[thymaster]

I was exactly like you a few years ago. Slow and read out loud. What changed about me is that I tried to change my habit from reading out load to inside your head.

I have three advice that might help you read faster and that is time, place and trance.

Time - Dedicate a few hours in a day to reading everyday. I recommend for starters 2 hours or more. You can take a break between the hours but not too long.

**** Clear your mind before reading. You're reading out loud because you're mind is thinking of something else or is distracted. If you can't summarize the last 10 pages you just read, then that means something is bothering you. Try mediating for 10 minutes or 10 slow deep breaths before starting. ****

Place - Find a quite place to read. Not to comfy like your bed or laying on the sofa. Not to distracting. No TVs, radio or any kind of distractive noises.

Trance/Focus - When you start a book you can't stay focus on the first 20 pages because most likely you're bored and your brain might either already dosed off or thinking of something else so your lips are moving instead. Stop at every 10 pages and summarize what you just read really quick and continue on. Keep doing this until you're lost in the book.

When you feel the story gets interesting just keep on reading until you are tired and can't read anymore. Just before you call it quits, quickly summarize everything you just read in those hours as much as you can. You can also ask yourself questions about the stuff you just read. keep doing this for 2-3 weeks and I'm sure you'll finish a novel in less then 15 hours which my standard is good.

Thanks to my electronic eReader it tells me I average out 7 to 8 hours per 400 pages. Of course I don't read 7 hours straight so I break it into 4 days and that's how long it takes me to finish a book now. Sometimes I can do 3 books in a week.