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I have a question for all you bookworms here- how long does it take you to finish a single book? Yes, I know that it depends, but generally speaking, on average or for a regular, moderatly-long book, how long would it take you to finish? What's you reading rate basically?
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I've been reading the Idiot for like a month and a half but I don't read everyday so I wouldn't call myself a bookworm.
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If it's vacation and not work where im constantly stressed, then i can finish a 250 page book in 2 days.
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I read slowly It took me a month to finish last book I read which was 300 pages. I was also mostly free during that time
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Keep reading, you’ll eventually get faster. But I have to ask, did you like your last book? I always drag for weeks or simply give up when reading something I don’t enjoy.
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Yea I did, it was an interesting read. I think the problem I have is that I caught the zoomer brainrot disease where I'm having trouble concentrating on stuff and slowly require more and more stimulating input to keep me invested, to the point where I 'm having to exert conscious effort to stay focused with some things or I start drifting into irrelevant thoughts
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Lmao, I’m kind of like that, it takes some effort but is a matter of trying to stay focused and you can then apply it to anything else. There are many high quality 250-350 pages books, keep up with those until getting better reading habits, or maybe set a daily pages minimum starting with 15 or something like that.
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That’s quite impressive. I think my daily pages record was 80 pages in a single day. But that happened only once years ago, my normal weekly rate is something like 25-30 pages a day, then 40-50 on the weekends
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Yeah but my reading rate is slow to zero if its work semesters, I will go on long 5 month periods not reading anything, untill its the semester vacation. So my ability to stay concentrated as an adult compared to my teenage years is completely fubar
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I remember when I was in high school I finished the first three throneshit books in a week in winter break but now I need to reread every word like three times
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It depends on how long the book is, how busy I’m and how much I like it. I can read some 300 pages a week when inspired. The only 1000+ pages book I read was IT. It took me almost 2 months to finish, but to be fair I wasn’t enjoying that book. Moby Peepee has 620 pages, and it took me 3 weeks.
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Man, I have never known anyone that read IT and didnt enjoy it. Old Stephen King is actually pretty good if you are into good stories and don’t care much about flowery language. Anything post-late-nineties has a large dropoff in quality though. He clearly needed testosterone/hard drugs to write a good book.
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IT was my first Stephen King book, and my first horror book as well. The first chapters were super engaging, but then the middle was such a drag, I also thought the ending was weak. I felt like the book could have been 400 pages shorter, I’m not saying the book is bad, but I think King is simply not my cup of tea. A friend of mine keeps recommending me “The Shining” though.
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my fave king book is definitey “Needful Things” but The Shining is really good.
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I don't have the time for it these days but I have finished 500 page books in a day if that's the only thing I have to do.
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You're on stimulants, that doesn't count
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From 2 days to never.
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If I love what I'm reading, I can have it done in 3-5 days depending on number of pages and time.
Fastest I've finished a book was 12 hours, about 206 pages. Read it every time I was sitting down lol.
The book remains a favorite; "till we have faces" by C.S Lewis
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I useaudiobooks 
for most nontechnical stuff I read, so the total elapsed reading time for the last book I read was ~11 hours, but that was over probably 1-2 weeks
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I basically only read on the train to/from work and I only go in once a week so it takes me quite a long time to finish a book, typically some months.
I did just get an e-reader which is far more portable and ergonomic so I might wind up reading more though.
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If I'm really into something, like I just can't put it down, probably a week. But 2 or 3 weeks is a lot more typical.
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