Jacquelin Woodson made a lot of great points on her topic which is reading slowly with her fingers. One of her points where she mentioned the author taking a lot of time to write the book so the reader or herself has to take responsibility to take the time to read the book. Like savoring food you have to savor the book. I do not quite agree with that but it is an interesting point. There could be some clauses that I can agree to that leads to the conclusion that it takes time to read the book. For example to truly understand a book you must read it over or slowly (your preference) to better understand the book.

The speaker gives this advice to read slowly with your finger following the words so that it keeps her in check with the readings. She makes sure she understands everything. It also helps her tune everything out with what is happening around her. I found that interesting and it is very similar to me when I read. When I am really focused the background does not exist to me and time begins to fly by. 

She also states that stories are meant to be with us forever. That is a very good point and without reading slowly they will never stick with us. I agree as most of the stories I read when I was younger I do not remember. The speaker clearly remembers the stories and even the background stories that came with it. Another story that she told that stuck with me was when her teacher instructed her and her class to have the hands folded on the desk. But when the speaker came home she reverted back to her old ways and used her finger to read again.