Some People are being Too Hard on This Book- It's a Very Useful Book

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	• How to Read a Book (A Touchstone Book) Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren Touchstone, 1972 - 426 pages average customer review:based on 103 reviews view larger image
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The Art of reading

Adler and Doren believe that reading well is an art. This book gives a step by step method to reading difficult books well. I like this book because it has helped me to read 3 books that I found difficult to read (Homer's Illiad and Odyssey and Plato's Dialogues including The Republic).
The authors provide a Great Book list in the Appendix.

Some People are being Too Hard on This Book- It's a Very Useful Book

I read this book in HS, many years ago, having discovered it on my own. It was very helpful. It made me realize that it was OK to re-read texts,and that I wasn't mentally slow, if I didn't get all the meaning on my first reading. It gave me an overview of reading, and was much superior to what I was getting in HS English classes, which focused only on grammar.

I recommend this book to people, in particular, who want to improve their reading comprehension, and writing skills. Let Dr. Adler be your tutor. He was the editor of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, and the editor of the Great Books, pub by the U. of Chicago. He wrote during a time when education itself was valued, not just education to pass tests or get a good job. This book could help you build a solid foundation in reading comprehension.

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Reading & Research: A Life-Long Love

Upon looking at the title, "How to Read a Book", the educated reader might think this book is not for them. They would be dead wrong.

This book teaches the reader "how to be a demanding reader". Through an ingenious system, it shows how to quickly find the core arguments of a book, *before reading it*, thereby getting the most from the text.

This book is invaluable for students doing research, as its system teaches how to find common questions (threads) across books. It reveals methods of finding the core questions of a subject matter. Using this method will help one become a better writer as well.

I give it 5/5 stars. Highly recommended reference tool for students, teachers, and the general public. The cover of the book is correct, it is "The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading".

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STOP......THINK.....then read

I read so much. SO MUCH. I needed this book in High School. It is very thought provoking. Realizing that I'm just a learner who just loves absorbing thoughts and ideas. But to realize I haven't absorbed them in a methodical process. This book presents that. LOVE IT. Anyone, and I mean anyone who loves to read, should read this first.

My first book on reading techniques...The best in the genre!

Since my college days, reading has been my life-long passion. It will continue to be that way. Currently, I am also a prolific & voracious reader. Amazon, followed by Alibris & Abebooks, plus Kinokuniya Bookweb, are currently my active sources of books.

Towards the end of 1991, as part of my journey through mid-life transition, I actually established a small retail store to deal exclusively in learning, thinking & creativity books & other resources, in conjunction with the formation of my own strategy consulting business. Since then (& till mid-2004 when I decided to withdraw from all retail operations), the store gave me abundant access to a lot of great books & other useful resources. At the same time, it fueled & bankrolled my relentless reading pursuits.

One of the first few books I have read & eventually sold in my own store was `How to Read a Book' by Mortimer Adler.

It was also the first book that set the ball rolling in my continuing search for better understanding of the reading faster/better comprehension equation. This book introduced me to the four specific levels of reading & reading comprehension, each requiring a specific set of reading strategies:

- elementary reading;
- inspectional reading;
- analytical reading;
- syntopical reading;

In addition, for more effective performance in the academic environment, there are subject-specific reading strategies to follow. All these reading strategies are systematically covered by the authors.

The most productive personal learning experiences I got out of this wonderful book are the syntopical reading techniques, which allow me to digest several books in the same genre simultaneously. I absolutely love syntopical reading!

Hence, I have no hesitation at all in considering Mortimer Adler's book, despite the fact that it was originally published in the 1940s, the best & unparalleled in the genre. I strongly recommend this book to anyone, who wants to read faster & comprehend better, to get hold of & read this book in the first instance.

During the ensuing years, I came across a few other books which have influenced & helped in expanding my personal repertoire of high-performance reading skills & techniques:

- Super Reading Secrets, by Howard Berg;
- Breakthrough Rapid Reading, by Peter Kump;
- PhotoReading, by Paul Scheele;

I will review each of them separately & share with readers what I have learned specifically.

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