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Rory
Seeker
79 Posts |
 Posted - 11 Mar 2006 : 17:38:02
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| I'm a slow reader. Maybe 4 books a month tops. |
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Dansan
Acolyte
Netherlands
6 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2006 : 19:22:41
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| 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. |
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Arlenion
Acolyte
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Posted - 24 Mar 2006 : 03:07:31
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| 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! |
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jmf
Acolyte
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 15 Aug 2006 : 20:34:23
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| hmmmmmmmmmmm if the print is big i'd say about three days if i read about 50 pages or more in a day. |
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Brakkart
Acolyte
United Kingdom
17 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 01:19:33
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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. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 01:36:19
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| 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. |
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FridayThe13th
Learned Scribe
USA
132 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 02:47:19
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| On average, it takes me 2-3 hours to finish a normal sized fantasy book. |
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Paec_djinn
Learned Scribe
173 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 08:54:54
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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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Aes Tryl
Learned Scribe
181 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 10:12:12
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| hmm i finsh a normal fantasy book in 2-3 hours |
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Na-Gang
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
348 Posts |
Posted - 16 Aug 2006 : 11:38:33
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| 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. |
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mavericace
Seeker
USA
84 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2006 : 01:00:45
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| 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. |
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
341 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2006 : 02:31:12
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| 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. |
And if the PCs DO win their ways through all the liches to Larloch, “he” will almost certainly be just another lich (loaded with explosive spells) set up as a decoy, with dozens of hidden liches waiting to pounce on any surviving PCs who ‘celebrate’ after they take Larloch down. As the REAL Larloch watches (magical scrying) from afar. Myself, as DM, I’d be wondering: “Such a glorious game, so many opportunities laid out before your PCs to devote your time to, and THIS fixation is the best you can come up with? Are you SURE you’re adventurers?” -Ed Greenwood
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2006 : 02:33:13
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Right now, about 2 weeks per book, because I work full time and I don't want to spend all my free time reading. |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2006 : 06:21:28
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| 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. |
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Genis
Learned Scribe
USA
226 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2006 : 23:59:56
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| 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... |
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koz
Seeker
USA
68 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 07:02:59
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| 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. |
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mavericace
Seeker
USA
84 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 07:17:15
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| 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. |
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koz
Seeker
USA
68 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 07:35:38
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| 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. |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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whyfight
Acolyte
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 11:38:42
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| 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. |
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1075 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 12:29:15
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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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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
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. |
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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
578 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 14:14:34
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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.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 06 Feb 2007 : 18:37:20
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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! |
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Zaknafein
Seeker
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2007 : 05:47:07
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| 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. |
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Full plate and packing steel. |
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Weiser_Cain
Seeker
87 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2007 : 08:19:00
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| 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. |
I'm always the Wizard! |
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yargarth
Seeker
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2007 : 05:21:45
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depends on book but usually 2-3 days taking me longer to read cormyr though.  |
"You take a step, then another. That's the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it's a remaking of your own mind."
-Orson Scott Card
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Zaknafein
Seeker
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2007 : 05:37:30
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yeah cormyr is one of the larger FR books out there. good one though.
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How long to finish reading a novel?
