I have reached a point in my life where my reading speed is a problem. I can hardly skim through my textbooks in the time that it takes most people to read all the information we need to understand. Recently I have started trying to get into reading, I started slowly by reading graphic novels but have now moved into reading The Fellowship of the Rings.
Two of my friends did a test and found that where they could fully read a page and comprehend it in about a minute and some change, it took me 2 minutes and 25 seconds to read it.
I just want to get better at reading, so that I can enjoy reading more, and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
My boyfriend isn’t in the same field as you but has the same issues with textbooks. For him it helped to read the information before classes or any meetings so he can read it at his own pace. He would then put sticky notes next to paragraphs that only had the most important information on them. When he was in class he would just refer to those sticky notes. He says he can now skim a little bit faster because he has an idea of what important information looks like. He doesn’t need to dissect every sentence. In terms of reading for fun it isn’t necessary to read super fast as long as you’re enjoying it. However, if it really does bother you, I found that listening to the audio book as I’m reading helped me read a bit faster.