To read it first and understand

Superficial reading is the first step towards analytical reading – that is, understanding and interpreting a book’s contents. If you stop and go over everything you don’t understand on your first reading, you get lost. Sure you finish the book but you’ve lost sight of where you’ve been and where ...

We often struggle to find time to read. That's why we need to start small.

• Read five pages of a book that interests you every day. When you are comfortable with five pages, try ten, then twenty.
• The book should interest you. Reading a book of your choice makes the ...

Read a review or two online to see what people are saying and raving about or try reading the first few pages of the content and the back-cover blurb to get an idea of the narrative.

This will make you look forward to reading the book by sparking your curiosity about “what ...