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I'm not sure how fast I read, but my SO used to read a lot faster than me. I did some searching online and found a couple of techniques and now I'm slightly faster than my SO. But I, too, find magic in minor word choice, and when I'm reading quickly and encounter something good I slow down and savor it. I re-read it multiple times. I read it aloud. But I'm able to read much faster on average than I did before, and I MUCH prefer it. So don't be afraid you'll lose out on something just because you're reading faster. In fact, you'll be able to read more in the same amount of time, and therefore you'll get to experience more magic.

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A convincing example. What were the couple techniques that worked for you?

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- chunking https://www.speedreadinglounge.com/reading-groups-of-words - hand-pacing https://www.speedreadinglounge.com/hand-pacing - for technical books, use the table of contents, subheadings, etc to build a mental map in my head of the book

Chunking has been the most helpful for me, but I assume it's different for everyone. It took some time to get used to it. There are several tactics to improve but the one that was most helpful for me was breaking up the line of text into 3 chunks and keeping my eyes stationary within those 3 chunks. In other words, try to read the first third of the line without moving my eyes, then move my eyes to the center of the line and read the middle third, etc.