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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
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I stop a lot and "chew" on things I've just read. I'm not going to go as far as to say I'm studying my fiction, but... well-crafted sentences do entice me. For that reason, I sometimes I read the ones that catch my fancy several times. Sometimes I put the book down and think about what I just read for a bit. Often I flip back to see if some plot-point I just read was foreshadowed earlier. "Did that character speak so plainly about his/her plans in the previous chapter? Maybe I better check." I even actively slow my pace down when I catch myself taking in whole sentences at a stride, because I feel I'm short-changing the experience when I do so. Getting "done" isn't my primary goal--weird as that may sound.
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This is one of the main reasons I have never taken to audio books. If I really enjoy the phrasing of a paragraph or sentence I will immediately read it at least once more, and with ebooks highlight it for reference later. Paper books required that a keep a tablet of small Post-Its handy. I will often want to go back and reread a descriptive passage that introduces later action (in say Dickens) as well. I should not say I never listen to audio books, but when I do it is not a replacement for reading but a complement for such things as say the Iliad.