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How long do you usually read in one sitting?

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Re: How long do you usually read in one sitting?

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It depends on the book. I've picked up a book and couldn't put it down until I finished it 8 hours later. But I can't always devote that much time to reading. I usually start my reading around 10pm and read until Midnight unless I'm hooked and then I keep telling myself "just one more chapter." 2 hours minimum each night.
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About an hour most normally, but I have read 2 or 3 hours before if I had the time and the story was really great.
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Since I usually read in the car while my ride takes me to school and/or work, I usually read about 20 minutes or so at a time throughout the day. But since that's multiple trips in a day, then I'm not sure how long that would be in total.

Outside of the car, I usually read in between classes, or when waiting on my ride. Depending on the wait, I can read upwards of an hour to an hour and a half at a time. Of course, my interest in the book I'm reading also affects this.
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It depends on what I am reading. If it's a magazine or a newspaper very quick. If it's a very good book it could be several hours. If I am reading anything by my 2 very favorite authors (Jean Sasson and Janet Evanovich) I almost always finish the book in either 1 or 2 sittings. Other times if the book does not catch my interest I can stop reading very quickly, but if I start a book I will always come back and finish it. And if I have a good book lined up to read next by a favorite author I will usually read the dull book very quickly and can spend as much as 3 or 4 hours at a time reading it.
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I've taken to reading stage plays in recent years, and those I can typically devour in a single sitting. However poetry collections, which are generally the same page length, take longer.
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As I mentioned in another post, I have a hard time reading for long periods of time without getting tired. I think the longest I have read in one sitting was 3 hours. I'm an extremely slow reader already, so you mix that with my sleepiness during reading and that equals taking FOREVER to read a book. The current book I am reading now is 387 pages long and it's taken me 5 days to read 312 pages so far. I'm hoping to finish it up tonight or tomorrow and start on a new one!
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i'm thinking of that routine where you end up nodding off because you're too tired to read so you end up taking a whole week reading the same chapter over and over again hoping not only to get through it but even remember that you finished it. :-D
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youkrst wrote:i'm thinking of that routine where you end up nodding off because you're too tired to read so you end up taking a whole week reading the same chapter over and over again hoping not only to get through it but even remember that you finished it. :-D
You are so close to hitting the nail on the head...lol...I did finally finish that book I mentioned and now my dilemma is trying to get into the new one I have chose. I HATE starting a new story...it makes me feel like I'm channel surfing or something :slap:
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it makes me feel like I'm channel surfing or something
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I usually wake up around 1 or 2 am, and then can't get back to sleep. So i read till it gets light, about 7 am. Though i do sometimes nod off in the middle
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