You are not the only one with a reading impediment. I have the similar issue, but with fiction or anything creative-like. But a huge tech tutorial makes no issue at all.
So my technique to overcome this complication includes reminding myself not to fall asleep because there will be some tech or money related advice in a book.

It's their life, not yours, you honestly have no control over it, but what you do have control over is how you react to it.

I 100% agree on this, and there are some people who will debate just about anything to prove that they are the best rant box.

My reaction to this is fairly simple, if opportunity arises - I have no time to think about this right now, but I will definitely put it on a list to deal with that ASAP. Meaning, 8pm after hefty dinner when I have no desire to invest my nutrients in creation of that memory engram.