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Does your comprehension suffer when reading at that speed? I can read phrases/short sentences at a time and get a general gist of what is going on. That allows

• pessimizer 13y ago
  As another really fast reader: if I get to the end of a sentence/paragraph/page and feel like I must have missed something, I just read it again. If you read really fast, it's not that much of a penalty. It's much like how slow typists will arrow back to correct typos, but fast ones will quickly delete all of the words back to the typo and just retype from there.
  • graeme 13y ago
    This is what I do (I'm OP). Normally, I wouldn't say my comprehension is hurt. But if it is, I just reread. You get a deeper understanding the second time through, and rereading is far faster than reading.
    • pessimizer 13y ago
      I've zombied myself through a few chapters on countless occasions. Sometimes I get into this mode where I'm just processing information and moving on to the next sentence like it's an entirely new work: process, understand, toss out, go on to next thing. Sometimes that results in noticing that I don't even remember the last two or three chapters and have to reread.
      • graeme 13y ago
        Oh, I definitely don't do that. I remember doing it in high school, with very boring readings. I've never had it with reading I choose to do. I think mindfulness helps, by training you to keep focus. (I want to be clear that I'm not talking about any special "speed reading" here. I just read fast normally)