Cherry
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11-18-2007, 10:31 AM
I think I'm a fairly quick reader as long as I'm enjoying the book.
I once read harry potter #1 in probably 9 hours (I think) It wasn't the first time I read it incidently.
Usually if I'm really enjoying a novel and I'm not too tired it might take me a couple of nights and a bit of reading on the train or lunch breaks.
I read the "The memory keepers daughter" in a couple of days last week.
I usually read books faster if I'm not tired, late at night I often fall asleep with a book xD I also find I skip paragraphs if a word takes my fancy, or read a sentence repeatedly without realising, when I'm tired.
How bout the other literates in here?
How fast can you read a good book?
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Pearl
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11-18-2007, 10:35 AM
I read Harry Potter #7 in 8 hours, I don't know if that's fast...
I also read The Woman in Black pretty quickly.
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Cherry
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11-18-2007, 10:48 AM
Yeah thats fast.
It's a big book.
HP is so easy to get absorbed in and it flows so well it's hard to read it slowly if you enjoy it ^^
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Mirei
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11-18-2007, 10:54 AM
It all really depends on the book. >_>
The fastest I've read would have to be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows in eight hours as well. xD
It was so uncomfortable, but the book was worth it. :3
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Allison
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11-18-2007, 11:28 AM
I read all the novels for my English class in about four or five hours; as the language gets closer to what we speak today, it gets easier to read. (Of course, lol.) I'd go faster than that, even, but I have to underline and write notes in the margins.
But since I'm an English major in college, I can't recall the last time I had the opportunity to do any pleasure reading; I'm already assigned so much to read! I think I would go more slowly with a book that I was reading of my own accord.
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Clair Voyant
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11-18-2007, 02:14 PM
I read the book Kira Kira in about 1 1/2 hours or so!
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naruu
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11-18-2007, 03:25 PM
A day and a half, it took me that long to read the fifth book in the Demonata series by Darren Shan.
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fuyumi_saito
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11-18-2007, 09:43 PM
It would probably be four or five hours.
The book would be *Tries to remember* well it was not harry potter. Female lead character... *thinks* It was over 400 pages..... I don't remember the title T_T I could do a whole little summary though.
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Saber Alli
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11-19-2007, 03:43 AM
Well I don't usually time myself, except for the last Harry Potter book which only took 6 hrs! I know a girl on here though who read it in 4 hrs, but she works in a publishing place and reads manuscripts ALLLL the time. She told me she had her office record the start and end time, and that they made it a competition! xD
Thats the type of place I would like to work!!
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Skrae
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11-19-2007, 06:17 AM
Ehehe.
Apparently, I read insanely fast, and scarily enough, I retain what I read.
Tom Clancy's The Bear and The Dragon in two hours.
The books is 1,031 pages.
I'm not lying, and I didn't skim it.
Honestly, I can read that fast.
I don't get much time to read anymore with school though.
*sadness*
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nayru_moon
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11-19-2007, 11:46 PM
like how long of a novel? a long one? well then i read the 7th harry potter book in a day and a 200 page book in i dont no... maybe like 2 hours depends what kind of mood im in
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psyrien
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11-20-2007, 02:25 AM
That would depend on the novel. I believe my fastest was half an hour, but then that was only a hundred something page book.
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SexualPlacebo
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11-20-2007, 05:34 PM
Hmmn, I read Cell in like. . . No wait. That was slow. xD
I dunno. Dx I thought I read quick. Until I saw this thread.
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Jenova
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11-20-2007, 05:55 PM
I read HP number seven in 6 hours.
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pillow_maiden
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11-20-2007, 08:36 PM
i read the book Ginger bread, in like 5 hours, i got so into that book, it was really good. i just couldnt put it down. no matter what, i even ate supper while reading it.
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Master Wild Mage
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11-21-2007, 01:49 AM
Though I haven't been able to read very fast since I started school again I've been known to finish 200-300 page books in a day. I've read 2 of the Cirque du freak series in a single day.
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Akstar
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11-21-2007, 11:29 PM
I have moments when I can go through an average novel in about 5 hours roughly.
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Nahalethe
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11-22-2007, 01:50 PM
I read The Shining in three days, because it was so unexpectedly good I would read it during class, at home, on the train, whenever. I was very sad when I finished it.
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Garnet Phoenix
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11-22-2007, 08:20 PM
Umm... I guess in two days? I forgot really. And I also forgot what book it was that I read... I read alot of books. I Love books! =^.^=
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manic monochrome
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11-23-2007, 12:15 PM
i read really fast,
especially when it's a good book.
i think the fastest i've read a book
was two or three hours.
since i read so fast,
i buy at least four or five books
when i go to borders. xD
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Clair Voyant
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11-23-2007, 01:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Wild Mage
Though I haven't been able to read very fast since I started school again I've been known to finish 200-300 page books in a day. I've read 2 of the Cirque du freak series in a single day.
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I did, too! Cirque Du Freak 2 had me in tears! I loved it so much! That was a very easy book to get into!
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disturbed66
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11-23-2007, 10:56 PM
Hmms.. well i have read one of the harry potter book.. (i forget whict one but it had 1,300 pg or somthin)
Within a week.. But thats the fastest i can read before forgetting parts.. anyfaster is more like a scim read whict isent very enjoyable to me.. I thinks ^ ^
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Lilbunnifufu
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11-24-2007, 03:09 AM
When I was in high school I read a few novels that were assigned in about 4-5 hours a novel.
If it is a book that I really like, I draw out the time. I don't want to miss anything and sometimes I like to reread certain passages.
If I really like a book and can't put it down, but want to take my time with it, I can finish it in about 8 hours give or take.
...Depending on a lack of distractions and school work. Stupid college. ^_^
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Onoko
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11-25-2007, 01:06 AM
I read the Land Of Elyeon Series in a matter of three hours. :oops:
I'm dubbed the "Speddy Read-y" in my class. >w<;
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Madoneko
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11-25-2007, 06:49 PM
The morning of the day my book report for it was due I read the scarlet letter in 2 hours. The chapters were fairly short, so it was easier to pace.
I realized after I'd finished my poster I could've just skimmed through it. The report wasn't difficult. ^.^;
But I was glad I did read it, because the test was really hard. >.<;;
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