Studying books

Hello , I have a problem I've been reading the book how to reassess your chess by Jeremy Silman and how was wondering how do you study a book, could someone who's read this book explain a plan to study this great book.

I read that book when I was just starting out. I was basically new to everything and I didn't have a real plan on "how to study a book". I opened it once or twice a week and played 2-3 games each time. Putting all the moves on an actual chess board. It took me more than half a year to finish it but I'd probably do it again.

It's generally easiest to start out with a fairly beginner level book to get a feel for how they work. You will have to be familiar with various terminology used, so even if you are far beyond beginner level but don't ever watch / discuss / read about chess, you'll want to go through an early level book to learn the jargon. You'll also need to be familiar with chess notation and be able to visualize it in your head (or have a board with you to move the pieces but this is *much* slower) and finally, many authors may assume you understand certain concepts about the game that were popularized by some of the great masters (such as Nimzovich's strategies of restraint and various other positional ideas beyond general tactics like skewers, pins, and so on).

All that being said, once you are able to dig into a book like this without being utterly confused by the terms and ideas and are able to visualize the moves playing out on the board in reference to the illustrations, the general idea is to focus on one chapter at a time for maybe a few days, going back over examples, asking questions and trying to find the answer, and so forth much like you'd study anything academic.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

I am brand new to studying chess (not just playing for fun) and I just picked up two books they were:
Logical Chess Move by Move
and
Silmans complete endgame course

I hope they are good beginner books because if not I won't understand a thing.