How to read a Book for all it’s worth

Reading has value. I have argued this at length before. If you are not convinced, then check out my post Why Can’t I focus? You could also have a look at READ BOOKS — an older post from the days when I thought the way to get people’s attention with my post’s title was to put it in ALL CAPS! Reading has value both for the knowledge and wisdom that it gives you access to but also for the ways in which it trains your concentration and builds your skill at focussing. You might have therefore gone to my post on What books Christians should read and you now find yourself, book in hand and wanting to read the book. But here is the question — How to read a book for all it’s worth? How do you read a book for maximum effectiveness?

You see most of us can read but it’s that second part that eludes us, maximum effectiveness in our reading. There have been plenty of times that I have read books but done it in an ineffective way and ended up gaining little benefit from the book on the first read through. Here is the point. I suspect many people who don’t read, don’t read because they get little value from the books they read. They get little value from it, because they read in the wrong way. Therefore — they do not see the point and they are right. If you don’t get value from the books you read then reading it is a waste of time.

So this is reading 101. Back to basics. How to read a book for all it’s worth? I am not talking about fiction here. The best way to read fiction, we can all agree, is in the beachside cafe/bar of the Barcelo…