Speed Reader or Slow Book Lover
Last night my husband asked me to look over something he wrote to proofread and check for basic readability. He walked out of the room to do something in the kitchen and I sat down at his computer to look it over.
When he walked back into the room, he said, “Uh oh.”
I asked why he said that and he said that it must be bad if I was still sitting there looking at it. I frowned a bit because what he wrote was actually quite good, and I was still sitting there simply because I hadn’t finished reading.
My husband is a faster reader than I am. He got through his books from Christmas at a rate that amazed me. Still, like anyone with an ego, just because I’ll freely admit he’s a faster reader than I am it doesn’t mean I want to call attention to the fact that I read slower than he does. (How is that for a strange, run-on sentence for you?)
Admittedly, I take longer when I’m in editor mode, but I still was a bit irked that he thought I was still there because there was something wrong, not just because I wasn’t done reading yet.
I don’t think reading faster or slower holds any particular advantages unless you’re a reviewer on a schedule. Still, I can’t help but feel a little slow when attention is brought to my reading speed.
What about you? Are you a fast reader or a slow reader? Do you get annoyed with people who comment about your reading pace?
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