How long does it take you to read a book?
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I tend to drift off sometimes too, but if the book can get my attention it will be done in a day or two, unless it breaches the 800 page count.
got 290 wpm with 91% comp on the test...but i have to say i don't do well reading on screens i tend to get glassy eyed and have to look away...plus english isn't my first language afterall and i guess i don't read as much as i used to, prefer audio books these days since you can multi task with them;P
Test gave me 707 wpm. Not completely sure I trust it as it's trying to sell me a speed reading program. I reject the notion in the text that the three ways to improve reading speed are spped reading seminars, books, and computer programs.
The best way to improve reading is the same as the best way to improve your free throws. Lots of practice.
A 500 word book usually takes me around 4 hours. When I have time, I will often do that at one sitting - one of my favorite places to read being fast food restaurant dining rooms. Booths are comfortable and unlimited coke. This summer, I re-read the published books of the Wheel of Time series in about 4 weeks. That's something like 11,000 pages.
However, my reading speed varies quite a bit by subject matter. Novels that I am reading for entertainment are probably a lot faster, whereas philosophical or otherwise difficult texts are a lot slower.
I believe I read quickly because I have read often my entire life. In Elementary and Middle school, I read just about everything in my school library (which was pretty dinky) and re-read things I liked over and over.
Once I reached a certain skill level, the mechanics of reading kinda disappeared, and as my brain processes the text automatically, I feel more like I'm watching the story unfold than reading it. It's a lot like dribbling a basketball. At first, you really need to think about what you are doing with the ball, but if you play often enough, you just start doing it automatically.
Find books that interest you. Action, mystery, horror, erotica, whatever, and read, read, read them and your speed will increase. But its something you need to put work into. You can't master a skill without hours and hours of practice, no matter what that skill is.
The best way to improve reading is the same as the best way to improve your free throws. Lots of practice.
A 500 word book usually takes me around 4 hours. When I have time, I will often do that at one sitting - one of my favorite places to read being fast food restaurant dining rooms. Booths are comfortable and unlimited coke. This summer, I re-read the published books of the Wheel of Time series in about 4 weeks. That's something like 11,000 pages.
However, my reading speed varies quite a bit by subject matter. Novels that I am reading for entertainment are probably a lot faster, whereas philosophical or otherwise difficult texts are a lot slower.
I believe I read quickly because I have read often my entire life. In Elementary and Middle school, I read just about everything in my school library (which was pretty dinky) and re-read things I liked over and over.
Once I reached a certain skill level, the mechanics of reading kinda disappeared, and as my brain processes the text automatically, I feel more like I'm watching the story unfold than reading it. It's a lot like dribbling a basketball. At first, you really need to think about what you are doing with the ball, but if you play often enough, you just start doing it automatically.
Find books that interest you. Action, mystery, horror, erotica, whatever, and read, read, read them and your speed will increase. But its something you need to put work into. You can't master a skill without hours and hours of practice, no matter what that skill is.
Well, I don't know if it's 'how normal people read', but I know I often tear through books in a couple of days.
Sometimes less. Not long ago I settled down with a 500 page novel and read the thing in one sitting.
Hey, don't look at me like that, it was really good. (Unseen Academicals, if anyone is wondering.)
Sometimes less. Not long ago I settled down with a 500 page novel and read the thing in one sitting.
Hey, don't look at me like that, it was really good. (Unseen Academicals, if anyone is wondering.)
I read, ridiculously fast. Especially if it's a good book. Recently bought the two Skulduggery Pleasant books missing from my collection, read the last three in two days. I've read the Darren Shan saga (12 books, about 150-200 pages each) in a day. Typically though, if I'm enjoying the book, I'll finish it in a few days, maximum. If I'm extra busy maybe a week. If it bores me enough that I don't find myself wanting to read it, I put it away and pick up another one. Anyway, my advice is the same as others, if you're bored enough that you get distracted every other sentence, find better books.
Varies from book to book, and also what else i've got to do, like games, tv shows, movies, social life, etc.
But I only read in bed, at night, after I go to bed I'll read for a bit, the good books i'll read for a couple hours, the great books I'll be up till 5am, hear birds chirping outside and think "shit! I need to go to sleep!"
But I only read in bed, at night, after I go to bed I'll read for a bit, the good books i'll read for a couple hours, the great books I'll be up till 5am, hear birds chirping outside and think "shit! I need to go to sleep!"
I'd say read a book as fast as it takes you to read it, and don't let the speed at which others read determine whether or not you're 'a reader' or make you feel like somehow you're reading too slowly. Some books I read quickly, others more slowly, some I don't finish, some I can't put down. Yes, I know people who go through books like a soap opera junkie with a DVR, but that's never been how I liked to read.
Different authors have different effective reading levels, too. It's not just page count or even word count, so that tends to make a 'wpm' measure of reading especially useless.
Different authors have different effective reading levels, too. It's not just page count or even word count, so that tends to make a 'wpm' measure of reading especially useless.
i usually only read books i know i will love at a time where i have good time to read, so i basicly finish them in a day, 2 days. read harry potter 7 in one sittining. Also read fight club in one day and a diary, which where both good books. actually i've probably read most of the harry potter books in a day or two. all the dan brown books in 2 days also.. i usually can't be bothered using over a week on a book.
I'm probably a bit extreme when i do something, i don't watch tv while i read and if i'm into a series i watch that really fast.
Also i like crime novels where it gets hard to remember details if you do it in manny sitting or use over a week on them.
I'm probably a bit extreme when i do something, i don't watch tv while i read and if i'm into a series i watch that really fast.
Also i like crime novels where it gets hard to remember details if you do it in manny sitting or use over a week on them.
I've been reading a lot less lately, but it depends on how much time I allocate to reading (obviously I guess). TBH the internet and computer games are taking up more and more of my time lately.
Takes me a long time, developed this really annoying habit of scanning over the previous paragraph because I feel like I may have missed something when I was reading it. It's getting annoying.
one or two days if its a 500 page book it just depends on how into the book i am like the harry dresden series i can read one of those books within a day and a half.