I can’t get past one or two pages at a time.’

‘That’s how it’s supposed to be read. Sipped like a soothing cup of tea.

One of the speed reading techniques:
Developing the skill of reading and researching by reading under the pressure of time, which means the achieved reading in a certain amount of time, like a person decides to read specific pages under the condition of finishing them in a specified period.
It is not concealed to a mind the rule of this concentrated reading in increasing the amount of information a reader will obtain in a short while.

One of the smart behaviors for the readers is, challenging yourself.
Which means the determination of the reader to finish a certain amount of readings, in a certain amount of time, and he, or she, can declare his challenge with himself to his parents, or one of his siblings, or close friends, since lots of experiences proved that declaring self challenging to the others helps to achieve and fulfill goals.

Benefiting from peak times to read
They are the times when the brain is in its full activity and attentiveness. The daily peak times are the best times to read books, and the conscious reader doesn’t waste them, but benefit from them and win them.

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed.