10 Days to Faster Reading (Paperback)

by Abby Marks-Beale (Author), The Princeton Language Institute (Author) "Think of this book as a key that enables you to jump-start your reading abilities and test-drive a whole new set of skills and techniques..." (more)
Key Phrases: stopping your eyes, mark the correct response, comprehension percentage, Personal Progress, Time Trial, April Fool's Day (more...)

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Product Description
Speed reading used to require months of training. Now you can rev up your reading in just a few minutes a day. With quizzes to determine your present reading level and exercises to quickly introduce new skills, this book is a must for anyone feeling pressed for time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446676675
• ISBN-13: 978-0446676670
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,740 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, September 2, 2003

By	Dan N (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews

I just finished this book and it was fantastic help to my reading speed. I am a physician who always has a stack of reading, and this book deals not only with reading the stack faster, but also managing the stack.

The book has two main advantages. First, is that it is concise enough to manage and significantly improve in 10 days. Second, it has great examples to help you improve. Its hands-on approach allows you to improve quickly.

I have read the other reviews about concerns with comprehension, and I have improved with my comprehension. I tend to pay more attenition to the parts of a reading that are important.

My only regret is that I did not find this book while I was in school. This is a fantastic resource for students. It will not only improve your reading, but do it very quickly with less work. I have read other resources, including Stephen Berg's, and find they have approaches that you cannot learn quickly or easily as this method.

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that really works..., February 24, 2006

By	T. A. Smedes (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am allergic to books that make big claims, and the title of this book did not look so promising. It was recommended by Julie Morgenstern in her book "Time Management From the Inside Out", and although I was suspicious, I did buy this book mainly because it was not too expensive.

Now, having worked through this book, I must confess: the book is worth every penny! This is simply a wonderful book that makes you read really a lot faster in only minutes a day. The title tells the truth! Marks-Beale gives great tips (most of which I had not found in other speed-reading books) and the exercises are great. I find myself browsing through this book over and over again.

One of the charms of the book is that Marks-Beale does not - unlike some other books - give much detail about why we read slowly and how speed-reading works. No, instead she simply starts immediately with the drills and the tips that, with some effort, give results in a matter of days or less. Not so much theory, but practice!

This is a book that I warmly recommend to PhD-students and colleague-professors at my faculty (Theology). And since (as a philosopher of religion) I have to read lots and lots simply to keep up with the literature, I constantly practice the things I learnt from this book.

Highly recommended!!

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!, July 31, 2002

By	Adrian Gabriel Lance (Nashua, NH USA) - See all my reviews

When I first bought this book I wasn't expecting much. It seemed unreasonable that reading speed could be increased greatly in a short period of time. I bought it anyway, however, in hopes that it might have valid suggestions to improve reading speed that I could develop over time.
It was a tremedous surprise when I more than TRIPLED my reading speed in just four days! When I began I was a slow to average reader (200 WPM). After four days I was able to read at nearly 650 WPM. However, comprehension is a different story. When I read quickly I find it hard to retain information. The book assures me that with practice I will begin to retain more of what I read. I am finding that this is true.
In conclusion, you should be able to learn how to read much faster (not necessarily triple your speed though) in just 10 days. But after learning how to read quickly, it will take a great deal of practice to gain the comprehension you had before.