/lit/ - Literature

>>17606293
easily

It's 2-3 hours, most people waste more time than that every day

i read about 10 an hour so i'd need to spare ten whole hours, and i'd get bored long before that

>>17606304
lmao I bet you're still sleeping, don't you know sleeping was invented by the elites so they can gather you psychic energy for their pedophile orgy?

>>17606304
>i read about 10 an hour
Are you genuinely brain damaged?

>>17606317
idk man i just like to reflect on what i'm reading, which is mostly highly advanced shit

>>17606325
then it would be feasible for you to read 100 pages a day if you changed your reading habits

10 pages a day at max

>>17606293
I just did that today.

>>17606293
Definitely, but it depends what you’re reading, some things are more difficult but 100 a day is usually easily achievable however don’t use Bloom for this question, he was a lying narcissist who pretended he could read the entirety of war and peace in an hour

Physically impossible. Don't listen to anyone who claims to read 100 pages a day, they're all charlatans.

>>17606293
1-2 minutes per page per light-medium reading, 3-5 for harder texts.

that's like 2 hours, if it's not advanced philosophy, and you do zero breaks of any kind (2 hours nonstop with constant speed).

>>17606293
How does one read that quickly with more important works that you want to meditate on?

>>17606293
Yes I split this up between 2 books

>>17606293
depends on the book
Easier stuff around 70 pages
More challenging stuff 30 pages (on a good day + with post nut clarity boost around 50 pages)

>>17606325
Do yourself a favour. Read a chapter, reflect on the chapter, jot down a couple sentences that encapsulate the impression the chapter left on you, then move on. It's unbelievable that you take six minutes per page.

>>17607237
this

it depends what you're reading, but in general yes.

I've been reading 250 pages a day for 2 weeks.

>>17606293
Yes, if you work less than 10 hours a day.

>>17606304
ADHD ?

Depends what you are reading but yes in theory

>>17606325
>highly advanced shit
No. I read scientific journals at about 20 pages per hour. And that's actually trying to understand the material and bothering to search up terms and research I don't recognize.

It is if you read drivel or have been reading for decades like steve donoghue

>>17606293
ya. first you read 1. then you read 2. then you read 3. and so on

>>17606293
absolutely, even if you have a job 100 pages a day is definitely reasonable. i'm a neet so i generally do about 150-250 a day

>>17608560
depends if you read real books or children books like this guy >>17608560

>>17608575
i said i was a neet, you fool. do you understand how much free time I have?

>>17608596
Phaegoat

Depends on the complexity of the material.
I read all ~120 pages of The Old Man and the Sea in under a day.

>>17608596
You have to understand that most people on this board don’t read much in general and are really low iq. Most people here are skeptical about page counts and time taken to read here. It’s pretty pitiful. 150 pages wouldn’t be much even if you weren’t a need, provided you’re a serious reader. But to most people on this board 20 pages is a major accomplishment.

>>17608656
>to most people on this board 20 pages is a major accomplishment
Yeah, this is something I've noticed with a worrying regularity. It seems like most (or at least a fair portion) of the people who post here actually have a hard time reading. They always have some excuse about "distractions" or they "can't concentrate" due to their attention span being ruined by the internet. It's downright depressing to think that there are people posting here who spend more time (though it's more like intentionally wasting time) watching YouTube or Netflix or playing video games and then complain about how they barely read 10 pages today. Absolutely pitiful shit.

>>17606293
Fiction yes. Reading non-fiction that fast is pointless though.

Does learning speed reading work?

>>17606293
Best I can do is 50 a day with breaks.

best I ever did was 70 pages in the morning in one sitting evreyday and that was not exactly fun especially sitting outside in the morning cold

take the "read for an hour in bed before you go to sleep" pill

>>17606293
100 a day isn't just feasible, it's not even particularly difficult, provided you're just reading and not being autistic about it. Had you asked about 100 pages an hour, that might be harder, but 100 a day is just a matter of being disciplined enough to read until you're done.

>>17607416

>>17606293
Depends on the book and of course on how fast you read but if you have three hours or so it shouldn't be much of a problem.

>>17606293
Not easily. I'd say it depends. 100 pages of fiction, sure, but it's not useful. I always divide my daily reading into reading 50 pages of literary fiction and 50 pages of scientific works/papers. That amounts to about 2 papers a day and maybe a few short stories or a quarter book. On the weekends I take out the scientific and only read literary fiction.

>>17606317
:(

>>17607502
I know that's my issue.

Harry Potter? Yes

Philosophy? No way.

>>17608656
This guy read 50 shades of grey in two days!

>>17606293
You really can't sit still and read for two hours?

>>17606293
Absolutely not. Hell even reading just 10 pages a day is a herculean task. It's well known that 1 page per day is the best habit.

>>17606293
For pleasure or for learning? I've read entire books in a day for pleasure, but that's reading at a fast pace without a need to learn or reflect.

>>17606293
if you tried you could read the whole book (obviously depending on the book)

>>17612589
I did this for the first time with a Michael Crichton book. The other day I read his book "The Great Train Robbery" in one sitting, which is the longest reading streak I have ever read. I don't really feel accomplished though because it's basically written like popcorn. Fun read though, would recommend. Requires almost no thinking.

>>17606293
Man, I've been reading Omensetter's Luck and it's taking me 20-30 minutes just to read a few pages.

>>17606293
I'm pushing a billion pages a day. Still getting faster.

>>17612625
It's not actually a race.

>>17606293
very easy if you're a NEET

>>17611837
I'm not a fucking sea sponge

I once had to read a whole 300 page book in a single night in one sitting. 2 redbulls did the job.

>>17606293
Yeah it's normal

>>17606325
Okay, so you are brain damaged.

>>17606293
Feasible for what purpose? What is your aim?

>>17607537
>implying you're not skimming 18 of those pages

>>17608656
>You have to understand that most people on this board don’t read much
Most people on /lit/ read exactly one thing: /lit/. This board is probably the least likely to engage in its stated hobby than any board save /fa/.

>>17606293
Yes. I read 175 daily and am aiming for 200 buy mid year.

>>17611481
Most people on /lit/ don't read philosophy at all and couldn't read 100 pages of Harry Potter in a day.

>>17613204
TO CONSOOM

>>17612689
It's easy period. /lit/ is just full of pseuds, posers, and coomers.

>>17606293
Depends what it is.
I was reading Pindar and didn't understand alot of the Mythology, a proper understanding meant i'd read 20 pages in a few hours with extensive note taking.
Conversely I just read 'Never Let Me Go' by Kazuo Ishiguro (found it in a charity shop for £1) in one sitting, about 4 hours for 200 or so pages.