Faster or Slower?(when it comes to reading)

[Heidi]

So my question is, do you think you read your books faster or slower when its an actual pb compared to a kindle/nook etc? The first book I read on my kindle I flew thru it, this second book seems to be taking me forever. Maybe its just the book, maybe I just haven't had much time to read. But I just wondered if anyone saw a difference or if its just me?

Also, when you read, to you speed read(skim) thru stuff or do you take your time and savor what you are reading? I see where some are reading 3, 4 even 5 books a day! I am thinking to myself, holy moly do they have nothing else to do? Do they even recall what they've read? Call me crazy but I can't sit and read until everything else is done(floors clean, toilet scrubbed, dishes put away...again, OCD on my part)Hahaha...but just had to ask.

[Autumn]

Hmm.. i dont notice a particular difference with an e-reader. just that i "flip pages" more constantly due the the font size my reader is set up.

I guess it has to do with how much you feel immersed in the book. when you are really into a story you can read faster because your motivated to focus.

I like to savor the book. sometimes re-read parts that i feel have deep meaning not only to the story,but that resonates with me. Some of our friends here have the ability to read faster and perhaps more available time to get thru more books. I dont think they skim through thru them, just absorb the content faster.

I read anytime i have a chance :). I have to, before going to bed, and at work LOL! one min i get the room full of patients , then is quiet for some time.. (that means, run and read before your found to do something else ^_^)

[Heidi]

Autumn, I do find my self "flipping " pages more on my kindle, becasue the font size. funny you mentioned that. My daughter is like "geez, mom you are speed reading"....I'm like " No, I just need the print bigger" LOL

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

I seem to read quicker when I'm reading a book on my laptop Kindle App. and I agree that it has something to do with the font size.

[Heidi]

Ok so it ah to have been the book I was ready just seemed to drag for me....The Heir, the last 10% or so of the book, I really liked and it moved along. Now I am reading and seem to be flying thru it. It had to have been the book.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

I flip through books pretty fast on the ereader. That is one element of the Kindle that I truly adore, among others. I do try to savor some books, but I am a fairly fast reader for the most part. I will reread parts for understanding if I feel I have read it too fast and missed the message.

[Shelly]

I'll agree with you Heidi. Maybe it's because it's still new to me, and I'm still adjusting to it, and I am still flipping back and forth between book and ebook, since I'm trying to read up some of the books I purchased before the Nook. I also stare at a computer screen all day, and my vision is getting worse, so I think that's a big part of it. I go this week to get new glasses and I'm going to ask about computer glasses as well, hoping that will help.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

I could never read only ebooks. I like paper books too much to leave them behind.

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I could never read only ebooks. I like paper books too much to leave them behind."

I agree Danielle. I love paper books but I have limited bookshelf space and so I find the Kindle great from this respect because you can store so many books.

[Heidi]

I ahve told my son adn daughter who have had to download books on my kindle that they can use it when I read a pb. I have so many here that i ahev to read them up. I still like the hunt of find a pb I've been loking for....does that sound totally off the wall?

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Not off the wall at all. I am seriously into book-hunting, hence my handle. :)

[Heidi]

So glad you understand Danielle. It's such a high to find one I've been looking for!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

I agree.

[Laura]

Great comments, ladies! I have a Kindle and find I read much faster on it than when I read a pb. I think it's due to the font. And - I hate to admit this, but since getting my Kindle, I find it hard - Very Hard - to read a paperback. Which is really sad because I have over 250 books in my TBR pile.

[Fani *loves angst*]

Laura wrote: "Great comments, ladies! I have a Kindle and find I read much faster on it than when I read a pb. I think it's due to the font. And - I hate to admit this, but since getting my Kindle, I find it har..."

Same here. I had 110 pb when I got my ereader 6 months ago and I'm still above 100:( I tend to prefer my ereader to the paperbacks. I'm not sure I read faster in it though. I think it depends on the book, whether I like it or not, nothing else.

[Laura]

I don't even buy paperbacks anymore. I read everything on my Kindle. And I have a Nook, too, and can download books from the library. So many books - So little time!

[Fani *loves angst*]

Laura wrote: "So many books - So little time!"

Amen!

I only buy paperbacks from the few (=2) series that I follow faithfully. Everything else is just ebook for me as well.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Well, skimming seems to be much more difficult on the Kindle, because you can't just quickly flip through pages to see if anything "good" is going to happen, or how many more pages you have until you reach good stopping point.

I do love my Kindle, but like tonight I'm reading and it's such a comfortable read, that I'm enjoying the feel of the book in my hands.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Oh, that's a really good book, Dhestiny.

[Heidi]

I just bought the first of that series for my kindle.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Heidi, The Texan's Wager is a desert island keeper for me. One of my favorite heroes of all time!

[Heidi]

Thanks Danielle, think I might read it next.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "Oh, that's a really good book, Dhestiny."

Yeah, I'm loving it!! I just met (view spoiler)[ the three kids. That has me intrigued! Sam is still delirious from his knife wound. (hide spoiler)]

I love the thoughts going through Sarah's mind. She's funnier than I thought she'd be.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Sarah turned out to be a very interesting heroine. I thought she'd be way timid but she wasn't.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

I agree, and I'm not all that far in yet!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

It's a great book, although I just love The Texan's Wager so much it's hard to compare.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "It's a great book, although I just love The Texan's Wager so much it's hard to compare."

I can't imagine any better hero than Carter McKoy in this series. He really just did it for me in a big way.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Ditto! In general, I love Jodi Thomas' heroes, although Walker in A Texan's Luck got on my last nerve at first. But Carter is the tops for me!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Are there 4 in the series?

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Yup.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

That's what I thought! I own them all :)

I had trouble finding them but on ebay I found a seller offering the last book, plus several more from another Jodi Thomas series, and it was about the same price as buying the Texan's Reward alone.

AND, it meant that I was then following another series and could legally buy the books for it! LOLOL

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

I'm glad you got that deal. I know I went out and bought every book by her I could find after I read The Texan's Dream. She's awesome!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

This is what I own -

Thomas, Jodi - {The Wife Lottery - The Texan’s Wager, When a Texan Gambles, A Texan’s Luck, A Texan’s Reward,} {Whispering Mountain - Texas Rain, Texas Princess, Tall Dark and Texan, The Lone Texan, Texas Blue} {Anthologies - Give me a Texan and Give me a Texas Ranger}

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Oh that's a nice start! Her older books are great too. Definitely pick up Forever in Texas and Two Texas Hearts if you run across them.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

I'm loving Sam Gatlin, and Sarah cracks me up with her rules. LOL

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Thanks, Lady D. I added those to my list of books I must buy!! Are they stand alones?

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Forever in Texas, definitely. I think Two Texas Hearts is loosely related to The Texan's Dream or Texas Love Song, but you don't have to read them in order.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Thanks again!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

You're very welcome!

[Zaanodes]

I read faster on the Kindle. I upped the font! Prop the Kindle on something (carpel tunnel).

But...I would prefer to scan bookshelves, see the cover, randomly skim a few pages to decide what I want to read next.

If I had the money and the space (I keep most of my books) and if wishes were horses, I would do both!!