Speed reading

Why even read if the reading process isn't joyful to you?
Just scan the sparknotes ot something

>>8752557
I enjoy reading but as I've gotten older my reading speed is slowing down. It has nothing to do with coursework. This is pleasure reading for the most part.

>>8752546

Speed reading is literally just skimming for important material. It's only helpful if you're reading for straight up information.

Where do people get this idea that it's just plain reading faster? A lot of speed reading guides I've seen tell you to entirely skip "unimportant" passages. If you do this with with literature, you're doing yourself a huge disfavor by not slowing down. It's not just about "oh you have to savor the language for it's beauty" or whatever (although you certainly should do that), it's about thinking about what you're reading. Reading deeply is useless without contemplation and you need time for that.

Yes Harold Bloom can read a thousand page novel in an hour, but he's a freak who's read constantly nearly all his life. Regardless, he still reads slowly with his favorite authors and encourages others to go at their own pace. It's not a race.

>>8752619
yes. forget it OP.

>>8752546

Stamina and speed increase with use. It's like everything else: the more you do it, the better you get at it.

>>8752619
OK, maybe I should rephrase the question.

>How can I read faster?

>>8752670
>>8752629

>>8752546
Try to read withouth vocalizing each word in your mind

Tran by reading newspaper and/or magazines and write down what you understood