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Originally Posted by Sirtel
I don't think speed reading has anything to do with experience. I read when I was 3 years old and read adult novels when I was 7-8. And I have read every day since then. But my reading speed isn't anything close to a book per hour, nor do I read paragraphs at a glance.
Extraordinarily fast reading (without taking speed reading courses) seems to be an inborn talent, like many other talents.
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You may be right on this. I didn't mean that anyone with enough practice could do it the way I do, only that I do read a lot and it developed over time. My parents were both huge readers as well, and seemed to go through books quickly, but I never had a chance to ask them if they do it like I do, as they passed away before I realized how I do it. My sister hates reading and is very slow; my brother does Ok but is not super fast, but he also has some learning disabilities.
I'm very interested to hear that David does it this way too; now I don't feel like such a weirdo
And again, I do not think anyone should feel 'less than' if they don't read fast, but certainly practice will make one's innate ability work to its best. The only reason I'm glad to read so fast is that there are so many books in the world that I hope to get a chance to read (my list on goodreads is over 700 now). One of the saddest things to me when my mother was dying was when she handed me a book to return to the library that she had been unable to finish. I knew it was the last book she'd ever read, and she died within 2 weeks. I just kept thinking how awful to know you'd never be able to read any more of all those books still out there!
Karen