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Originally Posted by tompe
I have some friends that say they read fast but they seem to be skimming partly. And if you skim you of course miss things because you are skimming.
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Touché. I should have rephrased it to say originally: No matter how much you slow down, you might still miss things the first time around. But then of course if you already once finished the book and know what is going to happen, then you will find hints in the beginning that could not have made sense without knowing for sure. If that is done on purpose, then that might also explain why certain books are more likely to be re-read than others.
Lord of the Rings is beeing mentioned a lot in this thread as essential re-reading book - I think there is way to much information in it to be possibly remembered all at once, so that new aspects pop up each and every time you re-read it.
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Originally Posted by Jovvi
I reread books alot, mostly because I am a speed reader and I chew through books fast. And yes, sometimes I skim but not always. Also often I reread parts of books (even if I could almost quote those parts from memory).
I think everybody should just let everybody else do what they like, if you don´t like to reread books fine, if you do that is fine too...
Clara
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I agree, it is a matter of personal choice. Me as slow reader like to reread (some, not all) as well. It does not have to be limited to fast readers, even though it appears from this thread that it happens to fast readers more often.
And maybe I changed my mind, maybe it is not always a blessing to be able to read faster if it comes at the price of (accidentally) skimming through at times. I always wondered why so many speed-reading tutorials emphasize so much on: "not only do you read faster, but also remember it better." There has to be a correlation between reading-speed and memory-retention. Of course, I never went through with any of those tuts since they seem to have a boring and steep learning curve.