For how long can you finish a book?

Philippines
July 5, 2008 6:42am CST
For me it takes 2-3months, a 300-page book. I can't read when I'm in the office. I immediately rest when I get home, it takes 2-3 hours from the office and I sleep during my travel time. I only have time to read during weekends after lunch. But sometimes, I tend to sleep rather than reading. Its not obvious that I really love to sleep. Lolz.
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• India
5 Jul 08
well it depends whether i'm free or not...usually when i'm free i can complete a book in 2 days..i'm talking about novels..i don't even realize that time is tiking down so fast.
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• Philippines
8 Jul 08
Whoa! That was too fast!
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• China
5 Jul 08
That depends on how interesting the book is.Usually it will take me one week for a 200+pages book.
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• Philippines
8 Jul 08
Maybe I can do that if I will not do anything aside from reading. Lolz. Thanks!
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
5 Jul 08
Depends on the book. If the book grabs my attention from the start I won't put it down for hours and will set it down long enough to cook dinner and get that cleaned up and then back to the book. I can read a 300 page book in a weekend so 1 to 3 days depends on what I have planned. If it's a real good book I don't dare take it with me to bed to read a couple of pages because I won't go to sleep. lol
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
6 Jul 08
but you know sometime the book is worth it.
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• United States
6 Jul 08
I agree with you. If I start really reading right before sleep, I keep telling myself, just another chaper, and pretty soon, it's hours later!
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Sometimes, I even more like to read before bedtime and didn't aware that it was morning already. Lolz.
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@zeroflashx2 (2491)
• Philippines
5 Jul 08
An average 300-page book will usually take me an entire week to finish. It also depends on my availability. I can finish 1/4 in a day if I'm really interest and I do my best to fight and not doze off while reading. I almost always tend to lie down while reading. I'm really uncomfortable when reading upright (sitting or standing). I can manage 5 minutes but more than that I get irritated. It's really weird.
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Yeah. I prefer to do that most of the time as well. Take care my friend!
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Me too, I love to lie down while reading. And if I'm feeling sleepy, I just set aside the book and close my eyes. Lolz.
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@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
5 Jul 08
Hi Yukiyoh, depends on the book. If it is very interesting, I can finish it within a week. The fastest I read was Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) - I finished that in 2 days. It was so interesting, I wasn't able to put it down. I remembered reading until 2 - 3 am. Those books that I've started and found uninteresting, I'd leave them aside, and start another book...then come back to the earlier ones later.
• United States
6 Jul 08
I loved the "Da Vinci Code." I was so disappointed with the movie because the book was so riveting. I have read all of Dan Brown's other books because of reading the first one.
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
I agree, the movie was very much different from the book. I'm also disappointed until the movie was finished. Sigh. Dan Brown is also one of my favorite author.
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• India
6 Jul 08
It depends on the book. A novel usually takes 2 days if I am free while a week when I am relatively busy. If its a book on something like biography then it may take anything from a week to 10 days.
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• Philippines
12 Jul 08
Thank you for the response!
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@Bd200789 (2994)
• United States
6 Jul 08
If the book is less than two hundred pages, I can read it in an hour or less. If it has more pages it takes longer. It depends. I read a six hundred page book in about three or so hours.
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
I don't know if I can finish a 600-page book in one day, maybe for one year. Lolz. Thanks!
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• India
6 Jul 08
It depends on how fast I read, the availability of time, and my interest in that book. There was a time in the remote past when I could devour seven books in a day. Now, I am not as unemployed as I once was. So I am slower. I would take around 7 days to read a 300-page book, if I go slow. If I go fast, I would finish it within a day. Cheers and happy mylotting
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• Philippines
12 Jul 08
Thank you for sharing!
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@pinkista (892)
• Philippines
6 Jul 08
I don't like reading books unless I have to read and finished them immediately for my project in school. LOL!
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Same with me when I was in highschool. I hate reading, its just recently that I realized that reading is a very nice hobby. Try it.
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• Philippines
6 Jul 08
good day.. It really depends on how long the book is and how interesting it's every page. I finished Stephen king's dark tower series in 1 month.
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• Philippines
12 Jul 08
Thanks for sharing! Have a good day too!
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@zhaosonghan (1039)
• China
6 Jul 08
I want to sleep when i read,i don't know why,so i finish a 200 pages book that it's spend my one-two week,it seems like i like sleeping than read as you.
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Sleeping is my favorite hobby then follows reading. Lolz.
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@calajane (1003)
• Poland
6 Jul 08
well depending on how interesting the book is 300+ pages I usually finish in two weeks (if I only read it in the morning when I eat my breakfast before I go to work. but sometimes I'm too busy to read and I once read a book for a month before finishing it
• Philippines
12 Jul 08
Same with me, I'm a busy person that is why I always set aside the book that I'm reading. Then finish it for about a month or two. Thank you!
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@LarienOB (103)
• China
6 Jul 08
HEY,my dear friend.I like read also. Em...it's hard to say for me.I usually read novels,and magazines. I usually spend a hole day to read,so i always finish a book in a week,like Harry Potter,Gone with the wind.About magazines,i can finish in a hour,hehe,or maybe less.sometimes i read without sleep,My mom alway angry with me for this...
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• Philippines
12 Jul 08
Hahaha, you should take a rest for sometime. Reading too much could make you sick. Listen to your mom, and to me. Lolz. Thank you!
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@qhwater (392)
• China
6 Jul 08
hehe, that totally depends on the book itself. if it is interesting, i will read it slowly and enjoy every part clearly. but if it is common and not quite interesting to me, then i will read it quickly and just know the simple skeleton. a good book worths your time, don't you think so?
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• Philippines
12 Jul 08
Definitely, my friend, Thank you!
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@Angelwriter (1954)
• United States
5 Jul 08
Depending on how interesting the book is, I'd say a few hours to a whole day. I read while eating and I've read at work. I used to work in a library, so it wasn't that hard to read there. And, I read when riding in cars or on the bus. Since I don't drive, that's even more time.
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
I can't read in moving vehicle, I sleep instead. They also say that it is not good reading in moving vehicles because you can lose your eye sight eventually. But now, I'm wearing eye glasses of staying in front of the computer for almost whole day. Lolz.
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@Reesers (1387)
• United States
5 Jul 08
As it has already been said, it depends on the book. I can finish a book in a day or two if I've got nothing else to do. If it's boring, I just can't put it down because it will bug me that I didn't finish it. Then it takes longer. I read one not too long ago that was so bad it took over a week or two. It was painful!
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Yeah, it was really depend on how the book strikes the reader. Thank you!
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@kel1483 (986)
• United States
5 Jul 08
It usually takes me one to three days to finish a book, depending on a few things. One, how much time I have to dedicate to reading. If I have nothing else to do I can read a 300+ page book in one day. Secondly, it depends on how captivating the book is. If it's really good, then I have a hard time putting it down, so I get it done faster, If it's a little boring, then I put it down more and it takes me longer.
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
If the book is really nice, I bring it in the office and read it during break times. Anyway, thanks for the response!
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@gabrifvg (167)
• Italy
5 Jul 08
i love reading, and i don't really have a standard reading time. if i like a book, i can read it at almost lightspped...
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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• United States
5 Jul 08
For me, it all depends on how good the book is. If a book captures me from the very beginning, I can read it in a couple of days no matter how long it is. If it's a book that I find myself struggling to get through, I work on it for about a month, then usually give up and try that book at another time.
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Thanks for sharing!
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• United States
5 Jul 08
It really depends on how interesting the book is. I know I read the ninth Pendragon book in about four days, and the last Harry Potter took me 10 hours (one all-night sitting). But I read 1984, which I thought was kind of boring, and that took me 2 months, for a much smaller book. So...yeah.
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• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Wow, I imagine how many pages the last Harry Potter book was! Cool!
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