Are you a fast or slow reader?

Me like read book. Try watching movies if you want to speed up the pace a bit. Not going to help with the reading though.

Ha, good one, but as you say, watching a movie wont help speed up my reading, unless, of course, the movie has sub- titles!

i am a slow reader, too. and, it is true with me that, i am forced to speed it up if the movie comes with subtitles as, it is presented with a language that i cannot understand at all.

Yes, thanks, you may be right about being nervous when given something to read, and worrying about whether it is taking a long time probably means I'm not really concentrating on my reading, anyway. That is the other point, that when I do make myself read faster, I generally have to re-read some of it anyway, which sort of defeats the purpose! I will just go at my own pace, and enjoy my books!

I find I am easilly distracted, and can't really read that well with too much noise around. I feel at my speed, I absorb the book better. I've never really thought to leave out the basic little words while reading, but I'll try it and see how it goes.Thanks.

I wish there was a trick to it, I started reading when I was very young between the age 3-4. I learned my abc's while watching Seasame Street. Those See spot run books is how I learned. Then I was reading everything in site. So yes I had a lot of practice. My grandmother can read about 3 books a week before her eyesight went bad, more if she had more time. My dad could only read when he was off from work, so it took him a little longer to read a book, but he read a lot of mostly western books. For me the book just gets so good you don't want to put it down, then I just fly through the book. I once read a 1,000 page book in 2-3 days so I could compare it with a movie that following Sunday, lol. Now it takes me longer, because I'm always having to put it down to do something.

it is really good to know speedreaders. they easily share their way of doing it. but really, it is not easy to do it. since you have the talent and the gift, it comes in easy for you. for deep thinkers, like me, it takes time. the information must be given sometime to sink before we fully get it. yet, even if it takes me sometime reading, still there are lots of details that manage to get off my grip. i am really so unlike the fast readers i know. despite going through a book within just a few hours, they can still relate the entire story to anyone who is interested to hear about it.

Maybe the speed reading is in the genes. I'll keep practising, but know that if I don't remember what I have read than I need to slow it down!

Yes, I definitely love spooky page turners, and I may even pick up the speed just the tiniest bit. Boring books I just keep on with, because the more I read it, the quicker I'll finish it, and hopefully it improves along the way!

I agree the book has to be good, my rule is if the first 2 chapters don't catch my attention, I will put the book up and go to another one and come back later to that one. When I was in high school, we would be given a book to read in Lit class. I was given a book that wasn't my taste, that I read in a quick amount of time, only because I had no choice, lol. After reading it, it came on tv, lol.

yes,and i think all people are slow when they are looking for some important things,i am slow especially.

I think reading slowly helps me to become a part of the story, and is a good way to escape to another world for a while!

I didn't really think about newspapers and such, but I'm like you in that respect. I do actually read newspapers and mags relatively quickly, but somthing more important I do slowly, otherwise I will probably forget what I've read. It is cool to think what the author is thinking!

No, I don't have the gift of reading fast and remembering, and don't know whether it is something that I can improve on. I think I will stay happy with the speed I read at most times, and maybe occaisionally practice some quicker reading with unimportant material. I don't know if this old dog can learn new tricks,lol!

I think that is why I'm a slow reader, because the quicker I go, the less I actually seem to read, and remember. I'd like to have to slow myself down, but that's not really an issue!!

I think technical books really have to be read slowly, to actually follow the info. I agree with what you say about writing styles also,and I have my favourites.

After I posted my answer I was thinking about it a bit. I think I know what got me to read fast. I lived in Portugal and movies in TV where mostly in a foreign language so they had subtitles. I had to learn how to read fast so I wouldn't miss anything LOL

Well, no, I guess that is the same when I start a book, I don't think I'm going to read it fast or slow, but just enjoy it. I do love books, so I think I'll just keep going the way I'm going. Thanks.

Ha,ha, good one. I have the problem with movies with subtitles in the fact that I either know what they are saying but don't really see what they are doing, or vice versa,lol!

Well, thanks, but after the vast amounts of books I have read, I don't know that practice is going to help. Maybe I have to be content with a slow read!

What I mean is read one or two chapter in the morning for one book and one in the afternoon for the 2nd book and one book at night. Its crazy but am too impatient to read on without getting started on the next. I borrow books from the library and are allowed 3 books at a time for 2 weeks.

That is really a funny way to read. I actually wish I could pull it of too, to tell you the truth, because I've got so many good books waiting to be read. I also get impatient, especially the closer to the end of the book I get!

How do you read three books at once? Don't you get confused as to what's going on? It takes me long enough reading one book at a time, I don't think I'll try three,lol!

Ahh, maybe that's why I read slower, because I love to savour, especially when the book has great characters. Yes, I'm often in a hurry to find out what happens next, but I can't race ahead anyway!

Well, I think one hour is a lot better than not at all, and as a fast reader, you probably get more read than I would in two!

Well, that is a very good point, too. I actually haven't sat there with a stopwatch and counted the number of words I read in a minute, I guess it just feels quite slow. Hmmm, maybe after all this, I'm not really a slow reader, I just think it. Thanks, that's given me more food for thought!

LOL! that definitely made me laugh and i thank you for that:) although i would just like to know how you measure your reading? scientifically that would be number of words read per minute, but can you really measure that personally? for me it really depends more on how interesting the book is to me.

That may be a part of my problem, in that I do read word for word. I guess that was how I was taught and never learnt ant different. I guess I can try otherwise, see what happens.

Thanks for your ideas. I try harder when I see someone reading faster, but that just sort of backfires, because then I forget what I've just read.

Being able to get into a novel certainly helps, and I have to say that it does take me a long time to finish a boring book!

I remember what I am reading more easily when I take it slowly, and if it is something complicated I probably take it even slower to make sure I understand completely!

Well, anything work related I try to read quickly, because truthfully, I wouldn't really care if I forgot what I read,lol! But mostly for pleasure, that is where my reading is slow.

Thanks for the idea, I'll give it a go and see if it helps. I'll try with a book I've already read, that way I'll know the story anyway, and if I miss some, it won't matter so much!