Why is it important to be a fluent reader?

I don't know really. To be perfectly frank, a lack of understanding has never put me off reading. I can read from one end of a book to the other and not have a clue what it's about, but I still derive enormous pleasure from the experience.

Quite honestly, I don't know what all the fuss is about with comprehension. In fact I have recently started reading books written in foreign languages and it hasn't made a blind bit of difference to my reading pleasure. No, I've never let knowledge come between me and a jolly good read. Ignorance is bliss: isn't that what they say?