Myself

Good Reader

Nabokov thinks a good reader should read twice. Even a good reader is not going to get the full effect of a good story from the first read. Nabokov mentions imagination, attention to detail, and artistic sense, but the fact that he wants everyone to read twice means that a good reader isn't necessarily something you are just born with. I agree for the most part, but disagree on the reading twice. I mainly disagree probably because I like too. The argument I came up with is there is something special about picking up a book and reading it and getting blown away. The fact that most detail and possibly a lot of the story might not be remembered the first time it is read, doesn't negate the fact that reading gave the reader great pleasure. I think that is what makes a good reader, being able to enjoy a book. The book doesn't have to be some great work of art, it can be a dive, but if it makes the reader want to read more and more and enjoy more stories then that writer discovered a great reader!

I would consider myself to be an average reader with ups and downs. The more I read the more comfortable I become. The less I read and the less I converse, the worst reader I become. Right now, I would say I'm an average maybe even a little below average reader. I read some articles for English 101 this summer, a couple reviews online, and a little bit of Non-Fiction. I have read hardly anything over the last couple of weeks. I can tell I'm already dropping off. I lost interest a couple of times in Nabokov and had to slow my reading down a lot. When I get going I can read a novel a week. I enjoy reading which is my saving grace. Getting back into it is never hard for me.