Are You a Fast Reader?
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It was either slow down or be forced to take comprehension test after comprehension test to make them happy.danpascooch said:
My brain was apparently built for multi-tasking, so visualizing and enjoying kind of comes with the whole thing. I liken it to watching television: you don't have to focus on enjoying the show, your mind absorbs it and processes it.
I'm a fast reader. It only really causes problems if I'm reading aloud. I started forcing myself when I was about four years old with the "follow the words with your finger, then move your finger faster" trick.
My DS doesn't like me either. It says I can't possibly read that fast, and calls me a liar...
My DS doesn't like me either. It says I can't possibly read that fast, and calls me a liar...
i've always been a quick reader but i've gotten quicker over the years i tend to read 300-400 page books in a few hours everytime my brother gets a book he think i might want to read he gives it to me to read first because it will take him ages to read whereas he only has to wait a few hours to read it 
That's, um, wow.lilmisspotatoes said:
I guess I could read like that, I just wouldn't enjoy the book. I like to sit back, relax, read, drink in the atmosphere of the book and have some tea. Reading at that speed is not relaxing to me, I only do it when I want to get through something fast. It hurts my brain when I do it for too long. I doubt I could keep it up for four hours.
I don't really know any other way TO read, tbh. Reading slowly ruins my enjoyment of a book.HK_01 said:
To be fair, this is in completely uninterrupted time. That's how I relax with books... taking the time I have without allowing the world to interrupt. Sure, I can finish an average novel in about an hour or two, but when I'm doing it with everything going on around me, it's not as enjoyable as when I can shut my bedroom door, grab a soda and a handful of yogurt raisins, and read in the quiet.
I can read quick to get the general idea of things, but when I really need/want it to sink in, I take me time to absorb it all.
Found out late last year that I can read at 1200 or so words per minute, but I only do that when skim reading or when I'm really into a book. Usually I'm a little bit slower than that.
According to the guy who tested us, it's about being able to take in large groups of words at once, instead of just reading and processing one word at a time.
According to the guy who tested us, it's about being able to take in large groups of words at once, instead of just reading and processing one word at a time.
When I'm just reading through comments or something, I go very quickly.
If I'm trying to remember plot points and specific details, I go a lot slower. But honestly, it all varies depending on how many times someone in the room makes a noise/talks to me for no reason, and I have to fight down the urge to throw the book at them.
If I'm trying to remember plot points and specific details, I go a lot slower. But honestly, it all varies depending on how many times someone in the room makes a noise/talks to me for no reason, and I have to fight down the urge to throw the book at them.
I'm a pretty fast reader in that I think I read at fast talking pace if you know what I mean, but I'm also good at skim reading and still getting what's going on.
Sometimes I get the end of a book and think 'darn, I wish I'd made it last longer!', when I get a great book I'll rattle through it in a matter of days.
(I once read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 9 hr 24 mins (yeah I timed) although not in one go and I do realise that that was incredibly sad of me to do so, but I was only 11 at the time).
Sometimes I get the end of a book and think 'darn, I wish I'd made it last longer!', when I get a great book I'll rattle through it in a matter of days.
(I once read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 9 hr 24 mins (yeah I timed) although not in one go and I do realise that that was incredibly sad of me to do so, but I was only 11 at the time).
I normally read quickly enough. If I'm reading a book I enjoy I can get through maybe 100 pages in an hour or two. Though the speed you read at doesn't really make a difference to your enjoyment of a book. If you enjoy reading, then it's fine regardless of how much you read. Although if there's something you're reading and you don't really want to read it, or you need to be at a certain page by a certain time, you might want to try skimming through the book and reading brief passages of information present on the page. Although I still maintain reading speed is unimportant.
