Several months ago, I was on Amazon and I purchased a book entitled "How to read a book." I was interested in it to help me read more quickly and to improve my retention of information. I imagined being able to finally finish all the various historical treatises, political essays, artistic inspirations, photography guides, aviation magazines, noir novels, and whatever other tomes which have been causing my coffee table to sag for the last few years. Alas, I haven't read it yet. I'll get to it. I promise.