Well, another Thursday is upon us, and that means it is time for yet another Booking Through Thursday prompt. What will it be this week, you ask? Here you go…Prompt: What do you think of speed-reading? Is it a good way to get through a lot of books, or does the speed-reader miss depth and nuance? Do you speed-read? Is some material better suited to speed-reading than others?
*See what I did there in the title of this post? Huh? Speed … speed-reading … Eh? Eh? Awww, never mind.
Anyway, in all honesty, I think speed reading is a bit of a crock. What is the point to reading so many books? Isn’t the pleasure found not in the amount of pages or books read in a week, but rather in the experience of reading? There is not much I look forward to more than sitting down with a book and getting some uninterrupted reading happening, and with a four-year-old and a two-year-old and a pregnant wife, those moments are very precious. My prrrrrrecccccccccioussssssss … ahem … excuse me a moment. (*pats hair back in to place, straightens glasses, wipes spittle from chin*) There. Anyway, as I was saying, I don’t think speeding through a book in a day (on purpose—Lord knows I have gone through books fast, as in can’t-put-them-down-fast, but that’s an entirely different animal) replaces the sheer enjoyment of reading. But, you know, that’s just my
3 comments:
I feel pretty much the same way. I like to savor the experience usually.
Yes! I don't get the idea of, uh, booking through books. I realize some people have set goals for themselves to read a certain number of books in a year, but I wonder: how much of any book can one retain when consuming books to rack up points?
In my teenage years I could read one book a day, actually more than somedays. But at that time, I had no other responsibilities other than studying and I was well in that too.
Nowadays, I pick out books that interest me. Not just any book. And yes, I am a fast reader.
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