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When I read for content, as opposed to reading for pleasure, I read much more slowly.
Because I have gotten into the habit of reading fast, reading for the plot, and gobbling books, I only read fiction for pleasure. I won't say that all my reads are trivial books, but at least 50% of them probably fall into that category. I keep up with each book as I read it, so I know how many books I read each year: on average, 2.5 books per week. For the most part, when I'm reading for pleasure, I'm not really *attending* to what I'm reading.
After completing a novel, I'll remember whether or not I enjoyed it and I'll remember the essence of the plot, but I do not remember details. My daughter and I read many of the same books and I'm really surprised how much more she retains of what she has read.
Like many others, there's a lot of reading at work, but that falls into reading e-mails, researching, etc. It's not "reading" in the sense of starting at the beginning of a work and reading forward to the end.
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