TheAirNomad11 t1_jddz0tr wrote
YES! I'm glad I'm not the only one! I recently have been reading a lot more and realized I am a bit of a slow reader. I timed myself while reading a book recently then looked up the word count at the end. Google says 200-300 WPM is average and I was at 206 for that book (but I think knowing I was timing myself made me try to read slightly faster so I'm probably just under 200). I do have the internal voice which might be what's slowing me down. I was talking to some friends though and they said between the important or action packed parts of books, they almost skim through. They don't read every detail, which bugged me. I read every word and every detail of the book.
I have been trying to decide if I want to try to train myself to read faster to be able to read more books but I think it is better to read it at my own pace and enjoy what I'm reading. Other comments talked about subvocalization, I'm interested to learn about that though.
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