Re: How fast do you read?


"Cheryl Perkins" <cperkins@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know I read faster than a lot of people, but surely a woman I met today
reads much slower than average!!!

OK, backing up a bit, I just finished my usually Saturday stint at the
fitness centre, where the person in charge of the area I use was a
pleasant young woman who had previously asked me what I was reading and
then strongly recommended 'The Davinci Code' which she had nearly
finished, thought was the best book she'd ever read, and was learning so
much from! (Not history, I hope!)

This morning she came over to where I was perched on my favourite, or
rather, least abhorred, cardiovascular thingie, an older stationary bike.
"And what are you reading today? Something new? (said in a tone of mild
astonishment)

(Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine, which didn't seem to interest her as she
continued...)

"I got <Angels & Demons? Angels and something, another Dan Brown book
she'd been planning on starting when she finished The Davinci Code>. It's
really great! I've only read 40 pages so far. I like to get outdoors in
the summer. I'll finish it in the winter. There's a lot of more time to
read in the winter."

Then she demonstrated something using free weights (which I never use) and
moved off.

I can't imagine having a book that I really enjoyed and planning on taking
*months* to finish it! The more I like a book, the faster I finish it. It
seemed to be too much like boasting to say that I finish novels I really
like in a couple of *days* not months - unless I'm really busy and even
then I squeeze in reading time. One that's so-so might linger in my
backpack or in the pile next to my bed or the one in the living room a few
weeks.

How can she stand the suspense of not knowing how things are going to turn
out?

Of course, it would be boring if everyone was the same.


--
Cheryl

Maybe it's something about Dan Brown. I thought my DaVinci Code was lost,
but then came across a note I'd jotted down that told me who I'd loaned it
to. I called her and she said she was really enjoying it and was about 1/2
way through. ??? She's had it for almost two years. The only reason I want
it back is because it was a gift from my brother. It's certainly not
something I would re-read.

A book that really grabs me I can finish in a day or day and a half. Most
of the time I'm a two book a week person.
Sue D.


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