Thanks for all the replies!

Heather11, I have to do the same. If I want to read something and have it sink in, I have to read at a snail's pace. Interestingly enough, when I have to read something, say, for an exam in an hour or so, I magically acquire the ability to read quickly. It's like the anxiety helps me focus. Not quick enough to finish reading everything I should have, though. I wish I could take that focus and bottle it up.

I find reading incredibly interesting. As I go along, I start picturing the concepts in my head, or the interactions, even for nonfiction. For instance, the book I'm reading mentioned microfiches in envelopes, and I could see the envelopes and the letter and the library and then thought about the microfilm magnifiers in my university library and how they moved them somewhere else just like they changed that other room to a graduate study room and now you have to scan your ID to access the room and... I think I have a little ADHD in me. :P I don't only have problems gaining attention, but keeping it. Even with TV shows. And then my lousy memory for what I've even just said... I think my memory and attention are related. Anyway, back to the thread.
Oh, I'm not totally off. As you can see by the above, Phreak, I find myself wandering off as well.