Quirky_Nobody t1_jece59t wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

I think you would have gotten a different response if you had said that skimming is an option that you enjoy, instead of outright stating that skipping and skimming is one of the most important skills you need to be a reader. I don't care if you skim stuff, but I don't unless it's a reread and I don't remotely agree that everyone needs to learn to skip over parts of books. I don't think most readers are skipping sections of books. Everyone can read in their own way so there's nothing wrong with skimming - but there's nothing wrong with not skipping anything either.

GraniteGeekNH OP t1_jeee5yq wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:31 PM

Yes, you may be right about the wording. I was trying to convey my belief, built up over decades of reading and talking to other people, that folks who think it's "wrong" in some sense to ever skim or skip, and thus who haven't built up any experience at judging when and how to do it, enjoy reading a lot less and do less of it.