/lit/ - Literature

>>11078496
its the opposite for me
t. 3 year neet

I somehow managed to read 85 pages of Don Quixote in 2 hours. I didn't skim, it was with near total comprehension, I've never read this fast not even in the month I stopped using the internet.
I was sat outside yesterday in my layers of clothes and neighbours were outside in their garden too, they could partly see me through the hedge, I had my hood down because of the sun and I was worried they could see how much of a slow reader I was, or if they hadn't seen me up until that point they would if I tried to move so I didn't move at all apart from breathe and tap the screen on my kindle. I was worried they could see how slow I was tapping the screen so I sped up my reading, I was anxious if they could see how much of a slow reader I was, they were making noise but the noise didn't distract me it only intimidated me, so I sped up my reading and before long I was reading 40 pages an hour, the ideas from the sentences flying straight into my consciousness, I barely subvocalised, I hardly ever regressed (sentences made sense the first time I glanced at them and I didn't need to reread to keep the idea in my head because I was going so fast compared to usual), it was like I was finally awake for the first time in years.

Then after 2 hours, the neighbours went back in and my reading speed dropped, I started stretching and looking around occasionally while I read. It dropped to 25 pages an hour, then finally 12 pages an hour. I kept on trying to force myself back to the speed I was at by scanning my eyes as fast as I did across the pages but I couldn't do it, I couldn't read as fast as I did (felt like my mind went back to sleep), I had to reread and I had to slow down again because I couldn't get that level of anxious concentration where I was too scared to move my body or slow down.
There are 1120 pages in my epub of don quixote, I've read 224. I have 894 pages left, it will take me 74 hours to read this if I go at 12 pages an hour but only 21 hours if I read at 42 pages an hour like before. 53 hours saved.

Whats even better is when I was reading at such a fast pace with near total comprehension (other than a few footnotes to reference knights from chivalry stories/few less known archaic words) is the humour was actually amusing, before I had to reread everything constantly to keep the ideas in my head and the humour felt too forced but it felt so natural at 40 pages an hour, the novel actually felt alive.
Is this seriously how normal people enjoy literature? You must feel incredible

What does this all mean?
How do I regain my speed of 42 pages an hour?
How do I read this fast for 6-10 hours a day?

>>10376681
>my asmrfu
>isn't ardra or moonglove