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How much time does he spend every day to read them? I'm always impressed by people who tell me they read a book in a few days. I understand that one can learn t
by habudibab 15y ago
How much time does he spend every day to read them? I'm always impressed by people who tell me they read a book in a few days. I understand that one can learn to read faster, but for non-technical books this always lead me to be unable to clearly envision the world it is taking place in. Just like a narrated movie.
Even if I slow down I often can't remember the names and places in the book.
In two hours I might read about 50 pages. Far too slow to even stand a chance doing the same challenge he does.
- henrikberggren 15y agoYou can see all data here: https://readmill.com/richardjingram https://readmill.com/richardjingram Last week: over 32 hours!! https://readmill.com/richardjingram/reads/debt-the-first-5000-years https://readmill.com/richardjingram/reads/debt-the-first-500...
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- wazoox 15y agoLike the OP, I'm finding myself spending more and more time reading on my nook color. Though the LCD is slightly less comfortable than my eInk Sony ebook, having wikipedia a touch away is really too great to explain. I've read many, many books over the last weeks. One or two a week (last week, Jules Verne' "le testament d'un excentrique", the week before Jack London's" people of the abyss" and Verne's "la maison à vapeur"). And I still have a huge shelf of paper books to read :) Thinking of it, I probably spend most of my time reading something anyway (I read tons of magazines, blogs, HN, reddit, etc. too). I'm a real book worm :) You say that you're reading about 25 pages per hour, that seems really slow; are you sure you aren't sub-vocalizing? Do you by any chance make the words sound in your head (or even your glottis)? This is often the main reason why some people have altogether slow reading and poor understanding.
- habudibab 15y agoI'm hearing the words in my head in a voice that might suit the specific character. If I don't I feel something is missing immersion wise.