There’s people who regularly finish reading a book in one sitting

[msims]

Manga dont count, do they?​

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[Carlton Banks]

There's no way you can really comprehend whatever it is you're reading that fast. I mean maybe stories, but I doubt a motherfukker can read a whole cook book and know how to make everything in it without looking back for reference

 

[HarlemHottie]

Your mom wasn't taking you to the Manhattan or Brooklyn Library?

My parents realised that I was reading way faster than they could afford so the downtown (Cleveland) library was my go to place.

I lived at the library. In fact, i always had the unrestricted card so i could take out anything. I actually volunteered there for a while too, mending old books. That's how i got the super dope hook up to 'preview' the 10 cent books before they were put out. (But I wasnt greedy.)

But, still, i went through them too fast. Plus, sometimes i wanted shyt they didn't have. Textbooks on ancient Egypt and stuff. I wasn't even 10 yet, so clearly i had no money of my own. Not textbook money.

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

My pops read 5-7 books a week like it’s nothing

If that's your only source of entertainment in your free time

If I read books like I read threads on the coli or other articles and stuff on the internet. It would be close to 5-7 books. I also take the time to comment on somethings I read.

 

[HarlemHottie]

There's no way you can really comprehend whatever it is you're reading the fast. I mean maybe stories, but I doubt a motherfukker can read a whole cook book and know how to make everything in it without looking back for reference

When i was like 12, my God mother was gon take us to the beach. The night before, i had stayed up reading an old nursing textbook that was in the house (don't ask me why). We went to the beach, nikkas got sun burned. Crazy, cuz we didn't even know that could happen. Nobody knew what to do.

But i did.

 

[Nymbus]

When i was like 12, my God mother was gon take us to the beach. The night before, i had stayed up reading an old nursing textbook that was in the house (don't ask me why). We went to the beach, nikkas got sun burned. Crazy, cuz we didn't even know that could happen. Nobody knew what to do.

But i did.

what do you do?

 

[GUWOPPERS]

If you not taking notes as you read your understanding and retention of the book is severely limited

Speak for yourself B



I was the laziest student/class clown because I could retain the necessary info quickly. We not all built the same




On a serious note, empathy and being able to put yourself in the situations of your book are vital for retention as a speed reader, for me anyways.

 

[HarlemHottie]

what do you do?

For work? I don't work outside the home. I use my various skill sets on behalf of my family. I be curing shyt, building shyt, doing research for my man to trade on, etc.

 

[Drip Bayless]

Speak for yourself B



I was the laziest student/class clown because I could retain the necessary info quickly. We not all built the same




On a serious note, empathy and being able to put yourself in the situations of your book are vital for retention as a speed reader, for me anyways.

Retention and comprehension are two different things
Salute to you if you can but most speed readers are not paying attention to themes
Usually they’re the type of people who read books and watch movies only once

 

[Lord_nikon]

I have adhd and read slow

 

[HarlemHottie]

Usually they’re the type of people who read books and watch movies only once

I read the same book several times. My mother thought there was something wrong with me, but she spoke to a psychologist friend who told her that i was re reading for different reasons. I was learning how the author crafted the storyline, how they laid it out, etc. I became a pretty good writer as a result.

 

[HarlemHottie]

I have adhd and read slow

It's ok. I'm sure you're amazing at something else.

 

[GUWOPPERS]

There's no way you can really comprehend whatever it is you're reading the fast. I mean maybe stories, but I doubt a motherfukker can read a whole cook book and know how to make everything in it without looking back for reference

Apples and oranges fam. A cook book is very precise. Speed reading doesn't require that level of precision when it's your run-of-the-mill novel.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

I don’t know why but that’s really impressive to me

That's not a great way to digest information. Especially as we age.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I’m currently reading Robert Moses book now and do not believe someone can read this book in one day.

I also read all the Harry Potter books as a youngster also and couldn’t imagine someone reading it one sitting but then again maybe it’s just me.