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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Joe_Primrose t1_iuai98f wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:51 PM

Yeah. Good luck on your test.

CptScarlet92 t1_iuait3e wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:55 PM

Dripping with sarcasm.

Oldfolksboogie t1_iuaiy17 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:56 PM

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! ;-)

Loud_Ship5755 OP t1_iuajlc0 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:01 PM

ty bro

Oldfolksboogie t1_iuajpf2 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:01 PM

Happy Cake Day!!

anonymouszack t1_iuaiy3e wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:56 PM

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Loud_Ship5755 OP t1_iuaj77r wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:58 PM

fr dude

GuamVetAdvocate t1_iuausr7 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:24 PM

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 on October 30, 2022 at 3:16 AM

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.