So, now based upon the recommendation from this question, http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/1103/how-do-i-learn-to-understand-the-middlegame, I bought how to Reassess Your Chess. It's pretty interesting, but I am struggling some with visualizing the analysis.

I am used to some analysis, as I went through the course on [chesstactics.org][1]. However, this is usually only 2-4 moves long and doesn't generally include other variations.

Just getting through the first chapter took me a couple of hours. After each move I had to stop, visualize, consider, read the next move, stop, visualize, consider. It's slow moving. I can do it, but I am not very good at it, and I forget what he is talking about by the time I get through the analysis. 

Is there a good way to learn to be able to read this notation and "see" it without having to just pull out a board? 


  [1]: http://chesstactics.org