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Mar 31, 2024 12:50PM
I read for about 3-4 hours and still only read 100 pages. It's frustrating how slow I read. Does anyone have tips to read faster??
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Don't feel bad. I read slowly, too, depending on how good the book is. You can skim but then you might miss a crucial point in the story.
I am the same. I read really slowly. A chapter with about 11-13 double sided pages took me about 45 minutes to an hour to read—it also depends on how complicated the writing is, but the one I was reading wasn't too complicated at all but it still took me a while.One reason it takes me a while is cause I'm trying to create most of the scenes up in my mind, trying to imagine it all lol. But yeah, as Wyetha said, don't feel bad about it, it definitely depends on how good the book is and how much you are enjoying it. Everyone reads at different paces cause everyone takes it in differently.
How slow you read also depends if you are treated like rested or tired when you start reading.
Depending on the font size I read between 30 and 50 pages per hour. I still manage on an average 8 books per month.
ahhh same I feel like I read so slow
I used to read suuuper slow, which is probably because English wasn't my main language. but I found that not lip-syncing the words as you go helps. also, I don't focus on pronunciation a lot. it just gets to a point where I can just look at the sentence and go.
Certainly, it depends on the degree of difficulty (stopping to look up a word), quality of the story (worth reading every word or necessary to maintain storyline, no skimming) and author's abiliity to weave characters and plot coherently (hate 'holes' in a story, makes reading much more painful). Yes, and font size matters...my eyeballs last longer on an average sized font. With all of that being said...l'd say 30 to 60 pph (pages per hour) is a fair evaluation.Granted, there are those days, after working 12 hours and an hour drive time each direction...that 10 or 20 pages is a good day's read.
The more you read, typically, the better reader you will become. And it's not a race, sit back and enjoy the journey.
Reading sprints really helped me. If I'm slogging in a book I put the timer on for 15 mins and read. Once the timer goes off I take a break for 5-10 mins and again read for 15 mins. You will be amazed by how much you can read in an uninterrupted 15 mins. It is like setting a deadline your brain works faster
Maria wrote: "I used to read suuuper slow, which is probably because English wasn't my main language. but I found that not lip-syncing the words as you go helps. also, I don't focus on pronunciation a lot. it ju..."German is my native language, but English and French were my favorite topics at high school (I had 7 years of French lessons and 9 years of English lessons at high school).
However, my English did not improve, before I started living in the US from 2002 on.
After 5 or 6 years in the US I was fluent in English and could read pretty much every novel without the help of a dictionary except historical novels (they contain too many terms that even my American husband doesn't know).
Today I even catch the occasional typo in English novels (most publishing houses no longer employ editors who correct the typos, before the books go into print).
pick up a good enough book and you'll find yourself reading so fucking fast haha
If you find a book you really enjoy you will never know the time passed and thats how you start reading fast!
I think of myself as a fairly slow reader, but I don't let it bother me. I do both audio and physical books. Sometimes I can read a book in as little as 2 days, especially if I really like the book because I just read as much as possible.
One can use the pomodoro technique to focus on reading..this really maintains consistency and one can easily finish any book..Ps : it really helps if the book is written well
Same for me. I'm a slow reader as well but thanks to my legasthenia, it will stay like that. But you know what, I like it that way. If I find a good book, I'd like to spend as much time as possible with it
