One of the benefits of the read-a-thon was that I think I got a fairly accurate picture of my reading speed. It will be much easier now to determine how long it will take me to finish a book. Here were the results:
Large, hardback novels: about .8 pages per minute
Children’s/YA novels: about 1.5 pages per minute
Trade paperbacks: 1.1 pages per minute
Overall: about 1 page per minute
I actually thought I read a little bit faster than that, but I still think it’s a good overall speed. Now I know that a typical trade paperback of 240 pages should take a little under 4 hours to read. That’s great to know when I’m trying to finish challenges under the wire!
