Lets see what Mike learns from the book shall we (we'll say he spent part of/all of the morning reading it). 

Reading Speed: 50 - 24 Knowledge = 26

Comprehension: 98 (Fumble)

Despite mike's decent reading speed, he understood nothing which he read, and no matter how hard he tried or how long he tried, he understood jack squat and spent literally all of the morning in frustration (or however you want Mike to take his inability to get the book) trying to understand it. 

Do with this in your next post as you will (you still get the afternoon), but I am going to go ahead and post now.