All the answers here confirm my experience: read slower, concentrate more. The ability to concentrate on the subject is not to be underestimated. Twenty years

All the answers here confirm my experience: read slower, concentrate more. The ability to concentrate on the subject is not to be underestimated. Twenty years ago my grandparent finished a 400+ book in two and a half days while I was playing around. He did something else in between. I've never finished the book to this day - or maybe I did, but I don't remember. I was in a virtual contest to match those 2.5 days to retain anything of value. Edit: As you concentrate more you tend to read faster. You get into the flow state and stuff. Also, I find several speed reading techniques to have some value (peripheral vision, non-vocalisation etc.)