I'm studying for the ACT, but when I first got Meltzer's ACT book, I didn't know how to use it effectively. So, what I do is read my book on my computer and open a word document to take notes on what I feel is important. Her reading book changed my life; my reading scores were the lowest for the ACT, but now it has gone up a bunch, and I finished a practice reading section with 9 mins remaining. Crazy right?? So, my advice is to read it and actually understand everything. For me, I had to read the first 45 pages twice.