English literature

Reading in the library or at home
We have to take a lot of things into account when we decide where we are going to study. If you choose to be at home you have to consider your concentration levels. I for one live in quite a quiet house.
I have a younger brother but he also has to study. But a busy house is generally a noisy house and unless you can shut yourself away from distraction, then this possibly is not the best option.
Obviously, a library is a quiet atmosphere, and lots of libraries have little snug areas where you can lose yourself in your books. But we must be very disciplined if choosing to leave the house to study.
You must have an agenda set out, just as if you were at home as it is easy to get sidetracked by a friend or a coffee!
Accessibility
So, if you have set up a place to study at home, it must be somewhere that you can call your own. It generally will be your bedroom.
But, if there is a spare ‘space’ in your house, be it the dining room or a garden shed, this would possibly be better. Your bedroom should be a space where you can relax and chill out, but if you are surrounded by your books and notes it’s hard to switch off the guilt of taking time for yourself, which of course is also very important.
But understandably not everyone has a spare space. So maybe, you should consider the library. Getting to the library earlier is important, as it gets busy. Find your space and try and make it your own. Lay your books out and keep to your plan.
There are of course negatives to at home and the library. If you have spent 30 minutes traveling to the library and realize you have forgotten those important ‘English notes’ then this is time wasted, and if exams are looming then we certainly don’t have time to waste.
So you must be very organized if you are going to the library. What bus are you going to take? How long is the journey? Is it going to be very busy when you get there? Have you an alternative if there is no space? The negatives of studying at home are distractions.
The kitchen for snacking, the TV, people coming and going, but these could also be distractions in the library, friends arriving, “I’ll just go and get a coffee”