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Put time aside for reading like you would for anything else; say, 3-4 hours should be enough to get through a decent novel. If you read in transit, on the toile
by sdrothrock 9y ago
Put time aside for reading like you would for anything else; say, 3-4 hours should be enough to get through a decent novel. If you read in transit, on the toilet, and then a bit in time set aside for reading, you can easily read a book a day -- which is what I tend to do with the Kindle when I have a backlog of books I want to read.
If your reading speed isn't up to par, just set aside an hour or two a day to read; the more you read, the faster you'll get over time. I used to read several books a week when I was a kid, and that amount really helped contribute to my reading speeds today, I think. :)
- Dannymetconan 9y agoI would think 3/4 hours is a very optimistic time to read any decent novel. Though I'm not really sure what the length of a decent novel would be but most books I have read would take at least 8 hours.
- malux85 9y agoI was thinking the same, there's a difference between reading the words and imbibing the content. It takes me a good 3-4 weeks to read a novel @ 2 hours a night. With great focus I could read the words in 8 hours, but I wouldn't have had a chance to think, reason, predict and digest, which I think is most of the fun!
- ajmurmann 9y agoI'm so glad you pointed this out. I was starting to feel really intimidated and bad about my reading skill.
- rwnspace 9y agoMore than a few times have I seen absurd wpm numbers mentioned in a blasé manner here. 500wpm is quite achievable for a light thriller, skimming the odd paragraph. Approaching 100% comprehension provides dimishing returns with this kind of stuff. I am very happy to average 50wpm with technical or entirely novel material, since here the opposite is usually true. Maxing at 200wpm is absolutely fine. All that (imo) matters, is it's a total waste - and a mentally taxing one at that - to spend those words/minutes reading crap & looking at adverts! Edit: no rudeness intended to the fast readers ITT!