This fourth edition of Triple Your Reading Speed does just that -- with self-quizzes and tests that make it fun and simple to acquire the skills that will give you an edge in school and on the job. The renowned Acceleread Method helps you to break old habits that may be slowing you down, and develop strategies for increased comprehension in less time, with

• eye exercises to control and expand vision
• drills for practicing pacing and block reading
• strategies for mastering the "two-stop" reading method...and more!

Boost your reading power today with Triple Your Reading Speed.

I bought this because I do a fair amount of reading and really enjoy it. And I wanted to read faster so I could read more and learn more. I tried this last year in December, after a month or so, I lost interest. It is something I want to return to, but I just don't have the time at the moment. We'll see if that changes. It did seem to be teaching my some things that would increase my reading, and the parts I do remember... it had some valid tips and techniques to help with reading speed. I'm a slow reader by nature, maybe that is why I lost interest (took too long to read ;-).


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Bottom line
It worked for me, just didn't spend the time to go through it all
Make sure you have the time to DO IT

This book was interesting since it described what you can do to increase your reading speed. The actual descriptions are not that long. The majority of the book is dedicated to doing exercises.

I did increase my reading speed a little, but don't expect to increase it by the amount claimed by the book.

This book contains 3 very clear concepts, and the rest is all about practice.

The 3 concepts are:

1 - we usually read at 150 words per minute because that's the speed of talking and almost all of us were tought to "speak" (silently) what we read. speed reading cannot happen if we vocalize, even mentally, what we read. so stop vocalizing.

2 - speed reading is about making the fewest eye movements possible. moving the eyes is tiring and is a waste of time. so we should enlarge our sight field, both horizontally and vertically, in order to point the eyes only in few points of the line we are reading, hopefully in the middle. then a lot of exercises to get your mind & eyes used to "see" that broader field. I think this is the toughest think to learn, it's basically re-learning to read.

3 - before reading a book, preview it by reading the cover, the comments, the table of contents, the introduction, the conclusion, and figure out what the book is about, what it's going to prove. this way you create a mental framework and reading becomes more searching for the answers to these questions that you've made before.

I asked myself: "What!? the whole book is about these 3 ideas?! Have I wasted my money?"
But I have to be honest, and admit that my reading has benefitted a lot from the very beginning, not sure if I read faster, but I feel I'm saving my eyes from a lot of useless effort, and I'm enjoying reading more than before.

English is not my first language and I don't read that much in my spare time, therefore I had a very low reading speed. I desperately sought for help, I found this book in my local library, and were surprised by how effective it was to improve my reading speed (from about 100 wpm to about 200 wpm in a month). Then, I decided I should own this book and practice often with skills and drills included in this book.

Note, though reading faster helps comprehension, I believe comprehension can be improved faster by building up vocabulary first for ESL student.

I've been using the technique's in this book for a little over a year now and for me...it works.

I can't stress strongly enough how important it is for the newcomer to adhere exactly to what is put forth in this book. For example, I practiced one of the eye exercises everyday for weeks till I aced it!
Trust me there is no "magic pill". It takes work. And this book will show you how if your willing.

I learned through the book,(with no distractions)that I can visually read and comprehend one line of text in a average sized paperback in one stop,(as well as newspaper/magazine columns and web sites. I learned to absorb the sentence as a whole then move down the center of the page with little or no side to side eye movement. Took a ton of practice your mileage may very.

Personally I do pretty well with comprehension so I skipped much of that training in this book. And mainly concentrated on techniques.

The first few chapters are very important to read and understand as well. He discusses many of the bad habits readers use and other little quirks. Increased my reading speed a bit just by knowing what I was doing wrong.

My tips.
A good vocabulary helps a great deal. Have a good handle on where prepositions(on,in,for,to.etc.) are placed.

And most importantly...
Practice..everyday
Patience....stay with it.