This is a good advice. Though I feel close reading takes the enjoyment out of what I read and it makes it like school work. A good compromise I guess is to read it the first time for fun. Then after sometime read it again but this time pay attention to details and follow some of the advice given here.
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Taking time in between readings can be a good thing. Writing as perfectly as those that have already been published, though, will require work. Not everybody will learn to write this way, but it is a tried and true method of becoming a writer. But reading it once for enjoyment, and then again for detail is a powerful method of close reading.