I started reading alot of books last year. I'm not quite a reader before since we got no books at home and a limited books in our library before when i was kid.But a very close friend of mine was so determine to push the reading on me, so then i tried it and i love it. I can't stop reading since then. The technique is to find a book that interest you and strat on a basic english and not so complicated words since im not a native english speaker. So that's where i start. It takes alot of practice on reading to understand the story plus a very handy dictionary besides me all the time really help me.