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Originally Posted by barkndog
I don't want to say I read slower, but it does take me longer to finish the book. I think I read just as quickly, maybe faster, but because of the built in dictionaries I tend to pause and look up words.
This really caused a slowdown when I read "Red Mars", written with a lot of geological terms (I'm not a geologist). I may not have finished it in paper form because I would have been lost, but the convenience of the dictionary allowed me to understand some of the settings being described. It would have been too much trouble putting the book down and flipping through a dictionary if using paper books.
It's helped my vocabulary, so it doesn't bother me that it takes longer to read a book. It's become a game for me, I will even look up words I kind of know but cannot express just to get clarity on the definition.
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Having the dictionary at close call, will slow one down. Especially reading the older classics. The the use of language has changed over the years (All languages) so without the dictionary, too help clarify the word, and then rereading the the passage with the new understanding. Does tend to slow one down. But makes for a richer and more educational read.