So I don't read fast!

Well , I think I can give you a solution for reading a book faster. If you take some minuts and focus just to read a paragraph or maybe a page , you will see it takes you some minuts to understand that page or paragraph. If you do it 4 times a day , you will read 1 or 2 pages in one day. If you find it is too easy , you will plan your time to read some more pages in one day. You can also focus on finding the answer to some questions by reading the book so that reading will be more productive and practic. Reading makes me tired and I don't always enjoy what I read , It makes me slow but I find myself my own technics to read fast or understand faster. I also have a low self esteem and when a girl in the salsa club laugh at me , I can stop talking to her and that's really not fun for me even being at the same place where she is or seeing her. It takes me time to deal with thing like that. I try to talk with the person who hurt me through facebook i'm good at writing more than with talking. (as you see my long respond )

I never took to reading until I got to read What I wanted! That was around age 14? My mom listened to a teacher who told her to let me read What I wanted. In timemy speed increased but by no means am I a fast reader either. These days I read more email than Books. And the books I read are small. It would frustrate me if others were to say I was reading to slowly. I would become even slower! The main thing is to enjoy what you are reading Not the pace. It isn't a race!

The important thing is to read as much as one can, but not necessarily to break a reading record! Enjoy and savour every book, magazine, or article you come across, so just take your time and don't worry about receiving criticism!

No, I don't read as fast as some of my friends, and I'm a pretty good reader, but only because, like most faster readers, I skip words and sometimes that word I skipped was important - so I have to go back and read it again.

You should ignore other people. I always have a book going but I tend to read it at times when I'm waiting for my daughter at an appoinment or whenI'm bored. IT sometimes takes me a long time to read a book. Let others think what they will. it's not their business.

I would not worry about it. I too like to take my time reading. I use to read faster years ago but, as I have gotten older I am just not into reading as much as I use to be. I really should get back into it. You are definitely not alone.

I have never been into books mainly because I am a slow reader as well and I need complete quiet, so I hardly ever read books.

I really wouldn't worry about it at all. It takes me a while to read things as well. I don't think that it should be a huge deal. We should all read at our own pace. Some people read more quickly than others. That's just the way it is. We're all different, and we should accept it.

Hi Blue, You are not the only one. I love to read books at my own pace. I think that reading books slowly helps me to better understand what I am Reading.

don't worry to much, it took me 25 minutes to read this discussion, surely you're not that slow?

You are just being paranoid of what other people say. Just go with your natural speed of reading. Why should they care about your reading speed and habits? They should be minding their own business. Don't get caught by what they are trying to mock you at. There really is no harm in slow reading. Unless it is a very slow and inappropriate already in certain situations which makes it an epic fail. Just go on with your own natural speed of reading.

I think it depends honestly. If I really enjoy the book and am into it then I will read through it very quickly, but this is only for books that are simply pleasure reads. If it is a deeper work, which I also enjoy reading, then I will take my time and read the books, trying to fully understand the themes, and conflicts, underlying tones, etc. I think if it is your pace of reading slow, then there is no problem, because that is simply how you read.

You are not alone!I always need to take three or more days to finish one chapter.I should take time to understand what a book means.Take it easy.Just read on your pace and you are not alone.