Answer:
Reading strategies are simply steps that readers who want to really comprehend a text take in order to gain this objective.
One such strategy is the strategy of personal connection and recollection, a link between previously attained memories and knowledge, with what is being described or placed in the text being read.
The reading strategy that this person is using and is being described in this particular question, is the strategy of making a personal connection with the text by establishing memory connections with it. This means that the reader users his/her previous acquired knowledge and memories on the topic, or similar topics, to gain more understanding of what he/she is reading.