How long does it take you to read a 500 page paperback book?

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  1. JamesPoppell profile image72
    JamesPoppellposted 12 years ago

    How long does it take you to read a 500 page paperback book?

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  2. dallas93444 profile image77
    dallas93444posted 12 years ago

    A good one about 3-4 days...
    My book is 396 and it takes most people about a week to read...

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  3. Jean Bakula profile image93
    Jean Bakulaposted 12 years ago

    Maybe 3 days, 2 if it's really good and I stay up late.

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  4. teaches12345 profile image77
    teaches12345posted 12 years ago

    When I pick up a good book I read it until I am finished. Sometimes I am up till three or four am.  I have been known to read a 500+ book in a day. I know, this is crazy but I love to read and am a fast one as well.

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  5. Marcy Goodfleisch profile image84
    Marcy Goodfleischposted 12 years ago

    It depends on the book - I've read books that long in one, self-punishing sitting because they were too good to put down. Right now, I'm struggling to read another book for a 'book group' I'm in that just isn't doing it for me. I've been on page 27 for about four weeks (meanwhile, I read three other books).

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  6. lburmaster profile image72
    lburmasterposted 12 years ago

    One day. Four or five hours. No breaks. It's not that difficult. But if I have a class or work, then it will take me two or three days to find the time to read it.

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  7. zoey24 profile image77
    zoey24posted 12 years ago

    I enjoy reading books and get through them quite fast. If it is a good book then i stay up until early hours reading it, but if the book is a slow starter or not very interesting then it could take me weeks to finish.

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  8. Author Cheryl profile image81
    Author Cherylposted 12 years ago

    A couple days at best if its good if its not good by the first three pages it will never get read

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    Old Empresarioposted 12 years ago

    A well-written book of that length will take me about two weeks to read. A book in vernacular prose with lots of slang and contractions and no depth will take less time.

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  10. emievil profile image67
    emievilposted 12 years ago

    If the book is really good, I can finish it in 5 - 6 hours, with bathroom breaks only. I read the 4th Harry Potter book (which is the thickest I think) in about 6 hours and I remember it has more than 500 pages in it.

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  11. Edwin Thomas profile image68
    Edwin Thomasposted 8 years ago

    If its interesting then I would finish it in a day

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  12. Hanah De Laurell profile image60
    Hanah De Laurellposted 6 years ago

    Depends on the book. If it is interesting, a couple of hours. If it isn't, I may never finish it......

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