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How to Effectively Skim a Book
By Rachelle Williams of eHow
If you've ever had to do a short book review or if for any other reason you need to skim a book instead of reading every single page, here is probably the best method to use. The best way to effectively skim a book is to go through the process of "breaking" it. When you “break” a book you skim it to get the big picture. This method will give you a good overview of what the book is trying to relate. The first thing you're going to do is to set aside an hour of time and focus on nothing other than your chosen book. Rapidly scan the book by first reading any materials on the cover, then flip through to glance over photos and/or figures inside the book and make sure to note all captions as well. Next, read the entire first page of the first chapter, then skim through the chapter and slow down to read the last page of the first chapter. Then, read the first and last pages of the final chapter, and skim the material in between. Finally, go through the rest of the chapters, reading the first and last pages and skimming the material in between. Voila! You're done! If you follow this procedure you should have a pretty good idea of a great deal of the author's pertinent points.
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Your skimming a book sounds a lot like how some people live their lives. I am married to a romance author. According to her a romance should be written so you don't want to miss a word.
interesting technique. the one i use looks at the first sentence of each paragraph. i believe books are time machines because we're getting the knowledge the author accumulated over a greater period of time than it takes to read the material.
many books contain the kernel or main thesis or idea in the middle chapters, the first chapters are introductory and the final chapters conclude or tells you what you've just read.
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