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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#46  Postby brttn89 » 29 Jan 2012, 23:00

Last night I started and finished a 300 paged book. Can I say very very good book!
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#47  Postby Doyag » 30 Jan 2012, 02:12

I'm a fast reader. and it also depends on the book. if i loved it, i find myself going faster..hurrying up to know what will happen.
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#48  Postby james365 » 30 Jan 2012, 05:22

it depend on which type of story is it
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#49  Postby lanedraven » 30 Jan 2012, 22:16

I must say that I agree with much of what has been said so far. I would add that occasionally when re-reading a book I love, I'll read it as slowly as possible to savor every moment. Particularly when the story doesn't end well, and I want to enjoy the happiness that comes before the pain.
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#50  Postby Tralala » 30 Jan 2012, 22:33

Totally depends on the book. And which combination of ~1000 possible distractions I've got going on around me at the time.
How perfectly goddamned delightful it all is, to be sure.
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#51  Postby brttn89 » 31 Jan 2012, 01:05

Just finished another great book in one day. I have never been that fast of a reader, but the past few books I have read, I can't get enough of.
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#52  Postby Mrs_Britt » 31 Jan 2012, 17:30

I can usually do two books a day (600- 1100 pgs)
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#53  Postby Tralala » 01 Feb 2012, 02:46

Mrs_Britt wrote:I can usually do two books a day (600- 1100 pgs)


My eyeballs would fall out of my head if I even attempted to read that much! Not including work-related reading...I've never tried to figure out how much that'd translate to in "fun" reading; it'd just depress me.
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#54  Postby StephenKingman » 01 Feb 2012, 16:09

Mrs_Britt wrote:I can usually do two books a day (600- 1100 pgs)


Wow, you can certainly manage your time well! Im very lucky to get a book read in a week or two, unless its a King book at which point my reading seems to increase tenfold. :D
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#55  Postby Gannon » 01 Feb 2012, 16:17

Mrs_Britt wrote:I can usually do two books a day (600- 1100 pgs)


I would love to be able to read that much. How do you do it? How do you find the time? :D
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#56  Postby Siddharth Kumar » 01 Feb 2012, 17:33

2 books a day is damn fast.... If its an engrossing novel, i can do it within a day if i ignore food and sleep....
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#57  Postby Jimrada » 01 Feb 2012, 20:15

I tend to read mystery/thriller novels in 5-7 days. Fantasies, because they are longer, tend to take me around 10 days. A non-fiction book, though will usually take me at least 2 weeks.
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#58  Postby Bighuey » 01 Feb 2012, 20:26

For me it depends on the book. Some books I can run through, others take a lot longer.
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#59  Postby james365 » 08 Feb 2012, 04:02

it depends on which type of story is it
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Re: How fast do you read

Post Number:#60  Postby Skybluepink » 08 Feb 2012, 05:49

Typically it takes me 1 or 2 days to read a book. Sometimes longer. It all depends on how good the book is and what else is going on. Oh yeah and how often I log on the computer.
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