you fall asleep, but I guess at least it's something.
It depends mostly on what I'm reading, if I'm reading a math textbook I usually do more "reflecting" than actual reading, I create small programs like imaginary number calculators, function plotters, etc. that let me play with the thing I'm reading about. With programming books I always try to write something, but make it something different than the examples in the book. Sometimes I wander off to Google and then find out the thing I needed was covered in the next chapter, but you get the idea :)
I usually read fiction only before I go to bed, so when I'm finished reading I have some quiet time. Your brain gets really weird right before you fall asleep, but I guess at least it's something.