1. The Goldilocks Test
Ask yourself these questions. If your answer is yes, the book is probably:
Have you read it lots of times before? Are there more than five words on a Is the book new to you?
page you don’t know?
Do you understand the story very Do you understand a lot of the book?
well? Are you confused about what is
happening in most of this book? Are there just a couple of words a
Do you know almost every word? page you don’t know?
When you read, does it sound really
Can you read it smoothly? choppy? When you read, are some places
smooth and some choppy?
Are you reading without thinking? Are you finding that you’re not
enjoying this book? Do you have to think as you read?

2. The Goldilocks Test
Ask yourself these questions. If your
answer is yes, the book is probably: