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Hi.
My name is Raine Weaver.
And I’m a slow reader.

I claim no shame about it.  I’m a slow reader—always have been.  And it’s not that I simply CAN’T read fast.  I’ve done so in a pinch.
It just seems to come naturally to me to read slowly.  Maybe, subconsciously, I think I’ll miss something important if I run through too quickly.

So I’m very impressed when I visit other blogs to find that people often speed-read through one, two, maybe more books per day.  That’s amazing to me!  :shock:

But I also have to wonder…

When a reader goes through a book that fast, are they getting the full impact, the nuances, the true feeling of the book?  Does it allow time for you to get into that character’s skin?  Are you right there, thinking the dialogue, participating in the action?

Or is it more like a jag through a fast-food restaurant than a satisfying meal, a case of “so many burgers, so little time”?

And do you find that certain Golden Arches—a style, a theme, a genre—will MAKE you slow down to savor every word, every last morsel?