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What purpose should it be if i just read a story book for relaxation?

[This message has been edited by aptyk0 (edited August 28, 2004).]

To relax. If you just want to read a book for relaxation that's the purpose. You don't really care if you remember everything of a book you read for relaxation.

Alex

One question pertaining to superreading all the way through a book: does this mean your purpose is not specific enough because you don't know where to go? Or is it okay, because it might be the best way to introduce yourself to the book? I like going all the way through a book once, because it gives me the whole book at once, and if I feel like jumping around later I can.
However, this doesn't mean that superreading is (in this case) is just Rapid Reading sped up, does it?

Also - what do you suggest when you only have 5 or 10 minutes available (in between classes, waiting for an appointment, etc.) and you can't get through the whole book. Do you just read part of it at a similar speed? Or do you jump around more when you only have that little of time? What about mind mapping on the go?

Thanks for entertaining my 20 questions today.
-Kevin

It is usually appropriate for textbooks and assignments where we have difficulty forming a solid purpose. It also helpful if you find the subject difficult and just don't know where to start. By going though the whole book you can select the easy spots.

The 20 to 30 minute thing applies to any book and for some that just becomes a post view. When you superread you. When you superread you consciously read very little, when you rapid read you consciously read more, rapid reading can be as slow as 70 words a minute in a section where you are doing analytical reading. When you correctly approach reading you will have viewed the pages a couple of more times before you decide a section is worthy of analytical reading.

No, 20 minutes through a book from front to back is usually not just rapid reading.

for those 5 to 10 minutes a clear purpose as to why you are even carrying that book and what question you particularly want answered, go into the book for that answer. Unlike passive reading you don't let the author ramble when you ask a question.

It's a bit like asking where the nearest convenience is and being told the history of it's making when you just want to know where the heck it is, the history can wait

Alex