Thread 24669048

it takes me like one month to read a book

>>24669048 (OP)
All frogposters must suffer.

>>24669048 (OP)
Keep at it, eventually you gain mental resilience and reading becomes quicker.

You must've really read it well then. I'd say put 1/5th the amount of work the artist put in his book before you can say you've read him.

>>24669048 (OP)
I used to be like you, could not read shit, then I started buying shorter books (150-200 pages) and now I am reading faster. I am about to finish Crime and Punishment after 3 months with a 1 month break included.

On the other hand I can go through a shorter book on a week or less if I do not have anything else to do that week.

>>24669048 (OP)
Don't worry my cute green nigga. That is probably still an manifold of what most people read.
But what are you reading? Maybe read shorter books or books that are easy to read. Houellebecq or Nabokov are faster to read than Arno Schmidt or Geothe.

>>24669048 (OP)
doesn't matter as long as you don't give up
keep at it it's an accomplishment on its own

>>24669048 (OP)
learn to speed read before it's too late. if you don't then women will laugh and make fun of you goodreads

>>24669048 (OP)
The time would pass anyway froganon, it's better to have read than not

>>24669048 (OP)
you read books?

>>24669048 (OP)
Some books are very dense and technical and can be cognitively strenuous whereas others are very light and surface level.
Either way, who cares, it’s not like it’s a contest or something. Just go at your own pace and enjoy it.

>>24669048 (OP)
I recommend shorter books.

Lovely thread. Whatever pace allows you to adequately absorb the information is good. Many people (not all) who read fast aren't actually reading

>>24669048 (OP)
Luv u frog. Do not givu upu. I bereive in u

quality over quantity. No reason rush through 300 books a year if you're trying to speed-read them and not actually get to enjoy the book.

i have only 235 reads on goodreads and I've been on /lit/ for nine years now, is it over for me?
what's a good number? i need to get to a good number

>>24669726
This meme is right. I'm almost halfway thru my expected lifespan and I've only read about ~200 titles (a good amount of them rereads).

i read 350 pages yesterday because i have nothing else in my life

>>24669048 (OP)
For me it's about 8 days for the Frame translation, 5 hours for The Time Machine, if I'm taking my sweet time.

>>24669726
There’s no such thing as a good number

>>24669048 (OP)
If you read so slow it is because you are not passionate enough about the book, if you are hooked you could read 300-400 in a day, I am talking about non-fiction, fiction can be 600-700. When you like it, you devour it, you read for 8 hours without stopping.

>>24669048 (OP)
12 books a year is far more than most people read nowadays

>>24669048 (OP)
Chill your tits anon, it's not a race. What's important is that you are reading the text and absorbing its themes and meanings which is magnitudes better than most people (and like half of this board,) just keep on reading.

>>24669048 (OP)
It used to take me 5 months to finish a light novel, you'll improve.

>>24670431
there is and one day i will get it

>>24669048 (OP)
I think you just gotta find a book you're really interested in
Sometimes I'll read a book that I'm only moderately interested in, and my eyes will glaze over and I'll read an entire chapter and have no idea of what I just read

>>24670572
but in such a short life there is no way that i'll be able to read all of the books that i want to, especially not at this rate. there are so many classics that i've yet to read, not to mention the literature that i don't know about yet.

>>24669048 (OP)
not bad at all, certainly more than most. I'm convinced the people reading through multiple books every week are either if not all:
a) unemployed
b) terminally online
c) no other hobbies

at minimum 12 books a year is a good amount anon (y)

>>24669048 (OP)
adhd or dyslexic?

>>24672180
this is why we need to prioritize achieving immortality first.
think about this: ai has read every book to have been written. how cool is that

It's going to take me a little over a month to read the book I'm reading. It's 652 pages and I can't remember the last time I attempted a novel over 400 pages because I often start to feel lost and restless in the middle of a long book. But it's a book I'm very interested in and I've kept a good habit of reading consistently longer than I usually do so I'm pushing myself to start and finish it. I read Gulag: A History which was pretty long too and I finished that also, so I think I'll be good

>>24669726
Even when I'm reading more this is how I feel

>>24669048 (OP)
same except im a neet who doomscrolls instead of reads.

I have always been a tremendously slow reader. Not sure why, I always did well in school and top 10% SAT and ACT. Just cant read fast. And nowadays I rely on audiobooks.

>>24669048 (OP)
I just read comics and newspapers