12-06-2021, 06:52 AM | #31 |
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Next reading will be an Olympic Sport.
I couldn't tell you how fast I read. When reading I do not see the words. I am seeing the action as described by the author. Apache |
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Nice. I see some sort of amalgam of the words and the action. It is difficult to describe. It only works this for fiction and only if is a good book. If I do not like the book I only see the text.
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If I find my mind wandering while reading, it's because the book is boring or is just not pulling me in. I've never really understood the desire to "speed read" aside from those with required reading for school etc. While I may read some books quickly, lite fiction for example, I generally like to immerse myself in a book, and savor it, taking my time. I'm "seeing" in my brain what is going on in the text. I'm "there." Some authors, Jane Austen for example, I can't read so quickly. When I do, I lose the train of thought and what is being said. |
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Again, I don't think it's promoting "speed reading" all the time, just when you find a case as you describe:
At least for me, other causes can be how tired I am, what kind of day I've had and/or mood that I'm currently in. Reading faster, not "speed reading", may help promote some focus and allow myself to be "pulled in" to the book. |
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Sounds like one of my family's complaints about me that when I am reading, I am almost totally oblivious to the world around me.
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If I re-read text, it's either because I want to make sure I understand it thoroughly (science-focused non-fiction or non-L1 fiction/poetry) or, to use a very apt word used by another commenter, to "savor" the words. Like many others, I read light fiction reasonably rapidly, but even VERY light fiction can be so well-written that going back and re-reading passages enhances the experience. Wodehouse is a prime example - I can skim his works at great speed, but doing that skips over so many wonderful gems of phrasing that are the very reason for reading him the first place. The perfect example of why instructing me that "if I find myself rereading text I should read faster not slower" leaves me a VERY long way from gruntled. |
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Sounds like we interpret the post differently. If you never re-read text due to distractions, losing your place, un-focused reading, then great...continue what you're doing. Most of the time I'm pretty immersed myself, but I do have times where it's a bit of a struggle. During those times I could see where trying to force a somewhat faster read than normal could have a side-effect of increasing focus and allow myself to fully immerse into the book. Whether this works for me or not I'm sure I'll eventually discover .
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Thanks for the correction, and apologies to the miistakenly maligned OP - I must have read the post too quickly.
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Definitely YMMV advice.
In my case the moment I lose focus and get distracted I will start quickly skimming, often running my eyeballs across the screen/page without bothering to properly process the information. If it's something that I *need* to read, understand and remember; I find it best to flip back to the last bit I remember focusing on and start reading somewhat more slowly than usual with frequent pauses to check if I can remember what I've just read; taking a break once I've hit a good pausing point so that I can come back to it with a fresher brain. |
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