Strategies to R-E-A-D

When I read, I only want to read for pleasure. I read what I think is good and what I'm interested in. When I have to read something that I find pointless, boring, and sometimes confusing, I like to just skip words. Just to make the whole process go by faster. The worst of them all though, is reading my own work. I'll read it and think it sounds good but to someone else, it could be completely different. They say when reading something difficult you should match the pace of your reading to the dificulty of the text. The goal of a whole reading is to find out what the story is about and where its headed.