How to improve reading comprehension... please help!?

I'm going to take a standardized test in about 7 months and my weakness is reading comprehension. Every time I read a passage, I lose my focus and have trouble understanding the main idea (unless its an easy and interesting passage). My plan was to keep reading books for the next 7 months (maybe finish a book every two weeks, and just keep reading a new book every 2 weeks or so). Books will mainly be about literature, social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, etc. Also, I'm planning to read articles online from places such as the economist, NY times, etc. I was also thinking about reading some forums online.. forums that has some kind of debate and arguments between people...I think this will be a good practice for me to pick up different perspectives and try to understand what people are saying, trying to understand their argument, logic, etc. Do you guys have a good forum website for where i can practice this? Do you guys think all of this is a good approach? Will I improve my reading comprehension in the next 7 months? Would you add/take out anything from this plan? Any advice is much appreciated.
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http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/ It's mostly poems but it has stories and stuff like that. I joined the forum a while ago and I LOVE it!! my username is rooja95 just incase you wanted to join:) oh and I like your plan

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