I believe that most people read quickly because they want not to read but to have read. But why do they want to have read? Because, I think, they conceive of reading simply as a means of uploading information to their brains… though few people realize it, many books become more boring the faster you read them. Austin Kleon — Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of…

Got this running around in my head. I’ve always been aware that I almost certainly rush through books but I’d never stopped to think about it. I’m now slowing down and savouring every word, or at least I’m trying to!

Michael Bogdanffy-kriegh

take notes, that will slow you down;-)

Omar

@mbkriegh That's good advice. But one step at a time!

Patrick Rhone

Yep.

That said, my wife is a very fast reader, reads almost exclusively fiction, and really does read for escape and entertainment. It’s the way she “shuts down” her very fast brain in order to sleep.