What Makes a Good Reader.

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     Nabokov believes that a good reader is someone who is both emotion and methodical and that there must be a balance between them to read anything. He explains the problems of simplifying works of literary art with too much emotion, or the problems of looking at them without any emotion at all.

     I believe that Nabokov was correct in his explanation of a    good reader, as if you put too much emotion into your reading then the small details and nuances can be missed, but if you do not connect any emotion to your reading, then you only see facts and not the subtleties that are perceived by “reading between the lines.”

     I believe that a good reader must have patience, as there are times something must be re-read, have a connection to what they are reading, be it personal, professional, or educational, and a desire to understand, even if only to a small degree, the teller of the story and what they are trying to portray.

     I consider myself a very good reader. I enjoy reading most anything. I get into the story in almost every book, article, and story that I read. I find that even when reading school books I can and do make a connection to what I am reading.

I found this article interesting and a good resource for people that have a hard time with reading. http://tinarathore84.hubpages.com/hub/readingstrategies