Extensive Reading Rules!

Browsing book reviews that bubbled up in the RSS Reader today (sidebar), I found one about a book that a student suggested wasn't so interesting. That find reminded me of one of the more memorable rules governing extensive reading progams. The rule is, if a book isn't interesting, find another fast.

Here is what I suggested:

Please remember that one of the first rules about books for extensive reading is that you should find them interesting. If a book you choose isn't, you should:

1. Stop reading it.
2. List it in your orange reading log, count only the words on the pages that you've read, and add a comment like, "Pp. 1-3: boring!"
3. Find a different book to read.

(pab, first blog, Book review 1 [BR 1-01], 2008.05.30)

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