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Originally Posted by tompe
I commented an example about recall. And the comment was something that is nearly trivially true. The example did not say the pages was read. It said that the person looked at pages and could recall them.
And also note that I wrote fully experience a book. Some people here seems to read only for the plot and of course they do not fully experience the book if they ignore everything but the plot. But nothing wrong with that if you like to read that way. Why do you think I had some value judgement about different ways to read?
Except that a person like Harold Bloom that writes about book could be expected to fully experience them before writing about them.
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I am perhaps wrong in assuming you feel that those who read faster do not experience the book as well as you do? This is the impression I get and if it is completely untrue I certainly am glad to hear it.
I actually used to wish I read slower before ebooks so I would not have to go to the library as often or buy as many books and I am not a spectacularly fast reader. Average I would say.
I am not sure why anyone would read just or the plot, any more than why anyone would read words so they can recall them. Most people read for enjoyment or to gather information.
I read for both reasons, but I prefer enjoyment reading, although when the two can be combined it is even better
I am sure I don't fully experience some books, as I am not big on long descriptive paragraphs/pages on the scenery/sunsets, and I tend to skip excessive sex and violence and I hate reading about torture. Of course generally I steer clear of those type of books. Basically if I am not liking a book, I prefer not to experience it and usually stop reading it although I know some people can't.
Anyway I would appreciate your description/definition of fully experiencing a book. Some people seem to think they have to read each word in their mind as if reading aloud, while others seem to think it must be read more than once and some feel each paragraph/section should be reflected on. I am genuinely curios here.
Helen