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Lindamood-Bell’s visualizing and verbalizing program to restore reading comprehension starts with an image, a sentence, and builds up to a chapter and then finally chapter by chapter, just like normal reading. You visualize as you read; at the end, you verbalize. It’s a lot more difficult to visualize several chapters in a row then verbalize them, than it is to visualize and verbalize one long chapter!

On August 7th, I began reading The Demon Code, a novel I won from The Crime Vault in 2013 and couldn’t read back then. I’m currently finishing the 10 novels I won — my reading comprehension has been restored and it’s about time I did. The Demon Code is the penultimate one.

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In reading the back story of the girl, I visualized chapter by chapter to get through it quickly (not all that interested in the whole crazy cult stuff from ancient religious times aka Dan Brown silliness, which I never read (yawn emoji)). I discovered that I retained more than I expected, and it's a whole lot easier and more enjoyable reading chapter by chapter for about 1/2 hour. Made my head swim a bit today tho.

But on Friday, 11 August 2023, wanting to get through a back story quickly, I read three chapters in a row! The whole of Part 2.

I was so surprised by how much it transformed my reading experience — from “oh god, do I have to read this stereotypical, silly dreck” to “oh, I’m visualizing this!…and it’s kind of engaging me” — that I tried it again on Saturday.

Today, I read 13 chapters before I stopped visualizing and began verbalizing all 13!

Whoa!

Yeah, OK, the chapters were short, a couple barely a page. Still, I found I retained my imagery and could summarize the five narrator points of view (one was a throwaway with the guy dying, so it doesn’t really count — summary: arrogant shit gets himself killed). I found the visuals came to me readily. And I was able to briefly tie them together.

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needs healing.

Chapter by chapter by chapter lets you enter the story deeper, upping the enjoyment.

The proof will come in the next few days if I can manage to build up the big picture or if I start getting lost. So. Many. Characters!

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The Demon Code (Leo Tillman &
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I decided to take note of how many chapters I read chapter by chapter. These chapters are short, some not even a page. 13 total. Even short, they covered 4 narrators...no, 5. But to be honest, I didn't visualize too hard with the 5th. He's dead and you could see that coming. I took the time to look up the bible verses. Is it only Dan Brown-type writers who distort them into evil?? Sigh. But reading ability (nice one!)

Regardless, major milestone day!!

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Almost 5 years from the end of my reading restoration course with Lindamood-Bell, through some big setbacks, until today to get to chapter by chapter by chapter. Sweet.