tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088317003537422229.post6319806592620823519..comments2023-07-04T07:01:04.688-06:00Comments on storyfires: The Art of Reading Slowly, Or, Read Like You EatElena Jarvis Jubehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153379522786866966noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088317003537422229.post-83850547158966250782009-10-27T00:57:14.848-06:002009-10-27T00:57:14.848-06:00Thank you for the informative post.
One simple an...Thank you for the informative post.<br /><br />One simple and successful way to increase <a href="http://www.speedreadingtrainer.net" rel="nofollow">speed reading</a> skills is to read whatever you need to read as early in the day as possible. Your brain is most alert soon after waking so this is something you need to be taking advantage of. Unfortunately many of us leave our reading until late in the evening when we are already mentally exhausted. You'll actually be able to read at a quicker rate and retain more of the information if you get in the habit of reading earlier.Wilburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068050213785394765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088317003537422229.post-59389695174945079592009-10-20T14:38:50.541-06:002009-10-20T14:38:50.541-06:00Wow, you have will-power, Cat. I think I could onl...Wow, you have will-power, Cat. I think I could only make myself do that after I've read it through once. I love hearing all the ways people love books!Elena Jarvis Jubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153379522786866966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088317003537422229.post-75463324541347385302009-10-18T17:14:01.225-06:002009-10-18T17:14:01.225-06:00I must confess....I would speed-read through my co...I must confess....I would speed-read through my college texts (and take reallllly good lecture notes!).<br /><br />But, otherwise, I'm like you. I love to savor the words, picture them, visualize the characters doing and saying and being--especially if I'm enjoying the story. <br /><br />My favorite thing to do in a particularly intense part of a book (and I'm a nut for doing this!) is to read up to the moment of outcome...and then...stop! Anticipating the outcome and trying to figure out what will happen next--perhaps rereading the paragraph leading to the 'revelation' (or whatever it is) again and then plunging headlong into discovery.<br />Bliss!Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457435735720063489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088317003537422229.post-73338373107808514222009-10-07T15:13:10.927-06:002009-10-07T15:13:10.927-06:00I don't think there's a right or wrong way...I don't think there's a right or wrong way to read, as long as you love it. Piggy at the trough works, L.T. Especially useful if you, like me, prefer to read a book all in one sitting. 3 am is a bummer of a time to read slowly.<br /><br />Matt and Teri, yeah, I hate it when a great book is over, too. I'm probably subconsiously trying to postpone that when I string out the reading. <br /><br />And Sara, I love going back and re-reading my favorite parts, too.Elena Jarvis Jubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153379522786866966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088317003537422229.post-40831695447120468612009-10-07T09:30:22.175-06:002009-10-07T09:30:22.175-06:00I don;t read too much but I catch myself reading f...I don;t read too much but I catch myself reading fast and then re-reading the parts I really like, so I can take it all in. So I guess, reading slow in the first place would help. I am also still working on eating slow... I am so glad I read your blog since it gives me something else to think about besides kids and training. Thanks.Sarah Jarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03586537420550265890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088317003537422229.post-15145984956736896932009-10-06T22:10:35.340-06:002009-10-06T22:10:35.340-06:00I like to read slowly as well. I also re-read a l...I like to read slowly as well. I also re-read a lot. Some writers would consider my doing that to their books a failure on their part, that their writing "took me out of the story." But I go voluntarily, and the re-reading adds layers and textures that I might have otherwise missed. I don't mind taking my time with books. MT Anderson's masterful Octavian Nothing (both volumes) is a prime example of a novel I read slowly so as not to finish it too quickly. I didn't want to leave that language.Matthttp://matthewkirby.com/kirbsidenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088317003537422229.post-86315834987910639822009-10-06T15:08:49.937-06:002009-10-06T15:08:49.937-06:00How lovely. I don't know why, but I've al...How lovely. I don't know why, but I've always been a quick reader. Perhaps, somewhere in the back of my mind, I feel this insatiable need to read as much as possible before I die. Who knows. The times I'm reading a rather tantalizing book, I slow down towards the end...almost like I don't want it to end.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230095866994143495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088317003537422229.post-18157770196327776262009-10-06T14:18:17.320-06:002009-10-06T14:18:17.320-06:00My father is a dining-reader. He savors, he enjoys...My father is a dining-reader. He savors, he enjoys, he fills. Me, I'm like a piggy at the trough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com