I am wonder how to compare my reading to my peers on college confidential. I read 35 pages a day. I just started reading and my score were low. I was wondering if you could tell me how much your kids read. And there sat scores? I got a 440 in critical reading on the old sat.
Readers do not count pages. Voracious readers may stay up all night to finish a good book. Some highly intelligent people or readers, others are not. Some read only nonfiction (my H) while others like to be entertained (me- I also will read H’s library books if they appeal to me).
My kid is grown by now- late twenties already. He grew up with the annual Harry Potter books. We bought them and I had to wait for him to finish before I got my chance. That meant the next day- for an 800+ page book once. Now he will do a lot more online reading and who knows. He is still a reader for pleasure.
Time and stage in life matters. Retirees like us chose a place with an excellent county library system. Working adults and students likely have far less time to indulge. Are you counting newspapers and magazines/journals? Do you count the vast material available in so many fields online? Do you read in fields that are totally unrelated to your profession?
One size does not fit all readers.
In your efforts to improve your reading habits visit your local public library. Look at different fields and choose at least one book to read each week. Look up the Dewey Decimal system of organization for nonfiction. Choose books in different fields. So many fascinating subjects- and more fun than learning in a classroom like back in school days.
Buy yourself one of those steno pads. (If you don’t know what I mean, search on Staples or just google and you’ll see them.) Keep it by you when you read. Anytime you see a word you aren’t sure you understand, write it down in the left column. In the right column, write down what you THINK it means from the context . Leave about a third of the page blank before entering the next word. When you’ve done all your reading for the day, look up the real meanings in the dictionary and write them down in the blank space in the right column, crossing out your guess–unless it was right. If possible, use your own words to summarize the definition.Once a week, cover the right hand column and see if you can still remember the definitions. Don’t limit this to the past week. Review ALL the words you’ve written down each week.
You might also try subscribing to one of the free “word of the day” SAT sites. (Make sure it’s free!) There are lots of them. Write the word of the day and definition in your steno pad. Include it in your reviews.
Read some quality newspapers and magazines like the Economist, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Wall Street Journal,etc. to expose yourself to different vocabulary. At the beginning, you’re likely to find at least one word you don’t know in every article.
Over time, you should find yourself becoming better at guessing meanings from context. You should also know a lot more words. In fact, you may find yourself reading for longer and longer times without seeing a word you don’t know the meaning of.
Speed reading techniques help.
what do you mean by speed reading
Both of my kids have loved reading since childhood. Both scored 800 on the CR section of the SAT. There’s hope if you continue to read challenging material daily. And you should consider taking AP US History if your school offers this course. It really helps with the CR section!
There are classes to teach you how to read faster and more efficiently.
Here are some examples:
or google: speed reading
Do not do speed reading. It does not help comprehension, and it impedes enjoying the work you are reading. Why the fuss about doing something quickly rather than savoring it? OP, you’re probably too young for a good glass of wine, but, when you get there, don’t gulp it down. For now, enjoy a good book at your own pace. You may want to look into speed for SAT purposes, but I [obviously] think it’s a detriment otherwise.
Many kids don’t read books anymore for pleasure. I think it is too bad, but if you are interested in skill-building rather than content, I would find some tutoring (often free) in your community. To function in school and work you do not necessarily need a big vocabulary. And if you are using the Internet and social media (as you are here) you ARE reading.
Here is your post:
"I am wonder how to compare my reading to my peers on college confidential. I read 35 pages a day. I just started reading and my score were low. I was wondering if you could tell me how much your kids read. And there sat scores? I got a 440 in critical reading on the old sat. "
Many of us make mistakes so I don’t want to embarrass you. And you may have done this on a phone. But “wonder” should be “wondering”- a verb problem. You can write “I wonder how” or “I am wondering how.” You can easily learn these verb forms.
You wrote “My sat score were low.” It should be either “My SAT scores were low” Or “MY SAT score was low.”
You got the “I was wondering if” correctly which to be honest makes me wonder if this post is sincere!!
“there sat scores” should be “their SAT scores.”
You need help with basic grammar and punctuation. Otherwise, a score in the mid-400’s is not that uncommon and there are schools for you that will be satisfying and a good fit.
Continue to read online, news, articles, social media, whatever. Books are great but no need to pressure yourself into reading them. At least not until you have had some tutoring for the more important writing skills suggested above.
From the first link about speed reading in post #:
Psychology, cognitive science, and linguistics do find methods to help effective learning.
@htouray I think you are on the right path in recognizing you need to read more. Like you, I was not much of a reader growing up. I also took a standardized test in high school and was disappointed with my reading/vocabulary scores.
My kids read A LOT … it was not uncommon for us to have to snatch away a book they were reading with a flashilght after bedtime. (And yes, both did near-perfect SAT scores). I don’t think their friends read as much, but they still had decent scores. I thinkgood scores come from is a combination of aptitude and teachers/methods (especially in early years). But more reading should improve things.
Funny side story - In middle school, DS really liked the “Series of Unforuntate Events” books. When I read them, I realized there was lots of good vocabulary building built into them (when the author says "by xxxx, I don’t mean this… I mean that). I may have learned some new terms too.
Don’t compare yourself to other people-it’s not going to make you love reading more. Just read more, and find things you enjoy reading. Don’t think “oh I need to read Moby Dick because it’s great literature”, but hate it the entire time and get nothing from it.
When the girls were little I used to read to them before they were born, and once they were born I’d read out loud to them 30 min/night. My H alternated nights with me. We read all the goofy kids books to them. I think it was probably around 4th or 5th grade that they transitioned fully from us reading to them to them reading on their own.
They love reading and score well on standardized tests, and my only rule at the library was at least one book that they chose had to have no pictures in it or be non-fiction.
Now as high schoolers they burn through audiobooks, paper books and ebooks, and cost me a lot of money on amazon prime 
Now they’re starting to suggest books for me to read, which is fun because it leads for some good discussions once I finish the book. “What a jerk that character was!” “I know, right?!?”
My kids read a lot more than 35 pages per day while growing up. Their reading/English scores were great. How old are you?
I am 20. So how long did your kids read. Maybe 10 hours.
Starting at 5…Ah, no, you mean per day. When they were younger, a couple of hours a day. It was harder in HS to find time, but I bet an hour a day during the school year, and longer in summers. It was fun for them. Is English your native language.
My 16 year old just finished Fangirl in 11 hours over Spring Break (she pretty much binge-read it, she said).
It’s about 450 pages:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Fangirl.html?id=BfseA9a8xVMC&source=kp_cover
I may have to try that one 
You’re attempting to quantify reading but honestly, you’re missing the point.
You can read 40 hours a week but if you’re reading are poorly written blogs, trashy magazines, etc then you’re not going to get the same level of “benefits” (assuming you’re trying to expand your vocabulary, improve comprehension, improve writing, and so on) than if you’re reading relatively complex novels.
It seems like you are more in need of a reading & writing tutor than trying to figure out how much to read.
And my answer: I loved reading as a kid but by high school, I basically stopped reading for pleasure. I read what I needed to for class (and usually even less than that). I don’t remember my reading & writing scores but my overall ACT score was 33 so I’m guessing it was in the mid-30s. (I don’t know how that translates to SAT.)
When my daughter was in middle and high school she would start a book and essentially not look up until she had turned the last page. I can remember her reading by the light of the fireworks on the Fourth of July. She brought a book to the movies to read before the feature started. She inhaled books and had near total concentration. She still reads but does a lot of it on her Kindle or her phone so it’s not as apparent and, you know, working for a living cuts into her reading time.