Comments on Squeaky Books: How To Be a Better Reader

I read a book on reading, but I read slowly a lot ...

2008-03-05T09:26:00.000-07:00

I read a book on reading, but I read slowly a lot of times by choice. I like to read slowly.

I took an online test and got 517 WPM, but what I ...

2008-03-02T18:28:00.000-07:00

I took an online test and got 517 WPM, but what I was reading was really boring so I read slower.

I think it depends on what your reading. When I'm reading I just sort of look at a group of words together, and I hear it in my head, but I also see it in pictures. Hmm.

That's so cool! I'm a pretty fast reader, but my c...

2008-03-02T10:51:00.000-07:00

That's so cool! I'm a pretty fast reader, but my comprehension has never been top notch.

Cuileann- what was your most difficult book?

Very interesting indeedy. That's crazy about that ...

2008-03-01T22:50:00.000-07:00

Very interesting indeedy. That's crazy about that one guy!

I'm in the middle of the most difficult, or possibly second most difficult book of my life - German novel from the 1600s - so I can actually summon the idea of difficult reading to mind right now. Blah.

I just took a reading test online, and I read at 5...

2008-03-01T19:33:00.000-07:00

I just took a reading test online, and I read at 509 words per minute, with 91% comprehension. But that is just one test.

I am very surprised. I know I read fast, but I'm better at reading stories than the kind of text they had me read. Which makes me wonder how fast I can read a real book. I read The Goose Girl in about three hours, and Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow in about two, both with short breaks. With a real book, I may not read four lines at once, but I do see a picture in my mind, like a movie. No specific details, usually, but somehow...I still see what is happening.

I also heard about someone who read one page at a time. He would just look at the page and get it all. And it blows my mind.

That is really interesting.

2008-03-01T18:38:00.000-07:00

That is really interesting.