Poll of the Day > Do you read fast or slow?

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I like to read at a slow, leisurely pace and just kinda take the story in, I can read faster but really only do that if I'm in a time crunch

Sometimes I like it fast, others I like it slow.

wwinterj25 posted...

Sometimes I like it fast, others I like it slow.

Your mom told me the same thing last night.

I read fast, then skip words and have to go back so I'm twice as slow as I should be. Never been able to help it.

we_dey posted...

Your mom told me the same thing last night.

Maybe true. Although probably dead, so good for you.

I read fairly quickly..

I have taken to a thoroughly unproductive method of reading so fast I have to read it 2 or 3 times.

Depends on context; common stuff I'll blitz right through, while more nuanced content demands reading a bit more carefully, and grammar, especially commas, periods, and starting new sentences with a capital letter, as those are important in landmarking and pace setting. Those aside, it doesn't matter that much. Typos, repeated words, some improper punctuation, and other similar errors are often not even noticed.

It depends on the content.

I CAN read pretty quick, though if I'm reading for pleasure, I read pretty close to a brisk speaking pace.

I read quickly.

Pretty darn slow. While it gets me engrossed in the book, a lot of readers around me read like 3 to 5x more than me.

I opened this topic when it posted and haven't finished reading the first entry

Slow. It takes me longer than my wife to get through books.

Type and talk fast.

Read at a pace if it is intrestin'. I like to get engaged into what I read.

we_dey posted...

Your mom told me the same thing last night.

Primary school tier talk.

I read at speaking pace.

I speed read.

Years ago, when my niece was young, she was horrified by the idea that I could take an 800 page book out of the library on a Friday and finish it before taking it back on Monday. She could barely process the idea that I would want to read for fun at all, let alone that I could read that fast.

I tend to read pretty fast, and I read a lot. I've finished 47 books so far this year (and book #48 is at over 90% complete). I set my goal to read at least 1 book each week, and I'm 15 ahead of schedule. My record is 103 books in 2023, just shy of 2 per week.

I would be further along but when I sit outside to read my goats keep coming over and insisting I give them attention.
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I am a very slow reader. Sometimes I'll put on a screenreader not because I need the audio help but because it forces me to read with some sense of urgency.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

She could barely process the idea that I would want to read for fun at all, let alone that I could read that fast.

At a certain age range, reading is almost entirely involuntary. That's why kids tend to hate it.
The most effective way to make a hobby, leisure activity, or community work completely undesirable, is to make it mandatory.

I used to be pretty quick, but I've fallen off a bit because I just don't really read books anymore.

Average.

I always read fast while thoroughly absorbing the info.

Yes I read fast or slow.

adjl posted...

I used to be pretty quick, but I've fallen off a bit because I just don't really read books anymore.

Yeah, same. I just kinda fell off at some point and never went back; the only thing I read these days is manga. Think I'll start with baby steps and start up one of my visual novels.

At one point I would have said fast but then there's speed readers and I'm definitely no where at the level so now I would say my reading speed is average.

It depends on the content and difficulty.

I'm a slow reader

A slow walker

A slow thinker

A slow driver

You name it

Questionmarktarius posted...

At a certain age range, reading is almost entirely involuntary. That's why kids tend to hate it.
The most effective way to make a hobby, leisure activity, or community work completely undesirable, is to make it mandatory.

I don't necessarily disagree. I know my leisure reading dropped waaay off in college because I was reading a ton of stuff I was forced to read, so I felt no real motivation to read for pleasure. It actually took me a few years after graduation before I started getting back into the swing of it.

But it's also not a universal, because my love for reading pretty much started as soon as I was capable of it. I actually started reading before the rest of my class in school (to the point where they wanted to jump me ahead a year), used to love going to the school library, and had a fairly large book collection as early as age 8 or so. Even in high school when they were forcing us to read lots of stuff I didn't necessarily care about, it didn't really discourage my own side reading. I was all about reading.



joemodda posted...

I'm a slow reader

A slow walker

A slow thinker

A slow driver

You name it

Do you have a slow hand?

Do you have an easy touch?



wwinterj25 posted...

we_dey posted...

Your mom told me the same thing last night.

Maybe true. Although probably dead, so good for you.

https://youtu.be/e_2Lq-EJTHQ?t=476

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Do you have a slow hand?

Do you have an easy touch?

I guess I do have pretty slow reflexes if that's what you mean by slow hand. Not sure what easy touch could mean

I can't say for sure. It *feels* like I'm reading lightning-fast if I'm really enjoying a book, but that may be just my perception of time.

KJ_StErOiDs posted...

I can't say for sure. It *feels* like I'm reading lightning-fast if I'm really enjoying a book, but that may be just my perception of time.

When you've read 50 or so pages and finally look up from the book, does it look like 30 minutes have passed, or is it 7 hours later?

That seems like a pretty objective way to tell.



joemodda posted...

I guess I do have pretty slow reflexes if that's what you mean by slow hand. Not sure what easy touch could mean

https://youtu.be/dbk29JZdl5A?t=56

Depends on the story. Some sections are faster than others but some are extremely slow especially with big words and then I start to fall asleep. Harry Potter and Legend of Drittz are faster reads than HP Lovecraft's Great Tales of Horror. Sometimes I can read 20-50 pages in a night some not even a page.

Reading is entirely reflexive for me but I seem to to it pretty quickly.

Fast.