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Originally Posted by Elsi
Lots of interesting comments. Alisa says, "I envy people who can read as fast as he does and absorb everything." Since I *don't* absorb everything, I can finish a book in a fairly short period. Note, I don't absorb everything when watching a movie either. (How many people caught on to the "red" clue in The Sixth Sense?) Reading for pleasure is much like a movie for me -- absorb enough of the milieu to understand the setting, enjoy the characters, and follow the plot. I'm not looking for deeper insights.
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It sees to be a difference between absorbing in the sense that you read everything and remember everything until you finish the book and really think about things and draw non-obvious conclusions.