Why is predicting important in reading?

Answer

Predicting is an important tool because it makes you feel involved. When you read a book and you don't predict, you feel on the outside. Yet, when you predict, you feel as if you're a character in the story. When I read Leviathan and I predicted that Leviathan would crash by Alex, and I was right, I felt great. Like I was the author; I was there!

Answer

So you don't have to read the whole book.