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| RodOdom |
Posted - 02 Mar 2006 : 14:50:35
How long does it take you to finish reading a novel? Say an average 300+ page paperback. |
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| Zaknafein |
Posted - 09 Feb 2007 : 05:37:30
yeah cormyr is one of the larger FR books out there. good one though.
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| yargarth |
Posted - 09 Feb 2007 : 05:21:45
depends on book but usually 2-3 days taking me longer to read cormyr though.  |
| Weiser_Cain |
Posted - 07 Feb 2007 : 08:19:00
A day or so when I didn't work a few years back. It took me the better part of a week to get through each of the WotSQ books working and going to school. |
| Zaknafein |
Posted - 07 Feb 2007 : 05:47:07
college and work take up a lot of my time...but on average a trilogy will take me 2 weeks. so usually 4-5 days for one book. but if i have some days off and no homework then i can finish a book in 1-2 days. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 18:37:20
quote:
Originally posted by Jorkens
Reading speed is to a certain degree a question of training and to a degree a question of individuality. As I am starting to remind myself of the university I will stop now.
I'm naturally something of a fast reader... Sometimes, I think of taking a speed-reading course, so that I could read more. Other times, I finish books too quickly and find myself wishing I'd not read them as fast!  |
| Delzounblood |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 14:14:34
quote:
Originally posted by RodOdom
How long does it take you to finish reading a novel? Say an average 300+ page paperback.
This all depends on my son!! if he sleeps all night I can read a full 300+ page novel in one night, I suffer from a from of insomnia!
But usually it takes me two sessions of reading thanks to Little Delz 
But I know I am not the norm regarding reading books, I always have been a quick reader, even at school! The teachers always made me review books to prove I had read them! before I could select the next one. It was fun trying to sum up Lord of the Rings in one paragraph when I was 12!
They even accused me of cheating as I had a reading age of 30+ at 12!
Ahh the good ol' days....
Now I'm content with reading all my stock before I sell them, I currently have 79 novels in stock so I always have something to read.
Delz
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| Jorkens |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 13:13:52
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Originally posted by whyfight
reading over these posts it seriously boggles my mind (though i refuse to beileve a human being can read a book in 3 or less hours, i mean thats like 5 pages a minute) how fast some people can read. i have been reading FR for only like 3 or 4 years and i read steadily at a pace of about one book a month, due mostly too my page time that i cant get below 2 minutes which at time, well most of the time, frustrates me to the point were i dont even want to read anymore. What happens is ill be reading and forget im even reading because i see everything in my head, then ill look up to check time and ive read like 25 pages and its been almost an hour. That usually gets me mad enugh to put the book down and i have to wait a long time before i can pick it up again(help me lol). Also i get very distracted and find myself putting down books (no matter how good it is) for days even weeks at a time to pursue other hobbies.
Well, that doesn't sound that slow to me, I would guess my reading-speed to be about two minutes pr. page and I am not a very visual reader. With a page count of twenty five pr hour that would make it about twelve hours on a tree hundred page book if added together. Just take your time and enjoy the book at your own pace.
Reading speed is to a certain degree a question of training and to a degree a question of individuality. As I am starting to remind myself of the university I will stop now. |
| Victor_ograygor |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 12:29:15
Sorry that was a type error, it should had said 5 hours. 
And it is possible to read a book without putting it down, and it is much easier if you have someone to make coffee for you, trust me.
That’s one of the things that that I have to take a break from. But I think it normal to say that it’s hard to put a book away that is good.
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| whyfight |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 11:38:42
reading over these posts it seriously boggles my mind (though i refuse to beileve a human being can read a book in 3 or less hours, i mean thats like 5 pages a minute) how fast some people can read. i have been reading FR for only like 3 or 4 years and i read steadily at a pace of about one book a month, due mostly too my page time that i cant get below 2 minutes which at time, well most of the time, frustrates me to the point were i dont even want to read anymore. What happens is ill be reading and forget im even reading because i see everything in my head, then ill look up to check time and ive read like 25 pages and its been almost an hour. That usually gets me mad enugh to put the book down and i have to wait a long time before i can pick it up again(help me lol). Also i get very distracted and find myself putting down books (no matter how good it is) for days even weeks at a time to pursue other hobbies. |
| Victor_ograygor |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 10:30:51
I would say 7 hours, but if its good 3.
At the moment, I am reading realms of the dragons, so it’s hard for me to say.
I am not a fast reader because I want to check up on the new knowledge there is in the new books. |
| koz |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 07:35:38
Ahhhhhhh, so I'm not the only one who visualizes what I am reading!!! I like to think that I watch a novel like I do a movie. The only difference being that I decide all the viusals and the author decides the action and plot. I think the best novel I have read that does this is Ghostwalker by Erik Scott DeBie. It is very cinematic. If you like to "see" what you are reading I highly reccomend it. |
| mavericace |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 07:17:15
I agree with you koz. I can read a book in a hour or two but I really wont get much out of it other than a basic outline. When I read for fun it takes me much longer since I am going there in my mind. |
| koz |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 07:02:59
I average about a week per novel but it depends on how "into" the story I am. I only read an hour or two a day so usually about 6 to 8 hours per book. Some have taken longer and some like The Finder's Stone trilogy flew by in a couple hours each. I try not to read too fast though because I feel like I will miss something. |
| Genis |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 23:59:56
for most of my FR books "350 pages" its only 1-2 days depending on how into it i am...but if its not as edge of the seat interesting then 3-4 days....and i can read a 900 and some page harry potter book in like 2 days...but i think the print is a little big bigger on those....i dont remember... |
| Jorkens |
Posted - 17 Aug 2006 : 06:21:28
One to two days on an average for a book of about three hundred pages. Faster if its really interesting, a lot slower if it is not. |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 17 Aug 2006 : 02:33:13
Right now, about 2 weeks per book, because I work full time and I don't want to spend all my free time reading. |
| Mazrim_Taim |
Posted - 17 Aug 2006 : 02:31:12
I generally read them over the course of a few days. I could read most o f them in a few hours but I usually keep my novel reading to my breaks at work. |
| mavericace |
Posted - 17 Aug 2006 : 01:00:45
I try to read about 50 pages a day. Like some of the others if it is a very good book I may finish in a day or two. |
| Na-Gang |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 11:38:33
I generally read on the tube on the way to and from work which is only 40mins a day, and it takes me around 3 weeks to finish a novel. |
| Aes Tryl |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 10:12:12
hmm i finsh a normal fantasy book in 2-3 hours |
| Paec_djinn |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 08:54:54
Fastest I've ever gone is 1 book a day (technically two, but if you're counting hours, then 1).
With that being said, that's only if I had nothing else to do. Usually a book takes within a week to two weeks for me (a month longest). But there are those rare occasions, where I do read longer than one month, due to lack of time or a book just not captivating me long enough.
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| FridayThe13th |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 02:47:19
On average, it takes me 2-3 hours to finish a normal sized fantasy book. |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 01:36:19
If I have much free time and the novel is too good to let go, then 1-3 days. If only the latter, then about 3-8 days. If it's an allright novel, then maybe 2 weeks to a month. If it's not too good but I keep reading anyways so I can get all the FR novels read, then 2 weeks to 2 months depending on if I force through it or not. |
| Brakkart |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 01:19:33
I read Realms novels on my 1.5 hours of break at work. What with eating etc, I get about an hour or so each shift and it takes me 4-5 shifts to finish the average 320 page paperback. No sooner do I finish one book, than I pick up the next and get started on it.
Once I've finished a book I bring it back home from my locker, write a review for my blog and shelve it in the collection. |
| jmf |
Posted - 15 Aug 2006 : 20:34:23
hmmmmmmmmmmm if the print is big i'd say about three days if i read about 50 pages or more in a day. |
| Arlenion |
Posted - 24 Mar 2006 : 03:07:31
I read the typical book in about two and a half hours, which is as much a curse as anything else. I spent $100 on Forgotten Realms novels and reasd them all in a weekend! |
| Dansan |
Posted - 21 Mar 2006 : 19:22:41
My reading pace, with english not being a native language, is about 50 pages per hour. I read about one to two hours a day when possible, resulting in one book per week. |
| Rory |
Posted - 11 Mar 2006 : 17:38:02
I'm a slow reader. Maybe 4 books a month tops. |
| Mace Hammerhand |
Posted - 07 Mar 2006 : 07:13:12
I agree with most of the other posters (postees?), it depends on what I have to do and what mood I am in. In 'good' times I average a nove in 1-2 days. There are exceptions however... Wheel of Time1 I've been 'reading' for about half a year of longer now, as it really bores the hell out of me. A regular FR novel takes a day (on a good day).
But I think that at your pace with one book a month you should really count yourself lucky:
a) you can pick the time when you read a series (trilogy or whatnot), preferably when they all have been released.
b) your book-budget is lower than ours (the fast reader type)
c) (goes hand in hand with a) you spare yourself the frustration of having to wait for the sequel/end of a story. |
| SirUrza |
Posted - 07 Mar 2006 : 02:26:06
2-3 days, I usually can't sit still long enough to kill a book in 1 sitting. |
