| I can really do fiction books that fast. If I really push I can do a 350 page book in one day of about eight hours. I do take breaks if I have a need such as eating, or the rest room. I do not speed read. My strategy is to sit down, read, and get done at some point. Non fiction is a bit different, and depends wildly on the topic, how familiar I am with the topic, and how dry the book is. I also enjoy nonfiction podcasts, and talks which I play at 1.5x speed while doing things like bike riding, or cleaning. I don't think there's a particular reason to read a book in one weekend. For me the outside world kinda just fades away as I do it like it does when you binge a lot of things. But if you don't have the time or that ability, shorter chunks, even a chapter a night or splitting it over multiple weekends seems like a good idea to me. |
The side effect being that I am able to track things much better now at that speed and I can bang through podcasts much easier now that I've acclimated to the faster speeds. Really recommend this to anyone who also listens to a lot of podcasts or audio books, it's a good hack to get more content in.