How do you read when your reading to yourself?

When I read to myself I tend to read silently, going at a steady pace looking over all the words with out stopping, then I'll just randomly decide to start reading out loud or mumbling out phrases here and there. I read fairly fast but it takes me a bit longer than others still because there is a endless supply of commentary going on in my head as I read. :p

for me it depends on my mood, and what im reading. if waiting of in the car, or some where a lil distracting i do the Absorbing Skimming.

But if im calm and its a great book i get into it so much i forget im reading and more live it in my head. i dont even remember flipping the pages

magizines i genreally skim then twice, if to look mostly, the the top article i noted the first skim, the 3 and maybe 4 is cover to cover

Just to add to this discussion.
I've recently been reading books on exam techniques for my kids and the world champion memory master recommends using your finger under the words to help the brain concentrate when studying, you automatically stop with the punctuation too.

It's a technique that is frowned upon in some of our primary schools as the 'experts' think it slows down reading.

Don't start me though about these 'experts'!!!

r-e-a-d spells read!

When I'm reading a book, I just read in a voice I imagine a specific character to have. So I read it as if I'm reading out loud.

I take my time to understand each word and I usually read with no mouthent of my mouth.

With lots of emphasis.

I read out loud until I get tired of talking.

I imagine the narrator is telling the story to me. I can hear their voice clearly, as with the other characters when they talk. If it's something non-fiction I read as if I'm reading aloud in my voice =)

I don't read fiction books, ever. I just don't enjoy it. I love reading almost anything non-fiction.

My methods for reading, and absorbing the material, came from test and note taking. I'm an excellent note taker. I am able to zero in on things and place all facts into outlines that I just see in my head. I read as if I'm going to be taking a test on the material, it's a subconscious thing, I don't have to think about it. I got to know from tests and different teachers what the likely questions would be, from obvious to small details down to the bonus question. I never had to study, ever, except for some things that involved a LOT of memorization of stuff that is elusive, like series of numbers. If I read or write something once properly, I'll remember it forever pretty much. I can't comprehend how someone can't prioritize and remember things like that, how people can fail a test, I just don't get it. I would be so frustrated if I were a teacher, I'd have to teach in a school where you could beat the shit out of people who didn't get it. Then I'd bet they'd figure out how to get it real quick. Read like your life fucking depends on it, I guess might be my motto-because, it probably does.

When I read to myself, I pick up on everyone's bad grammar and spelling. I think to myself, "WHY THE CAN'T PEOPLE LEARN HOT TO SAY 'YOUR' AND'YOU'RE' PROPERLY?!"

That's how I read.

It varies.
If it is something really important to me, I read it slowly and carefully. If it something where I stumble on an idea or concept, such as a scientific paper, I slowly read it, sometime rewrite it and study it further.

If it is for fun, I basically skim through and read line by line. As is the case with words that are misspelled, (so long as the first and last letter are in the correct order, 65% or so can still understand the words.) Surprisingly, the same holds true for sentences written in a book. I blasted through several Fiction books like that. It was especially useful to read Harry Potter that way before seeing the movies.