Analytical Reading

There are four rules to Analytical Reading:

• Classify the book according to kind and subject matter.
• State what the whole book is about with the utmost brevity.
• Enumerate its major parts in their order and relation, and outline these parts as you have outlined the whole....

• Use a speed reading app to force yourself beyond your reading comfort zone while testing yourself for comprehension, and slowly up the speed as you’re comprehending things accurately.
• After reading a book, or section of a book, close it and try to write a quick summary or b...

Inspectional reading allows us to look at the author’s blueprint. There are two sub-types of inspectional reading:

• Systematic skimming, this is meant to be a quick check of the book by reading the preface; studying the table of contents; checking the index; and reading the inside jacke...