Reading can take you to a far away place that you would never have the opportunity to visit, or reading can increase your knowledge in a vast array of subjects. At any rate, your horizons are broadened when you take advantage of the privilege of reading. To help you read more, perhaps you might consider speed reading. Years ago I took a course in speed reading, and most of the time it is highly beneficial. There are times, however, that the slower readers have better comprehension. So speed read only when it is not vital that you remember every detail.

Here is a fun site to test your reading speed. Of course, they want to sell you software for speed reading, but that is not what I am promoting. Just for fun, you might enjoy taking the reading and comprehension test.

http://www.readingsoft.com 

Here is another interesting article on speed reading techniques. I have a hard time accepting the dog-earing of the pages, but I do heartily agree on the marking and highlighting. Check it out here: