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Post by BrewDaddy on Dec 13, 2019 0:25:39 GMT
I mean not just fast, but trained to do the whole finger skimming the page kind of thing?
Supposedly I read well above average but I've never considered myself a fast reader. Now my next eldest brother - HE'S fast, like an entire book in an afternoon just by regular reading...
Jolly's posting about the five foot list made me think there's a lot there I'd like to read, but dang, at my age that would take a LOT of time...
Maybe it's somewhat heresy to do it with all the Classics, but perhaps speed reading is the answer?
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Post by Thtwudbeme on Dec 13, 2019 0:36:46 GMT
LOL... Speed reader? With my finger? I still mouth the words as I read.
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Post by Jolly on Dec 13, 2019 1:14:40 GMT
I mean not just fast, but trained to do the whole finger skimming the page kind of thing?
Supposedly I read well above average but I've never considered myself a fast reader. Now my next eldest brother - HE'S fast, like an entire book in an afternoon just by regular reading...
Jolly's posting about the five foot list made me think there's a lot there I'd like to read, but dang, at my age that would take a LOT of time...
Maybe it's somewhat heresy to do it with all the Classics, but perhaps speed reading is the answer?
brew
I don't speed read and I only have average reading comprehension. But I do read 600-700 words per minute. That's in average , non-technical stuff. I slow waaay down in technical writing. And to be honest, I haven't used some stuff in so many years, some scientific papers escape me now.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Dec 13, 2019 1:51:13 GMT
I remember hearing of a boast about speed reading. The guy said he read War and Peace in two hours - it was about Russia.
I do a lot of reading, and confess many times scanning for key words, but more and more I find myself going back to reread a paragraph or sentence that I just flat couldn't make sense of. Unsurprisingly, it's because it didn't make sense the second time either.
With some screeds it's more enjoyable to go slowly and think about what the author didn't say rather than what he did.
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Post by paisley on Dec 13, 2019 7:15:16 GMT
I certainly read a lot more before mommyhood, I found it pleasurable. Even school
But reading Jim's vast medical stuff and having search up new combination of letters that are real words totally out of my vocabulary reading list so much of its joy. Now I have to read papers filled with anachronisms... Every freaking dept have there own set of them AND the letter combo mean different things for different dept. I am like a turtle š¢ I dread being handed stuff to read and give my views. What is it about the need to abbreviate everything to DRF, TF, AF.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2019 12:40:19 GMT
I'm a fast reader, but never took the Evelyn Wood Reading Course. I have often suspected that the good Sisters at St Gregory the Great Catholic School taught us speed reading, but did not call it that. They taught us to skim, pick up key points, and come away with solid retention. Speed reading helped me get through grad school, but for pleasure reading? I have to force myself to slow down. At my usual pace, I read 500+ words per minute. I can go loads faster when I only need to pick up key points.
BD, it's not the answer, really. If you are reading for pleasure, subtlety, and nuance, take your time and savor the pages.
If we read in Heaven, you'll have plenty of time to catch up on your list.
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Post by DEKE on Dec 15, 2019 4:09:38 GMT
I can read a book in just a few minutes. However, this skill is limited to titles such as "Goodnight Moon", "Are You My Daddy?", and, "The Cat in the Hat."
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Post by Thtwudbeme on Dec 15, 2019 12:41:46 GMT
I can read a book in just a few minutes. However, this skill is limited to titles such as "Goodnight Moon", "Are You My Daddy?", and, "The Cat in the Hat."
And just to test your reading comprehension, who is the main character in "The Cat in the Hat"?
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Post by joebill on Dec 29, 2019 15:01:47 GMT
Janet and I checked into a speed reading course long ago, and one of the boasts of the salesman was that we would read "the pearl" in a couple of hours or so. We decided to wait to sign up, went and got a copy of "the pearl". The book is apparently written to read in short order, because we both read it really fast without particularly trying.
I picked up enough in the demo to understand the method, and can plow though stuff that needs to get read but not really enjoyed pretty fast with no further training, but I think reading that way is not for pleasure. You can watch a movie at double normal speed, too, and even understand the plot, but you will get dang little joy from it...Joe
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Post by cornhusker on Dec 31, 2019 14:30:44 GMT
I like to read, but if it's not interesting, I don't get much out of it and can't remember what I just read. Right now, I'm going back through Louis L'amour and James Herriot. Between the 2 of them, they should keep me company for a long time.
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Post by meandtk on Dec 31, 2019 19:51:32 GMT
I used to read approximately 1,200 wpm. Once I began wearing specs, that decreased. I still read fast. Some things I do skim for key points, as I read much, and some of it is for seminary, and I simply donāt have time for it all.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2019 20:18:46 GMT
For anyone wanting to calculate their reading speed, follow this link to My Read Speed. www.myreadspeed.com/
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Post by meandtk on Dec 31, 2019 20:53:18 GMT
For anyone wanting to calculate their reading speed, follow this link to My Read Speed. www.myreadspeed.com/567 wpm now. Thatās good enough, I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2019 22:04:18 GMT
For anyone wanting to calculate their reading speed, follow this link to My Read Speed. www.myreadspeed.com/567 wpm now. Thatās good enough, I guess. Heckuva lot better than the average 200-250.
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Post by meandtk on Jan 1, 2020 20:05:51 GMT
@pony, Yep. We didnāt have tv when I was growing up. I rode my bike or read books. I still love to read. I turn the news on and miss it because I get too deep into my book.
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