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When I see these end-of-year book lists, I wonder if I'm the slowest reader on the planet.

Arrange it so your commute is by public transport. I get through a few books a month without really trying; having a routine where you read a bit every day is how you do large amounts of reading.

Yeah, I'm lucky enough to commute by transit. I usually get through at least a couple books a month, but I have trouble reading beyond the pace of speech. I'm a total book junkie so it's a constant source of frustration :)

Deliberate practice. Make sure you're not subvocalizing the words as you're reading; you should be just looking at them and understanding them. There are gimmicky approaches to reading faster, but I haven't found them to be helpful.

One approach that I learned was to use your fingers to underline the current line that you're reading, going at a "normal" speed when you're tired and then trying to "drag" your eyesight along when you want to push yourself.

The reason given is that it prevents you from accidentally rereading a line or skipping over one or changing lines midsentence.

This seems like one of those gimmicky approaches, and I remember being sold on this approach rather than being entirely convinced. Have you seen this before?

Over the past year, I've restarted the book I'm trying to read three times because too much time will elapse.

The thought of ever finishing it at all is beginning to feel satisfying.

I've been there for sure.

I've given considerable thought to taking a 3-month sabbatical to focus on nothing but reading.

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