Submitted by Loud_Ship5755 t3_ygu3cb in LifeProTips

as I'm currently writing this, I have a test on Monday on a 600 page book and I have 400 pages left to read. I have discovered that the easiest way to read this amount of pages is to look through the final 10-20 pages, then read the book's summary.

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Oldfolksboogie t1_iuaiy17 wrote

Sounds like a good technique, and I wish you luck. OTOH, I'm not rooting for you to end up my cardiothoracic surgeon or airline pilot! ;-)

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GuamVetAdvocate t1_iuausr7 wrote

I’m guessing you are in grad school because this sounds extremely familiar. I always felt pressed for time. Never enough time to read everything in depth.

If it’s not a novel, I would always focus most on beginnings and endings of chapters. If there’s an introduction or afterword, it often has a summary of the content.

Good luck on the test.

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barcelona73 t1_iubu8ab wrote

Well, this is not actually reading the book, its "looking through 1-20 pages" and then reading the summary. It's not reading the book. Most books contain details, concepts, analysis, which if you don't read and reflect on, you haven't really acquired any useful knowledge. You sound like a genius though.

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