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Post by Affected heart Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:36 am

When you find a good book, how long does it take you to read the whole thing? For me, it depends on how into the book I am. The longest it took me to read a book was maybe a week and a half. But the book was Gone with the Wind. But for an average book (which seem to range between 300 and 600 pages, I can read it in 2 days. I don't think it's because I'm a fast reader but the fact that when I get into a story, I don't want to put it down.
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Post by Morbid Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:31 pm

I am not sure on my exact speed, but I have no problems finishing like a 500 page book in 1-2 days if I wanted. It really depends on how much time I put into it each day, and how glued I am.

Usually, I only read a book for like half an hour before bed.
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Post by Venom Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:09 pm

Books usually last me a week or so, because most of the time I only pick them up and read them before I go to bed to wind down and get myself in a sleeping mood. I'm usually not so into a book that I can't put it down, that usually only happens with video games, lol.
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Post by Morbid Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:06 am

Oh, I can definitely get addicted to books.

Sometimes i'll intentionally limit how much i'll read per day, just so it will last longer.
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Post by Affected heart Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:10 am

I've tried that. Sometimes it works... Others it don't.
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Post by Ziggy Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:46 am

I sometimes go with that as well... but it takes me a month or so...

if I go non-stop, I usualy get a good 400, 500 page book done in a day.
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Post by Affected heart Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:57 pm

That's pretty impressive.
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Post by Ziggy Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:22 pm

Wait... I forgot to add in "If I'm having a good day." I just remembered I read a 450 pager in two days...
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Post by Morbid Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:15 pm

I have finished some 500 page books in a day before, but that doesn't happen very often...partly because I don't read enough anymore.
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Post by Sempere Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:52 pm

I finished the 5th Harry Potter in seven hours. Wooop.

If I get really into it, I'll either finish in a day, or force myself to space it out a little. Savour the flavour, ya know.
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Post by Morbid Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:12 pm

Exactly man!

Sometimes it's a good idea to read a book over a longer period of time, especially if it's something like a collection of short stories (like that James P Blaylock book I have been working on)
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Post by Plastic Mirror Mon May 19, 2008 6:58 pm

Most of the time, it depends on how much time I have. If I'm up at my Grandparents', then I'll usually just find a book and curl up in my bed and it only takes me a few hours to finish it. But when I'm at home and I can actually get online, watch tv, talk to people on the phone, interact with others IRL, then it's a different story. For example, I decided to re-read Twilight, and it took me a good three months to finally finish it, mainly because it was hard for me to get the time to read

It doesn't matter how into the book I am, if I don't have the time to read, I won't read. It took me an entire week to read the 7th HP book when it first came out, partially because when it came out, I was at my dad's and well, they all wanted my attention and wanted me to watch movies with them and blah blah blah.
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Post by Morbid Sun May 25, 2008 10:06 pm

The best books are the ones you will want to re-read eventually, or that's what I think anyway.

Even if it takes a few years to re-read, the best books should keep you thinking.
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Post by Overdose Delusion Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:46 am

It varies.

If I'm really into a book, I can finish it in a very short frame of time. Usually, however, I'm actually a little slow with finishing books. It usually takes me a couple of weeks or so to finish reading them.
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Post by Plastic Mirror Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:18 am

I'll easily add onto my previous post that nowadays, it seems as if I'm finding excuses TO read books, instead of finding reasons not to. But, I still don't read when I can't. -nod-
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