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thanks for all the replies again. To kezla, I really sympathize with you as well. I use to read a lot books in a month, and then the whole speedreading phenomonon I tried out as well. THEN, I began to never bother with commenteries on subjects, or notes on the books because I felt as though Im...

Ive really enjoyed reading the last few replies. They have been great. The book I read are things like Milton, Dante, to novels like Joyce, and works of Shakespeare. For me comprehension IS an obsession. Everytime I try ignoring a incomprehensible sentence, or an obscure allusion I find that yes...

hey mehastings. About looking up words though... the English language is very subtle and nuanced. There is a reason ( I believe) why a certain word is used as opposed to the other of the same connotation (Such as its tone). And many words can be guessed wrong the meaning. But I will try what you say

again, I want to say that these books are not Dan Brown or Michael Crichton... but books with substance and meaning... I suppose such as Cervantes, Borges, and philosophy, science, history. Should I not bother with understanding everything, looking constantly for substance, and so on... because...

Hi. I just registered on this forum which is a great find for me. Well I seem to have a big problem when it comes to reading. I take months to finish a single book. As people complete more than five books in a two months, Im still reading my first one. I guess you can say I read slowly, but I do...