[good times]

I use the power surfing method.

I click on the New post/last visit menu option at the top of the page. Then I hold down my control key and go down the list clicking on each last read arrow on the threads I wish to read. This opens each of them in a new tab (in Firefox) to the last read post. After I am done with that I read the threads in each tab, closing it when I am done.

Note - If you use Firefox and wish to do this, you have to make sure the "when I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" box is unchecked in "tools/options/tabs" browser menu.