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How long did it take you to read it, /lit/?

>> No.8910464

Ten hours, like every book I read.

>> No.8910466

a week

>> No.8910470

About 5 months. I took too long. Would have enjoyed it more if I went faster. Read it at a nice clip and then read the beginning again when you're done.

>> No.8910488

1 hour, call me speedy

>> No.8910507

>>8910457
About a month

>> No.8910668

>>8910488
that's what your girlfriend calls you

>> No.8910670

>>8910668
Nah, that's what she calls me.

>> No.8910671

One week but I skipped about 200 pages.

>> No.8910830

>dfw I don't want to try reading it because I know at my pace it'll take a year
Four months and I'm not even halfway through Blood Meridian.

>> No.8911623

>>8910671
>""""""Read""""""

>> No.8911629

~a month
didn't read everyday though

>> No.8911635

>>8910830
>four months for roughly 350 pages
Are you retarded? Why bother reading at all?

>> No.8911639

as long as it took me to open the PDF and read the first page and close the PDF viewer and shift-delete the file
maybe 150 seconds

>> No.8911657

>>8910464
What the fuck? A small book and a long book both take you 10 hours? Is that what you're saying?

>> No.8911700

>>8910457
First time, about three or four weeks.

>>8911635
Not even that guy but fuck you.

>> No.8911751

75 days. Tho, English is my second language

>> No.8911803

>>8911639

>> No.8911806

i haven't read it yet

>> No.8912079

>>8911657
He's lying

>> No.8912105

>>8910457
three months

>> No.8912119

>>8912079
I figured that much but I am confused as to why. What is that statement even supposed to make us think? It just doesn't make sense and it is really fucking with me.

>> No.8912162

>>8911635
ADHD. I usually have 5-10 books on the go at a time.

>> No.8912250

2 weeks

>> No.8912280

>>8912105

This.
Took me a couple months since there's A LOT of information to be taking in, like the whole history of the election, President Gentle and the whole people becoming self conscious about video Skype phone chapters. I don't think I would've enjoyed it if I just gorged endless on it.

>> No.8912294

>>8910457
i read the first 400 pages as night reading over spring semester, and then read the rest over a summer in tokyo.

i honestly (sincerely) enjoyed it, it was a very creative and sad and hilarious book.

i enjoy literature that tastefully transgresses boundaries (unlike MDE)

>> No.8912299

>>8910670
>>8910668
w-what did he mean by this?