[laurieg]

Here's a slightly silly way to keep your brain switched on while reading:

Set an alarm to go off every few minutes. When the alarm goes off shut the book and summarise what you read in the past few minutes. Writing it down helps keep you honest (if you do it in your head its very easy to fool yourself). After you summarise start reading again.

Forcing yourself to practice recall helps memory. Being interrupted helps memory too. You don't need any fancy software, just a timer.

[elboru]

Interesting, where did you learn that interruptions help memory? I would like to read about it a little more.

[manjunaths]

It is called the Zeigarnik effect.

https://www.psychologistworld.com/memory/zeigarnik-effect-in...

[dsnuh]

This sounds a little like Pomodoro method, but for reading.