How fast do you read?

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

Just curious how fast most people read. For me I can usually read about 100 pages in an hour, hour and a half depending on how good a book it is, and how many distractions are going on around me.

[Punkyplatypus]

...just timed myself: 20 pages an hour...i'm sleepy, but i still feel that i'm lacking :\...


...i also find that i'll go back and reread parts every now & again....not that i misunderstood anything; it's just a bad habit i guess...

[Mary]

I read more slowly when reading for pleasure, I'd say about a page a minute or a little less. Maybe 45-60 pages an hour. When reading for business, or schoolwork, I can read faster.

I did take speed reading in high school but I never was really comfortable with those techniques. Somehow only retaining 80 percent of the material just seems wrong. That was our teacher's standard for 500 wpm. I always got in trouble on the tests for slowing down to get more content. (lol, I do go on.)

[Andra]

I'm proud to say that I'm a very fast reader, which is both good and bad. It's bad because if I was slower then I think I'd be stuck in fantasy book world for a little bit longer (I really like fantasy book world as opposed to real life). On the other hand it helps when you want to read just about every book in the world.

[TheThirdLie, Houdini Mod]

I... have no idea. I'm not sure how I would even time this really. I'll have to see how many of the ebook pages I can get through in an hour at some point.

I don't know if I can really pick a standard out though - it really depends on how into the book I am and how awake I am at the time.

[Mary]

The kind of personality I have makes me not like missing all that content. I'm not insane about it, when something needed to be read fast I could make myself do it. When reading for pleasure, or when I've had plenty of time, I'll go back to pick up missed bits.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

I wish I could speed read. It wouldve helped in college

[Apollo]

I never really timed myself but I'd say about 50 pages and hour for pleasure reading and I can speed read really fast I guess I would say 80 to 90 pages an hour but these are all just guesses.

[Glodson, MIA Mod]

I read fairly quickly, in most circumstances. I can hit about 100 pages, give or take, in an hour. Provided I'm able to concentrate.

However, I tend to read non-fiction much slower, as I do find myself going back and rereading passages to make certain I understand it. Then, it might take me a couple hours just to hit 50 pages.

[Nora aka Diva, The Diva Mod]

It varies, the mors I like the book, the faster I tend to read.

[Katt_goddess]

I've never really timed myself. I just read. :D

If it's something really interesting, I tend to whip right through it. I do remember once upon a time where I'd get back from the bookmobile with a backpack full of books that had to last two weeks and I'd go through about 10 paperbacks that same afternoon [if I could find someplace to hide long enough to do so:]. I've been trying to slow down and savour things lately - otherwise I would have been done with our current BotM a couple of hours after getting it.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

Wow I don't think I could ever read that fast, i can read maybe a full book in 8 hrs or so but only of I'm left alone but my retention is crap if I read that fast

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

DuctTapeDiva wrote: "It varies, the mors I like the book, the faster I tend to read."
yeah if I'm not into a book it takes me longer to read. If its a school book it would take me a few hours just to go 30-40pgs.

[Katt_goddess]

Dian wrote: "Wow I don't think I could ever read that fast, i can read maybe a full book in 8 hrs or so but only of I'm left alone but my retention is crap if I read that fast"

Familiar with the "Thursday Next" series? It's kinda like that, only I'm still quite here and will realize that my butt's gone numb or there's a leg cramp eventually. :D If it's something that really holds my attention, I'll fall right into it and time doesn't mean much after that. English 101 in college kinda screwed up my ability to do that for the longest time afterwards but it's coming back slowly. I've only been really reading the BotM while I wait for things to load on the boards and I'm already cresting 250 pages.

[Lolo]

Er, I've never timed myself or anything, but I generally read pretty fast. It depends a lot on the book itself too. If it's a book I'm enjoying, I'm dying to know what happens next and I go through it as quickly as possible. If it's a book that I'm meh about, I won't go through it slowly, but I just don't put as much effort towards it.

I'm always called a speed reader, so I guess I do it more quickly than most people. I'll have to time myself one day.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

I actually have to be careful reading a book I'm into, too fast. When I get really wrapped up in a book I can end up skipping several sentences at a time. It's not like I'm trying to skip but my eyes and brain want to speed ahead so I end up skipping which is really annoying. When that starts to happen I will stop and put down the book so that I don't end up blowing thru and missing parts

[Apollo]

Ha. I do that too. Normally I'm pretty good at only skipping needlessly detailed parts but every so often I'll skip something important then grind to a halt like wait a minute...wtf just happened.

[TheThirdLie, Houdini Mod]

Ha, good to see I'm not the only one that does that.



@Dian

So I finished Moon Called - it wasn't bad, but I wasn't super impressed with it either. That's not a bad thing, though - I didn't dislike it! So, I'm gonna give the second book a try and see what I think of it more.

The romance was kept in the background - which was nice, the female lead wasn't stupid and annoying and overpowered, and it had some interesting ideas. For me it was kind of dry in the emotion department, but I'm sure that'll change after reading more of the series.



And now I'm reading Harm None: A Rowan Gant Investigation by M.R. Sellars. I was gonna read that Phineas Poe novel harry recommended, but I apparently just downloaded a review and not the actual book. >.<

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

ApolloDavid wrote: "Ha. I do that too. Normally I'm pretty good at only skipping needlessly detailed parts but every so often I'll skip something important then grind to a halt like wait a minute...wtf just happened."
I'm glad I'm not the only one that does that! I try not too but sometimes its hard not to just read the conversation of the story. It's a bad habit.


@ Jamie the first book is truly just an introduction to the characters and settings. I love the second book, it deals a lot with Stephan who is a very interesting side character. My fave is the 3rd book which if you are truly into the characters is a very intense ending. The 4th and 5th books focus more on the relationships of the characters. I'm hoping that the next book balances the relationships with the action, but the way the characters were developing she needed to focus on interpersonal/personal development in the last two books. Plus this is her longest series so I think she had to transition the characters from a short series to a much longer one.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

Im just glad its not just me that does this. >.<, it gets really bad when the author gets to into descriptions of people or places, which are usually very interesting but when i just want to know what happens i cant very well yell at the book to shut up and get to the point, so i skip.

[Keith]

*takes a free online test that is probably inaccurate*

"You read between 250 - 300 words per minute. Above-average reading level. (The average rate is between 200 - 250 words per minute.) It is assumed that you did not skim the words nor fail to understand the meaning of what was read."

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

Hmmm, do you have a link to that?

[Keith]

http://mindbluff.com/askread.htm

[TheThirdLie, Houdini Mod]

250-300 for me as well... I wonder if it would be faster if I didn't have to remind myself not to skim. >.<

[Mary]

I tried that and got 400-450. I bet it was closer to the low end. But I was reading at my "serious business" rate. Not my read for pleasure rate. I read books that aren't assignments/work much slower. I see no need to push myself when reading for myself. I can reader faster in real books though. Computer screens slow me down.

[Jenn]

i read super slow....SUPER SLOW MO...even in eBook form... either way my mind wanders and then I have no idea whats going on.... realize it's been 10+ pages or 20+ minutes and have to go back and 're-read'

i will just blame ADHD?

[Keith]

Jenn wrote: "i will just blame ADHD?"

Pfffffft, that is everyone's excuse lol

[Jingai]

I took the test you linked to, and got a 750-800
words per minute. An extremely efficient reading level.
Guess that English major paid off huh. :D

Yes, that is adjusted for two incorrect content test answers.

[Danielle]

i read about 452 words per minute with about an 82% comprehension rate, though this is according to a speed reading and comprehension assessment.

I think it really depends on the reading level of the book that determines how fast I'll get through it.

[Kyle]

depends on the book...and font size and shit...I used to be able to bust out Harry Potter books in about prolly 20 hours or so (prolly still could). As of recently I've been reading fantasy books and the number of words per pages are A LOT more, its prolly the slowest I've ever read, definitely under a page per minute, but not by much

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

As much as I love harry potter I could never read them in less than a few days to a week. But that would also because I read books I really love either super fast or super slow. And with everything that goes on in harry potter with the subplots I never wanted to miss something and have to reread cause I got confused over somethin random