http://www.enkivillage.com/6-tips-f or-reading-war-and-peace

>>8538123
He's a pleb.

>>8538123
do people not do this when reading a long book? if i start reading a section that i know is irrelevant i just quickly glance at the paragraph and skip it. i thought this was common sense for speed reading...

>there are people who skim over war and peace

just

>>8538263
>>8538257
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>>8538263
>tfw skipping Tolstoy's war essays the first time around
they were actually pretty neat now that i actually read them the second time

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>>8538257
I just read Wikipedia summaries. Why would i want to waste my time reading a whole book, then i can spent one minute to understand it.

>>8538287
I just read the title. Isn't that common sense for speed reading?

but the actual quote is "while you may skip over bits as you read in a hurry"

>>8538619
yeah but I sped read it.