/lit/ - Literature

Not if you're stupid. You might be stupid. Sorry bout your luck bro.
I've found that this usually happens because I'm just not paying good attention to what I'm reading. I stop and find something else to do, or I buckle down and put conscious effort into it, thinking out what I've read, taking a moment to really solidify the picture in my head, etc.

I feel exactly the same way when I start reading, but I feel like once I've established the setting again in my brain, reading the words and actually comprehending them become fluid. It's like the words are a film reel feeding right into my head; there's no longer a delay between the sentences and their actual meaning.

For me it goes with ups and downs. Eurofag here, so the temps are currently of the charts which means I can't concentrate for shit on what I'm reading.
Generally I guess it does get better, it becomes more routine, you slip into it more easily.

Skim reading whilst understanding is an important skill for reading very dry scientific literature. It's a skill I learnt at university and has helped a great deal with some of the heavier passages of the classics.

However if you find yourself just skimming and not comprehending it's time to put down the book and take a break until you get your concentration back.

I read while picturing the events in my head, which really helps, since if the events suddenly skip forward like a laggy video, I know I missed something.

Either that or it's a shitty book and I should really stop reading it. Either way it's beneficial.

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I usually visualize events in books, have no problems.

I usually end up reading books twice. First time for the plot, so I know what happens, and then again for content. This is generally only for books that grip me tho; I have a tendency to skim when I want to find out wats next

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I feel I've gotten worse. I used to visualize books, pausing between pages sometimes to appreciate it. Now I don't visualize when I read, if at all, it happens days or hours later. I always have to read back several pages and often miss things the first time around.
For example, when I read Vanity Fair I got utterly and completely lost every single time I opened it back up and would have to back track a whole chapter.

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It fluctuates for me. I can't read when I'm tired due to my dyslexia. I'm fine when I'm well-rested.