Okay, so I am nearly 3 months into my self-assigned 2017 reading challenge and my pace is way off to accomplish this goal, which initially sounded feasible enough.
I'd like to think I read at a decent enough pace, but lately, though I have really been enjoying The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams, it seems to be creeping along for me. I've had it in my Kindle now for nearly 2 weeks and am only 50% through it. Makes me wonder if I am just a super slow reader, or if I am just that distracted by other things (like writing, work, and sometimes sleeping in late).
A little Google research said the average adult reads 200 words a minute, so that means I should be getting through nearly every novel imaginable in about 10 hours (200 wpm x 600 minutes = 120,000 words)
If that's the case and I put in an hour a day, each book should be done in about a week more or less, right? Yet I've only read I think 7 books total:
Water for Elephants
Sherlock Holmes
Frankenstein
Night Watch
1984
Kim
Starship Trooper
I should have finished these by the end of February, and it's nearly the end of March!
So, how fast do you read? Is 200 wpm about right? Does anyone have any tricks to help keep their mind engaged and their eyes open when reading? I find myself waking up often with my Kindle on my belly and have to scroll back a few pages from nodding off in the evening.
I'd like to think I read at a decent enough pace, but lately, though I have really been enjoying The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams, it seems to be creeping along for me. I've had it in my Kindle now for nearly 2 weeks and am only 50% through it. Makes me wonder if I am just a super slow reader, or if I am just that distracted by other things (like writing, work, and sometimes sleeping in late).
A little Google research said the average adult reads 200 words a minute, so that means I should be getting through nearly every novel imaginable in about 10 hours (200 wpm x 600 minutes = 120,000 words)
If that's the case and I put in an hour a day, each book should be done in about a week more or less, right? Yet I've only read I think 7 books total:
Water for Elephants
Sherlock Holmes
Frankenstein
Night Watch
1984
Kim
Starship Trooper
I should have finished these by the end of February, and it's nearly the end of March!
So, how fast do you read? Is 200 wpm about right? Does anyone have any tricks to help keep their mind engaged and their eyes open when reading? I find myself waking up often with my Kindle on my belly and have to scroll back a few pages from nodding off in the evening.