What is your reading speed?

[CottonBolus]

When I'm reading a "light" read, like a magazine or a newspaper I can read at a rate of 600 words per minute. When I'm reading my textbook, it's much slower. What about you?

[refujiunderground]

don't know. i do know that i'm a lazy reader and have a hard time focusing where i find myself getting irritated and even falling asleep during reading.

btw, how were you able to find out your reading speed?

[G-Lexington]

Too fast. I tend to devour books. I got through that two-volume set of Sherlock Holmes in a couple weeks.

Lex

[oakpope]

It very much depends. I have never counted the words by minute. When I must read a newspaper or texts to have an understanding of it, I read very fast, stopping only for keywords, in a 'diagonal' way, maybe in the order of less than 10sec/page. If it's to read a complicated book or to be sure to have it committed to memory it's obviously slower.

There are various techniques to be taught for quick reading.

Sorry it's wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_reading

[BFizzle]

I'll read a 300-400 page book in a day.

[JayHawk]

I have never clocked myself but everyone has already hit it... if I am reading for deeper comprehension or pleasure then much slower... if I am reading data typically I am scanning looking for patterns.

[AlmondMilk]

fucking slow. I have a tendency to read and jot notes. But if it's for leisure...well, I'll read however fast or slow I want to! >:| I actually don't know my reading speed :3

[maxpowr9]

I think the best I clocked for completing a novel was a 250pg one in about 3.5 hours. It was very light reading (teenage level) but still pleasurable. Many times when I read more complicated books with dense plots, I'll stop and think back to previous events in the book to get a frame of reference before I continue.

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

it rainin

thankyou

[cgymike]

I think I used read an Agatha Christie in about 3 hours. Some books go faster. Then there was a Gore Vidal that took me a year to read.

[CottonBolus]

btw, how were you able to find out your reading speed?

Count the number of lines on a page in the book you are reading, and multiply that by the average number of words in a sentence. Then time yourself to see how many page you can read and multiply that by the answer from above.

[GregKII]

Depends on what I'm reading, If you give me a historical fiction book--set in the 17-1800s--then I can have it done with in a matter of days if not hours. Now if its something for school, or something I'm uninterested in, good luck getting me to finish it, I will struggle and get distracted like no one's business.

[M10000]

Much to my mom's dismay, I don't like reading.
I would rather have it played out in front of me: tv, movie, porn

[star-warrior]

100 pages in a sci-fi/fantasy novel takes me about 3 hours.

[The_Reaper]

It depends on what I'm reading. I've never really measured my speed per page or book, but Kobo stats say I polish off about 85.4 pages an hour; which I don't know if that is slow or fast or somewhere in the middle.

[rareboy]

Slower than I used to read....I'm sure.

But probably around the 500 - 600 wpm.

[Corny]

No idea, but I read any A song of ice and fire book in less than a week. And I can win most quizgames because I usually have read the question and all possible answers before most people have read the question

[freefall]

I don't know my word count since I read in word clusters (reading several words at the same time, fragmenting a sentence into several parts necessary and digestible), but I read fairly fast. The fastest I got was devouring the whole Salem's Lot in 5 hours.

However, I tend to get bored rather quickly, my mood affects my reading speed significantly, and I usually slow down for 'heavy' material...so you get it.

[star-warrior]

It depends on what I'm reading. I've never really measured my speed per page or book, but Kobo stats say I polish off about 85.4 pages an hour; which I don't know if that is slow or fast or somewhere in the middle.

How many words per page though?