Reading: read or skim

Post Reply New Topic

Oh dear God what have they done!
Can't you just be more obvious in your discussion of sexual preferences?

Pardon any misinterpretation, but I was led to believe this by a side mission that tampered with my primary MMO.

I am a book unto myself and do not need another human being to "complete" me.

~Yuna

It depends on what I am reading, if it's good then I slow down, but if not, I speed it up.

_________________
LIONS-STAMPEDERS-ELKS-ROUGHRIDERS-BLUE BOMBERS-TIGER-CATS-ARGONAUTS-REDBLACKS-ALOUETTES

The Canadian Football League - What We're Made Of

Feel free to talk to me, if you wish.

Every day is a gift- cherish it!

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need."

I usually make an effort to read, though if something loses my interest and I just want to get through it, I skim.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

I always read them, miss out on too much if I don't.

I do both. For the most part, I read line by line, but if it gets to certain types of dialogue or exposition, I just skip through and look for key words. I usually will always skip music lyrics and just assume the emotion or other reactions to be valid without having read the lyric printed. This was a thing in Tolkien, and a few other books out of the 80's or earlier. I haven't seen it much at all of late. I also skip the info-dumping parts, where it breaks the flow of the story to give some background piece that justifies some other piece in what was just said.

The worst piece I chose not to read through that I instead skimmed through was John Galt's speech near the end of Atlas Shrugged. Afterwards I was glad that I had skimmed through it as I had a problem with it from a structural standpoint. 40+ pages of written word does not translate into 45 minutes worth of speech. It's quite a bit more by a few hours. I ended up skimming through it though because I was already familiar with what was being said from the point of view of John Galt, through previous school work, reading synopsi, familiarity with the subjects being talked about by Ayn Rand and being told by others what it consisted of.

But otherwise, I read line by line.

I can't skim, its either read every single word or nothing and since I am a slow reader I don't read alot.

If I get the urge to skim, I put the book down.

There are many books where you can read just the first line of each paragraph and not really miss anything.