Speed readers?

[Adam Stormblessed]

How quickly can you guys read a book? Call it approximately 500 pages.

For me very slow lol, I only recently re-discovered how much i like to read.

[Kreader]

I've done that in as little as 2 hours but if I don't have the time to do it in one sitting or I'm not up to reading that fast it may take a few days.

[chesilbeach]

Hi Adam, welcome to the forum.

 

You might like to have a look at some existing threads about reading rates

 

 

What is your reading rate? and How many books a week / month / year?

[Marie H]

Hello Adam Stormblessed (and welcome to the Forums)

Blimey, 500 pages takes me 2 or 3....well, we are talking days rather than hours   . At that is when I'm really interested in the book. I think I'm also a slow reader, because I have to have the words sound in my head, I just can't skim read.

[geordie9]

500 pages i would like to take at least 5- 7 days if im enjoying it, if its crap quicker!!

[Athena]

I can read 60-100 pages per hour, depending on how many words there are on the page and the complicatedness of the text. So about one page per minute or faster. If it's a complicated book or I'm supposed to study it, then it's slower of course. If the book is a manga, graphic novel or comic, reading it goes quicker too.

 

EDIT: My biggest problem is my sensory input issues. After I've been reading for a while, especially when a lot happens in a book, I need time to process it.

Edited November 13, 2013 by Athena

[Brian.]

My reading rate is about the same as Athena's but I would rarely sit down and read for hours on end. I tend to read for an hour or so and then go do something else for 15 minutes and repeat this pattern.