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i want to speed my reading

You read 1200 pages in 1 day, had time to eat, sleep, talk, walk AND your partner put-up with it!?!?!?!?!?!?!

BULLSHIT! - this is directed at your proclamation, not your personality; although, it does reflect poorly on to it...

Please, don't take offense, but I just don't think it's possible. You are either telling WMDs or reading 4 words per page...
 
I have read two and half Dean Koontz, books in a day. That's over a thousand pages.

It took me two weeks to read Ulysses.
 
Ou Be Low hoo said:
You read 1200 pages in 1 day, had time to eat, sleep, talk, walk AND your partner put-up with it!?!?!?!?!?!?!

BULLSHIT! - this is directed at your proclamation, not your personality; although, it does reflect poorly on to it...

Please, don't take offense, but I just don't think it's possible. You are either telling WMDs or reading 4 words per page...
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Maybe you are just stupid? Did you ever consider that?
 
I'm impressed Ice, I wish I could read that fast! :)

I read the Princess Bride (398 pages) a while back in one afternoon. Multiply that by 3 and you get LotR (give or take a little). I'm nowhere near arrogant enough to think I'm the fastest reader in the world, so I do think it's possible for someone to read 1200 pages in a day.
 
direstraits said:
uhm... wow.

quick, name me all the members of the order of phoenix!

ds
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LOL. I haven't read it in over a year. I'd probably miss one or two. I'm not the best at remembering the fine details after a year or two. Unless I start really thinking hard about the book...then I can remember the most random things, even down to quotes. However, I just got out of bed and I'm thinking more about all the homework I have to do today than the OOTP. ;)
 
It depends on which book, for me. I can use all from one day to three weeks. But I don't think I read any faster or slower.
 
I'm impressed Ice, I wish I could read that fast!
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I'm still having a hard time believing that you can read 1200 pages in a single day, but if it's true, I would never ever want to be able to read that fast.

Kudos to you, Ice. But it's not for me.

Cheers
 
It's possible. When I had a lot more free time and when I did NOTHING but read I once read a Koontz book ( aproz 600 pages ) In a day. I know people that read twice as fast as me and could easy read the whole LOTR in a day.

On another note, I think the bullshit comment is a little out of line.
 
SillyWabbit said:
It's possible. When I had a lot more free time and when I did NOTHING but read I once read a Koontz book ( aproz 600 pages ) In a day. I know people that read twice as fast as me and could easy read the whole LOTR in a day.

On another note, I think the bullshit comment is a little out of line.
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I must echo Wabbit, and point out one of Ice's clarifications. She said that her current lifestyle would not allow her to read 1000+ pages in a day. I know from my own experience that my current lifestyle would not allow me to do that, either, but there have been times in my life when I could have (and did) devoted an entire day to nothing but reading a very interesting book(s) and would have considered this time well spent. At that time in her life, Ice could have had no partner, not been hungry, not needed to talk to anyone and had nothing else more pressing to do that day but read.
 
:) At that point I was at university and no, I didn't have anything more pressing to do that day :) I had 16 hours of lectures a week (Phil had 4!) spread over three days, which left me with four days a week in which to do nothing (well except my projects but I always left them to the last minute and then pulled all nighters :rolleyes: ) I had a lot of free time on my hands and didn't have any of the obligations I do now.
 
how long does it take me to read a book?
it depends on how long the book is and the pace of the story... it depends on how difficult the book is the read... I can do most average books in an evening...but it depends on how much i have to do... i tend not to stop for dinner or anything in between unless i have to... i also take more time to reread a book than to read it, because on the first reading i'm focused on finding out what happens in the story, and on the second or third readings i'm focused on the subtleties that lie within the text, the details, and the things i might have missed...and i take time to stop and consider things more often....
 
faraday8 said:
how long does it take me to read a book?
it depends on how long the book is and the pace of the story... it depends on how difficult the book is the read... I can do most average books in an evening...but it depends on how much i have to do... i tend not to stop for dinner or anything in between unless i have to... i also take more time to reread a book than to read it, because on the first reading i'm focused on finding out what happens in the story, and on the second or third readings i'm focused on the subtleties that lie within the text, the details, and the things i might have missed...and i take time to stop and consider things more often....
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That is one thorough way of reading a book, faraday


Sometimes it can take me ages to finish a book (it took me two weeks to read woman in the dark by Dashiell Hammett, which is 70 pages long in big letters), but when I get into a book I can finish it in no-time; I was traveling through England a couple of weeks ago, and I spent a lot of time in the train. I read four books in two weeks, which is quite a lot for me.
 
faraday8 said:
i also take more time to reread a book than to read it, because on the first reading i'm focused on finding out what happens in the story, and on the second or third readings i'm focused on the subtleties that lie within the text, the details, and the things i might have missed...and i take time to stop and consider things more often....
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I find this is true for me, as well. I've even stopped reading a book for a day or two in the middle to consider what I have read so far. Its been interesting this semester because I have so little time to read (I have even gone through a day here and there without reading at all, which is highly unusual for me), and I've had time to reflect on books the first time around. Its been enjoyable, but I would appreciate more free time to just read!
 
Depeding on the length, writing style, difficulty, plot, etc. etc. my reading speed varies a bit.

But I'm a pretty swift reader! In German (my first language) I can read a 400 pages book in a few hours (say 5 to 6 hours), in English I'm a little slower, of course. Also it takes me longer to read a Jane Austen or a Tolkien than to read a Garth Nix or Christopher Moore :p !

The novels I seem to read the fastest though, are Nicholas Sparks' works. I pick up one of his books, start, and two hours later I put the book back, finished! I don't know why but it only works with Nicholas Sparks' books :confused: :D
 
faraday8 said:
...i also take more time to reread a book than to read it, because on the first reading i'm focused on finding out what happens in the story, and on the second or third readings i'm focused on the subtleties that lie within the text, the details, and the things i might have missed...and i take time to stop and consider things more often....
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i seldom reread a book. in fact, in the event i do revisit one, i only read the parts that i like. i've a mind to reread a few books though, but given the number of books that i have in my TBR pile, i usually prefer opening a new book to an old one.

unless, of course, my forums mates talk about a book i've read before, and i really want to participate... :)

ds
 
I often re-read books either to better understand them or because I enjoyed them so much I wanted to read them again! :D

I'm a pretty slow reader though. :eek:
 
Like Michigan, I reread books because I enjoy them. I don't reread many, but there are a few old favorites that I pick up when I need a trusted friend. I know the characters, the setting, everything...sometimes its just as refreshing to turn to the known as to the unknown.
 
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