Read a Hundred Pages a Day?

[Extollager]

Here's someone who does.

The Lamp Magazine | The One Hundred Pages Strategy

On how to read one hundred pages every day.

thelampmagazine.com

Does anyone here read so much as a routine matter? I'm afraid I often don't reach 50 pages in a day.

 

[Swank]

I've read much more than that, but day after day? Blah.

 

[Extollager]

For me a lot of it comes down to what I do with my limited fund of attention -- limited at least by the time available to me. Now retired, I usually have several hours aside from household things, time with the missus when she's off the clock, etc. If I'm reading books I really do want to read, I'm likely to feel the time is better spent that way than if I dissipate my attention. I think lots of people are thinking, these days, about such things.

 

[paranoid marvin]

I could, but I know that I wouldn't take it all in.

 

[biodroid]

Have you seen Brian Lee Durfee's Youtube channel, he claims he reads 100 pages an hour and can go through many books a month. He is a bit quirky but his reviews are decent.

 

[Alex The G and T]

Setting arbitrary goals and counting pages seem like a good way to ruin a reading experience.

Like ruining a scenic stroll by carrying a machine to count steps toward a random goal; Or golfing.

 

[THX1138]

I struggle to read half of that in a week!

 

[paranoid marvin]

I have a nice, big, juicy steak. I could wolf it down in less than a minute given the chance. Or I could eat it piece by piece, savouring each mouthful between sips of a full bodied red wine.

One results in a satisfying experience, the other with indigestion.