Some advice on comps reading, via Francis Bacon

This comes from Francis Bacon's essay "Of Studies":

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously [i.e. carefully]; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

I've adopted this as my rule for getting through the rest of my comps. It's helped.