I have trouble with reading sometimes.....

Big problem for me as well. I sometimes re-read over a paragraph, sometimes even a long sentence, for 10 minutes at a time, until I can feel and understand 100% what is going on. Sometimes I can read a page in 1 minute, then at other times it takes me 15 minutes. It is not that I do not understand what is going on, but I think I truly want to know and feel what is going on. I try and read the sentence and get an idea in my mind, and if I don't see that idea, I keep going over and over until I do. I think this is a mild form of OCD, because I have some of the other smaller symptoms. But, I don't really believe in disorders; I don't like the terminologies; I think they are more of behavioral characteristics, rather than problems( disorders). Many geniuses had problems like these(Einstein, Tesla, Michaelangelo, etc), so don't feel stupid or anything.

aah, I don't mind reading books that are chunky with fancy long words and barrel full of descriptions. I know my english well enough to understand any style of writing, but would I enjoy a book that uses big, complex words, instead of simpler ones? One that used 25 words to say something that could have otherwise said in 5? - Probably not. I've read some great, simple, easy books that don't use complex words and I enjoyed them. Your english sounds fine according to the discussion you wrote up...just one little thing... "alot" is 2 words

Well I've never had any problem with that before. If I come across a word I don't know... then I tried to deduce its meaning from the context. If I still can't figure out what it means then maybe I'll look it up. Most of the time though, I never bother. A couple words that I don't understand never gets in the way of me enjoying a book. I read loads of high fantasy novels, so almost nothing I read takes place on present-day earth. Or even earth for that matter. I've never had trouble envisioning what things look like.

I love books but i haven't read much lately. i have a wide collection of novels. Some where bought and some where hand me down from my old maid aunt. am confused what to read first and whenever i start reading one I ended up falling asleep. Before, when I travel alone I bring books with me to while away time. I also feel the same way like you I get frustrated when I can't picture out a particular place in the story. It takes me so long to finish it coz I kept repeating it until I can convince myself that I have understood and imagine the story very well.

I'm having trouble with Catch-22. It's set in WW2, and the way Yossarian (the lead character) is crazy but not is enough to intimidate me. Things that involve bait and switch or conspiracies tend to confuse me and makes me want to stop altogether. There are times when I just have to stop reading a book because I couldn't take the information or what someone in the book is going through. It's a cruel world sometimes. Writers can be nastier. (Don't mean that in a bad way!) :)

Hi Blue65packer, I too have the same attitude in reading but I wouldn't want to consider that as a problem because when I find I am lost with the words used by any author, I just look for it in reference books like the dictionary or the encyclopedia which for me is a welcomed challenge. I love to look at new word meanings as it adds to my stock knowledge so that when I encounter again the same word I have more or less understood what the author is trying to say. I wouldn't say that I remember the meaning right away, but I keep a notebook beside me with a handy dictionary when I read. It helps a lot. Good day!

It has been a long , long time since I tried to read a book. But back when I did read I would have trouble when the author used words I wasn't familiar with. I have a vivid imagination I don't have problems picturing what is happening. And if a book is written in a way where I can't get into it , I stop.