When I was a kid, I used to speed read each Harry Potter book when it came out, just to find out the plot so nobody could spoil it for me, and then I'd read it again later for enjoyment
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It's upsetting you're getting down-voted.
Every Neal Stephenson book I've read, I've gone through at break-neck pace wanting to know what happens, and later reread substantially more slowly to get make sure I follow as many of the ideas as possible.
Aren't you just spoiling it for yourself then?
There are many ways to skin a wizard.
(Who's to criticize how someone enjoys their leisure reading? I too spped-read the later honor Harrington books, for precisely the reasons noted above.)
I do it with academic papers,too - but because my goal is to index it and to identify quickly if I need to read it more carefully now, or just to know enough about it that I can remember it exists if I need it later. Of course, I don't pretend it's even speed reading - I literally skip most of the interior text.
Personally I retain information better if I read the CliffsNotes before the novel itself.
I'm not concerned with spoiling the plot, but rather giving myself a structure to be built out with details. [There's a term for this in learning theory that was mentioned in Pragmatic Thinking and Learning, but ironically it's slipping my mind right now.]
Related - Here's an example of how I took notes on the book REMOTE. https://github.com/tedmiston/notes/blob/master/books/Remote....
Yea I suppose so. But I was always gonna re-read them, no matter the initial speed... I just didn't want someone else to spoil it I guess. I also find it easier to keep the plot in my head if I'm reading faster. If I read too slowly, I kind of forget what's happened. The experience is too similar to reality. Haha.