This book is a classic reference guide to reading. A skill developed especially for reading books, but applicable to other forms of reading as well.
Reading can be more or less active.
The more active the better. More than just comparison, suntopical reading allows the reader to construct an analysis that is not in any one book. Two aspects of a single skill, but the beginning reader is well-advised to consider them as two different steps or activities. Systematic Skimming or Pre-reading. Read quickly note subtitles or other indications of the scope and aim of the book, and the author s angle on the subject.