guys I read like 10 pages in an hour :( I've read like

It's a race you'll never win anyway. Enjoy the scenery.

>>8618583

Reading isn't a competition.

>>8618676
Only losers think like this

>>8618682

No, people who actually read think like this. People who read only so that everyone knows how smart they are think like OP.

It's sad really, trying to paper over your insecurities by reading, and then becoming insecure about how little you're able to read.

It shouldn't matter what pace you read a book. Sometimes I backtrack and re-read pages because I don't think I've fully comprehended what the author is trying to say.

But if you're hell-bent on improving your reading speed there's lots of information online on how to do so.
Ideally you should be aiming to read whole sentences at a time instead of words. At least that's what one of my professors told me back when I was in Uni.

>>8618693
How do I do that for Gravity's Rainbow or other books where one sentence is an entire page length paragraph?

The answer is you don't because the tactic you described is called skimming, aka academic reading, which is why a university professor told you to read like that for his class. You don't skim books you read for pleasure or for an English class.

>>8618848
>How do I do that for Gravity's Rainbow or other books where one sentence is an entire page length paragraph?
lol?

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>>8618689

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>>8618583
Depends on what you're reading: The Catcher, or Bottom's Dream?

Even then, it doesn't really matter how fast you read; compression is most important.