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Jan 11, 2011, 01:08 AM
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Member Since: Jan 2011
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DancingAlone ...
Thanks for your kind words, but I don't seem to have a "strong backbone" ... it has taken a beating both figuratively and literally. I do get the gist of what you meant and I do appreciate it though. 
Yes, the left hand only typing comes in handy as I decided to conduct a search for all of the various words which can be typed using the left hand only. "Vertebrae" was the one that stood out for me, so it has become my alias here on the forums.
Good to hear that you have access to the books on tape via your local library. Like I suggested, if you want to check out the book on tape with its matching hardback / paperback edition, do so.
That way you can read along with the person narrating via the tape / CD and if you feel like you are possibly becoming distracted by the words themselves, you can fall back on the voice of the narrator to guide you along.
Whatever you do, don't fret over this. Take it step by step.
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Also, if you really want to avoid the spaces between the words on the pages, you might try a trick that I do whenever I read a book:
Rather than look at the page of a book straight on (like you would if you read the book splayed open on its spine on a flat surface), hold the book so it forms a letter "L". By that, I mean rather than flat at 180 degrees, hold the book open to 90 degrees.
When reading the text on the left page (and once again keeping the book open to 90 degrees), read the sentences at an angle from the edge of the page downward to the spine of the book. It is almost like what you would experience if you were standing to the far left of a television set and reading a ticker tape display like they have at the bottom of some cable news television shows. You know, the ones that scroll from right to left across the screen. (The words sort of wind up "coming at you".)
Adjust the page of the book in relation to your eyes so that the spaces in between the words of each sentence are "cinched up" (so to speak).
Ex. T H E W O R D S M A Y L O O K L I K E T H I S when there is too much space between them.
But if you tilt the page, your vision eliminates the extra spaces and views the sentences almost as if they were a line.
Ex. THE WORDS MAY THEN LOOK LIKE THIS.
You can do this on the right page as well ... it will just be that instead of reading from the edge of the page toward the spine (as you did on the left page), you'll be reading from the spine outward to the edge of the page.
I hope you were able to follow what I was trying to explain above as it is somewhat difficult to imagine, but I think you'll get the gist of it.
When there is too much space on a page due to the typesetting preferences of the book publisher, or for that matter, the font size or particular choice of typeface can make or break the ease of use / ease of reading a book. Words printed too small or too closely can add eyestrain and subconsciously act as a distraction to one's concentration or understanding of what they have just read.
OK then, gonna scoot here ... hope this helped.
Best wishes,
vertebrae 
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