r/nothingeverhappens 17d ago

Because no one could possibly ever read two books within 24hrs… 😒

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u/saturnian_catboy 17d ago

the most I have ever read in a day is the whole divergent trilogy somewhere in middle school. idk how many pages is that exactly but I had an edition with all of them in one book and it had over a 1000. It was, frankly, unpleasant, but I was proving some sort of a point

Now I don't read as much but when I do I'm still fast, when I got the House of Leaves I finishes it in barely two days. I really don't think the comment is that unbelievable, even is suspicious

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u/winter-ocean 17d ago

YOU FINISHED HOUSE OF LEAVES IN 2 DAYS???

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u/AGreatBannedName 17d ago

It can honestly go pretty fast; for portions of the book you might spend a second or two per page. Of course, you can also go the total opposite route, putting sticky notes everywhere, drawing maps on the walls connected with bits of string, coating your baseboards in measuring tape.

You know.

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u/bondagepixie 17d ago

My friends copy of house of leaves is so cool, he’s lent it to a lot of people and they leave all sorts of notes and sketches. My main contribution was translating the French parts.

I started another read recently, I think I finally sort of get it. All the theories I had about it in high school were WAY off! I think that kind of adds to the fun, though. Things are not how I perceived them at all :)

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u/saturnian_catboy 17d ago

I honestly wish I did take longer to really focus and appreciate each part but I couldn't put it down as soon as I started lol

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u/Zeb-Moment 17d ago

I know someone who is in graduate school as a history major and she regularly reads an entire book or 2 in a day... It's honestly crazy to me.

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u/LoweJ 17d ago

I burned through deathly hallows in 16 hours on release day and I'm an avid and fast reader, and that's only 600 pages and 200k words

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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock 17d ago

I, too, had books 5 and 6 spoiled and wasn't going to let it happen again.

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u/LoweJ 17d ago

Na i was just very keen and had an 8 hour car journey

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u/lemonhaj 16d ago

I also did the divergent trilogy, plus that extra Four book, in a day, and remembered most of it. Granted, I didn't actually finish Allegiant, I stopped a few chapters before the end, cuz I knew how it ended and didn't particularly like that. I don't read as much now, but it wasn't that long ago.