Can you read fast and make sure to understand the whole thing youve just read.
By deodavid
@deodavid (4150)
Philippines
April 12, 2012 5:30pm CST
A great reader is someone who reads a book and gets to understand or comprehend everything in it, but not most of us are great readers.
Some just remembers important parts of the book while others are interested in the smallest of details but thing is can you comprehend the book well
with great speeds and also great understanding?
8 responses
@jvincent_129 (4994)
• Philippines
13 Apr 12
No, I cant. I usually read books at a slow pace and I read that by chapter because I'm not really fond of reading books. I usually read a book only about 30 minutes unless it is a book that I really like and anticipate.
@annierose (21571)
• Philippines
26 Apr 12
I can read fast but if you will ask if I can understand at once every details in what I read, my answer is I cannot do it. If I want to understand fully what I am reading, I have to stop and thing over it. That makes me slow in my reading. I hope so that I can read fast and understand also the contents fast. Do you have any idea on how can I exercises my power of comprehension?
@marguicha (223777)
• Chile
12 Apr 12
I can read very fast and that was part of my job at one time of my life. I am a voracious reader and also a writer in my native language. I have directed workshops so I had to quickly read and grasp what there was to say about each text.
When I find a wonderful book, I cherish it and reread it several times. I dwell on some special sentences or chapters on the other readings.
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
13 Apr 12
i am not a fast reader and im very particular about teh type books i read i do not read thick books as i tend to never finsih i love quick small books or romance books abd self help or cook books.. but my daughter is a speed reader and in top of her class she is 15.. and love books of all kinds and is always reading something which im proud of her as well.. take care.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
16 Apr 12
Hi there laken,
That is just great and i think that your daughter will make you and your hubby proud one day, i wish i had that kind of appetite in reading and that i can you know gain more thoughts in life and knowledge about my career, i guess in practice i will get there but that would be a thing i would have to put off for now, too much on the plate already.
@maratus (184)
• Indonesia
12 Apr 12
No, I can not. Actually that's depend on the time and my condition. When I am still feeling fresh because I just start study etc I can read fast and understand that easily, but when I got tired it's look like just read book without get any single information...,
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
25 Apr 12
It really depends on what I am reading. If I am reading something important then I want to read it slowly so that I can get all the meaning within the book. But if I am reading for enjoyment then I can read pretty fast and still get the idea and understanding within the book.
@autumndreamer (3185)
• Philippines
25 Apr 12
I am not a speed reader but I think I am not really slow either. I don't read continuously non-stop, I always take breaks when reading. So usually it takes just a few days for me to finish the book. According to my ebook reader, whenever I read books that are 300+ pages long, I usually take 6 hours to finish it all. I once read a 600+ paged-book and it took me 11 hours!
