Are You a Fast Reader?

[lwm3398]

I read at a regular pace, about as fast as one speaks. I can probably, with the average book, read a page a minute. Smaller text obviously means it would take longer to finish reading the page.

 

[Yoshemo]

In 7th grade, I was reading at "above college level." And now I'm much faster.. so I guess thats at superman level now?

 

[un533n]

In 7th grade, I was reading at "above college level." And now I'm much faster.. so I guess thats at superman level now?

Just because you read Captain Underpants at recess doesn't mean you're special.

 

[child of lileth]

I can read decently fast. How fast depends on if we mean actually still reading every word, or just skimming for the important details though.

 

[Enemy Of The State]

Very fast. According to my school my reading test results were always the highest. First thing I do in most games like Pokemon is max out the text speed.

 

[interspark]

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Took me 36 seconds, so yes kind of

well its all very well for you! you wrote it! XP

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Spoiler: This is just backstory for the the thread. Skip if you wish.

After spending all last night reading some of my favorite short stories and comic books, I remembered one of the reasons I started reading at a later age; I always thought I was a horrid reader.

It would often take me up to 45 minutes to an hour to read a chapter of 15 or so pages. I was 9 at the time, but I still felt inadequate compared to others whom I thought could blaze through a book in about a day but now that I actually enjoy reading, I haven't much noticed that my speed of reading hasn't changed a lot.

Last night, I was reading a book of short stories. Each story was somewhere between 20 - 30 pages long and the one in particular was around 26. Once finished I noticed that it had taken me 50 minutes to read that and after that, I read the Sin City book "That Yellow Bastard" in about an hour, so my basic question is, since I really have nothing to compare it to, is that slow?

So to get to the point of the thread, how fast can you read, do you consider it fast, do you care at all and does it effect your reading experience?

Actually no, your speed is about average, I can read ten pages in 8 minuites due to the fact that I was taught to get the core informaton.

My example? I read harry potter and the half-blood prince in one night...and didn't skip a chapter...yeah, my (C)rowning (M)oment (O)f (A)wesome.

 

[Yoshemo]

In 7th grade, I was reading at "above college level." And now I'm much faster.. so I guess thats at superman level now?

Just because you read Captain Underpants at recess doesn't mean you're special.

If by captain underpants, you mean Shakespeare and The Divine Comedy, then sure

 

[War Penguin]

I don't read slowly, but I don't consider my reading speed fast. When I read, I try to catch as much as I can. I don't want to miss anything.

 

[ace_of_something]

No I am not a fast reader. I'm dyslexic so it kind of goes with the territory. Though I've always tested very high in comprehension when I was younger. Because of my disability I am not capable of 'skimming' anything I read so no matter what I read the whole thing.

 

[skitzo van]

According to everyone I know, I'm a speed freak when it comes to just about anything

 

[cheese_wizington]

I'm pretty fast at reading. I was the first person in my year taught to read

 

[Sky Captanio]

I read pretty fast. 200 pages in one day is my record.

 

[Blueruler182]

I've always been a fast reader, which is astonishing since I couldn't really focus on books until about three years ago. 50 min for 26 pages... That's pretty good. About as fast as I read.

Now, you should see my friend. He read three thousand-page books (roughly, the first three Wheel of Time books) in a night.

 

[Iznat]

Yeah, I'm pretty damn fast.
I can finish a 600-700 page book in a day, with breaks for meals and WoW grinding built in.

When I get into a book, I just won't stop reading it, and I will actively put off eating, cleaning, speaking, everything, until it's done.

 

[superbatranger]

I'm a fairly fast reader. If I have the time, I could finish a 600 page novel in a few hours.

 

[Revolutionary]

Barely faster than I talk. Not very fast really.

 

[LoremasterVix]

It depends on what kind of reading and what kind of subject matter but in general yes.

Novels tend to take me a little longer to start up. This usually has to do with initial setting and placement, needing to hear the voices actually resonate in my mind as well as really get into a reading mood. Thus I tend to start out a little slower and pick up the pace quickly enough.

This tends to be novels only though as I read a lot of academic works much more quickly at a relatively even pace provided there's not a host of new terms and definitions. Reading though a history book for college courses wasn't difficult or lengthy in the least, logic on the other hand had some nightmarish sections of flipping back and forth.

Plus, if it's a draggy book it takes longer to read unless I just point skim. But if it's Jane Austin forget it. I can't retain any of it, can't get into it, can't so much as glimpse the pages for more than five minutes without finding something that desperately needs my attention such as just about any single thing other than reading another line of the novel.

Threads on forums, ''well, there's many pretty pictures... who are you... oh yes! Akay I remembers. Now what is it you're saying in a pleasant voice reminiscent of Stephen Fry hmmm? Ahh, excellent! Now if it isn't you and you, ho-ho what tricksters you are! So what have you to say.'' Thus you see a drastic speed drop there too.