To Speed Read or Not...

No one reads no more?!

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For non-fiction/technical books, I can never bring myself up to more than 25-30 p/phr, tops.

Paperback novels, 85-90 pages per hour. Rest depends on the size of the page and how interested I am.

Last weekend I finished two novels of 865 & 758 pages.

i cannot comprehend what i read without music or tv on.. so i skip reading to glance on tv or singing.. that means i lost all my time on singing and watching tv. maybe 20-30 pages per hour.. hahahaha

Happy, I think it depends upon the purpose of reading. If one is reading for knowledge, he will read slowly understanding every word. If reading to pass time or entertainment, one can read very fast just to get the picture as to what it is about not caring to understand.

but..for reading more than anything else concentration is required... if its..my subject i badly miss concentration.. for others i could manage..reading...

Happy Happy, i presume that's reading with full comprehension? :)

Visper, I read somewhere that the average reading speed is from 150-300 word/per minute.

That means a person could read 60 pages an hour?!

awww.. hahaha.. I miss Reader's Digest :(

LOL happy :P

I'm noticing many QLers are "reminiscing" being readers in the good old days. Is anybody reading anything these days except QL pages?....lol

Speed i thought u r caught in some radar and someone had put ur pic driving at a high speed in ur 1946 Pony Car.....:)

SPEED, please read and respond too. You sure are a SPEED reader, how fast are you?...:)

Before at whole night i have to read a manual for a concept, maybe about 150-200 pages.. :(

and the very next morning already forgot what i just read coz didn't get enough sleep.. :(

I thought you are asking me to If I have READ or NOT .... I was wondering what is inside the thread!!!!

Now I can go home peacefully :-D

A novel's page size is usually smaller or less dense, maybe less than 250 words per page, right?

About 2 on QL

Happy Happy, they're usually 200-300 + pages, that is when i really really like the plot and it gets interesting that i'm having a hard time putting it down.. :)

mjamille28, a novel a day? how big a novel? if you still remember of course...lol

:P

hmm it deponds on wat i am reading....

During my college days, I finished novels in a night but would be stuck in the same page of text book for hours:-P

i don't get to read much nowadays.. but back when i was jobless, i could finish a novel within a day.. :)