> The latter is much more rewarding, but my point is not that one is better than the other [...] I disagree that it's not better... The "march through a book,

> The latter is much more rewarding, but my point is not that one is better than the other [...] I disagree that it's not better... The "march through a book, page-by-page, as quickly as possible" method is wasteful of your time. That just seems like a task for the sake of being able to say "i've read it", and even if someone is that pretentious, it's a pretty low return on investment - I say screw that, you can only read so many books in your life, read the ones that genuinely interest you at that moment in time. Even if you don't finish or read it front to back contiguously without large breaks, at least the content is meaningful to you while you read it, so you get the most from your time spent reading.