AP Literature Advice? READING problems?

I absolutely dislike reading books. I get so irritated when doing so. I go back to school on Monday and I'd like to finished reading one of my summer books. I still have 200 pages to read in 'How to Read Literature Like a Professor.'; Am I supposed to take breaks to make the reading go by smoother? How long do you think it will take me to read the rest of it if I'm absolutely dedicated? I've read like 80 or so pages and it seems like a semi-easy read.AP Literature Advice? READING problems?
I don't think ANYONE would enjoy reading a book with that title.


Reading takes work---people learn from a very young age to love stories, books, reading. If you have been cheated out of this experience somehow, you can get back on track. But you will have to teach yourself to love reading----it is too important to your life to be a miserable experience for you---missing out on books and the love of books will limit you in many ways. Books are there to be loved, worshipped, remembered, and they are literally eternal, making their authors immortal through time. If you miss out on enjoying books, it's like being blind.


Also, if you are just forcing yourself through the minimum of assigned books, it's like dragging yourself over glass, when the rest of the readers are walking on soft carpet.





There is no such thing as too many books to read---but most of all, it's a personal, important experience you are missing if you avoid books, especially if you are still in school.


Most important, if you read, you are treasuring, valuing, yourself and your mind. If you don't value your own mind, what's the point of working hard in school? None at all.





One book I would suggest that is FOOL-PROOF, and impossible to put down, and the most fun book to read ever, is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ';A Study in Scarlet.';


If you read nothing else this year, sit down and start reading it--it's a masterpiece.AP Literature Advice? READING problems?
See if you could find the cd disc for the book the story is in so that you can listen to the story.
You will not be able to pass AP LIT if you dislike reading. You need to read 50-100 pages a night of difficult books (The Invisible Man, Wuthering Heights, Great Gatsby).





You also write essays, interpretations, and have discussions.


It is a difficult course.





As for your book, 200 pages should go over smoothly in about 2.5 hours.
My AP literature class, I am the teacher, is reading the same thing over the summer so I am familiar with the book and the problem you are having.





My best advice would be to set realistic goals for yourself. Decide you are going to read 30 pages before you take a break and that break will be for an hour or say I am going to read 50 pages and then break for 45 minutes. Obviously the lengths of the time spent reading and the breaks should be guided by your own knowledge of how much you have left to read, how much time you have and how fast you are reading the book.





Above all else though remember to make sure you are comprehending what you are reading. No matter how much or how fast you read it is pointless if you do not understand what you are reading.





Good luck.