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11407929 No.11407929 [Reply] [Original]

How long does it take/lit/ to read a book?

T.been reading the same book since last September

>> No.11407978

>>11407929
2 weeks on average

>> No.11407993

Not everyone lives the comfy life. Reading one classic a year still puts you ahead of all the morkmorks and shlippies that will read nothing but social media posts and maybe 20% of an inspirational book through an entire year

>> No.11408015

Took me 3 months or so to finish the great gatsby because i stopped after the 100 first pages when it bored me

>> No.11408020

>>11407929
I read a minimum of 100 pages a day, but it's usually from different books. I average a book a week.

>> No.11408987

>>11407929
Just don't say the words "out loud" in your head as you read and you'll go much faster.

>> No.11408991

Recently got into literature if you forget about manga/light novels. Read Animal Farm in under 6hours over the course of 2-3 days.

>> No.11408992

>>11407929
last book I started was sometime in 2016 and it's a 450 page book (still haven't finished it)

>> No.11409014

>>11408992
what book is it? wtf?

>> No.11409027

>>11409014
100 years of solitude
nothing to do with the book I just read extremely slowly and have a tough time sticking to it so I read it in periods

>> No.11409049

couple days. i do nothing but read tho.

what are you reading op? if it is an average one then reading aint for ya, try cinema or something.

>> No.11409108

>>11409027
Why are you on this board?

>> No.11409124

What the fucking hell are you people doing on this board if you don't actually read? I read 2 books a week whenever I'm on vacations and 1 per month whenever I'm working.

>> No.11409130

>>11409108
I like the discussions in this board and I think that this board is one the funniest on the site. I also do plan on getting into reading and hopefully improving my pace however I have been planning on doing that for a long time now so I doubt that's really what keeps me on this board.

>> No.11409194

>>11408987
>Just don't say the words "out loud" in your head as you read and you'll go much faster.

So how do you read if you don't think the words?

>> No.11409223

>>11409194
there's a difference between the 'saying out loud' in your head, and just running your eyes over the words, absorbing the meaning. You gotta try it out to see what I mean. There's guides for this kind of thing. 'dynamic reading' or smtn

>> No.11409250

>>11409223
I'll check out "dynamic reading". It's hard to judge if I'm doing it while i'm thinking about doing it.