<p>..A novel you're reading for pleasure? Per page? Per book?</p>
<p>I usually read two books outside of school per week (funny, 'cause I read more outside of school than in it), but these past few days, the only reading I've been doing is for collegeboard exams.</p>
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<p>that's a hard one. I read a lot...some weeks, 9 books (if I don't have a lot to do, but still 300-400 page books) or a few long ones. I'd say, 85 pages an hour? I read pretty fast, but If I'm sick (like now) and unfocused/tired, probably like 40 pages an hour.</p>
<p>^^^social life much?????</p>
<p>School?
You'd be lucky if I even opened the book.
Pleasure?
Depends
during the school year I don't have much time to read. In the summer, I read like crazy. Nothing with substance though, lol.
I can read 200+ within a few hours, if the book is good. I'm completely dependent on my interest/the suspense of the book. </p>
<p>I guess I like historical fiction (Carolyn Meyer), chicklit (Plum Skyes), teendramatype stuff (Ann Brashares), romance (Nicholas Sparks), mystery/suspense (Mary Higgins Clark), and I guess whatever you'd characterize Dan Brown as.</p>
<p>Erm... depends on how interesting it is, page size, etc. I can read a history text at about a minute per page and I can read a book for pleasure in about half that time. I usually read about a book a day.</p>
<p>I read Harry Potter 6 in about a day and a half...pretty much continuously.</p>
<p>I read the 5th Harry Potter in one day... I just couldn't put it down =]. Usually it takes me a few weeks to read a good sized book, but I usually read like 5 books at once cause I can't keep focus on one thing...</p>
<p>It depends on what type of writing it is. Philosophy and terse texts take longer than chick books. But I forget how long it takes me to read... haha I'll try reading sometime soon.</p>
<p>At the present time, I'm reading The Namesake and because I love it so much, I'm reading as slow as possible so it lasts longer :D. I'm using it for english class now so I'll have to speed up soon but I'm light years ahead of the rest of the class.</p>
<p>With other stuff, I'm not the fastest reader. I can fly through textbooks if I've already summarized the content.</p>
<p>if its a fun read, (fantasy, chickflick, etc.) 100+ pages per hour (I usually read around 15-30 sec sec per page)</p>
<p>history textbook, chem textbook: 1 minute per page D:</p>
<p>;) I never have trouble reading a class book on time...and still make contributions during discussion in class.</p>
<p>I devoured Harry Potter no. 4 in a day. But I don't usually go quite that fast. During the school year I might read one to two books a week outside of school...no time for more, really.</p>
<p>Last harry potter book took me around 7 hours. Maybe 6, I don't remember exactly. I started a little after midnight :P</p>
<p>So thats about 1.5 pages a minute.</p>
<p>same here for Harry Potter. It kinda sux b/c I really wanna savor the last book but I don't know if I'll be able to stop myself.</p>
<p>ok.. so what about required classics for english class? like, Hamlet and The Catcher in the Rye?</p>
<p>Anyways, I read for content. I generally have no attention span for books that I perceive as content-less.</p>
<p>US News/Time/other such magazines: I can read articles in a few minutes. Otherwise though, I spend several minutes per page (since I generally don't like missing out on details)</p>
<p>Required classics take me forever to read. Like for some pages it can take five minutes to a page.</p>
<p>Mostly because I do a lot of underlining/notetaking in the background.</p>
<p>For history and stuff like that, though, it's a pretty flat 10-20 pages/hour.</p>
<p>How are you people getting down to 30seconds per page? I consider myself a decently fast reader, and I can read a page in 60 or so seconds. Do you work yourself up to 30s by just reading a ton? Or is it more just a skill you're born with? Also, how much do you lose on comprehension? Would you understand the book as fully as if you were reading much slower?</p>
<p>i just took a reading test, and i got about 150 words per minute with 100% comprehension. the average is 200 wpm, 60% comprehension. a "good reader" does 1000 words per minute w/ 85% comprehension. ugh. i'm so slow. i tried not to stop and re-read also.</p>