“I read it in one sitting” ...really?!

I always read them ata sitting when young. Now I don’t read at all.

@MonaChopsis sounds v similar to me!
I read at around 1500wpm and 80% comprehension (tested at university as part of a study)
I don't hear a voice in my head as I read or picture the characters. But if I look at a book open, I can read both pages at once
Was never taught to read or speed read, it is just how I've been since I was tiny, and it caused nothing but problems

Offred2, I was 'studied' at school to see how I read so fast (university researchers). So I can tell you the two main characteristics of my reading are that I:

• fall into a state of light hypnosis, taking long slow breaths and being in a state of obliviousness to the world around me;
• read 'straight down' the page without moving my eyes from side to side.

What I can't tell you is how to do that... I started reading age 3 (learnt from looking at my older brother's books) and grew up without a telly or any close friends, so I spent literally thousands and thousands of hours reading. My parents would call me for dinner at 5.30pm, and I wouldn't 'hear' that call until I'd finished my book... Usually hours later when a cold congealed dinner sat waiting for me on the table!

PaulHollywoodsSexGut (urgh - I can’t believe I just typed that!). The one I read recently despite baby and toddler that I couldn’t put down was ‘The Promise’ by Leslie Affrossman.

I used to do it every time a new Harry Potter came out.

In fact, when I was in my twenties I used to read the same comment in the blurb but have the opposite reaction to the OP, I used to wonder why they were even mentioning that as most books are read in one sitting/not put down.

I just did a couple of speed trading tests and got around 680wpm with between 90-100% comprehension so it must be sinking in!

I read the latest Chronicle of St Mary in about 6 hours on Thursday, but that was because I really wanted to know what happened. Mostly I read history, where I know what happened & want to concentrate on the why, so I read that more slowly.
Also it was on my Kindle - I think I read faster on the Kindle than a paper book.

I can read a book in an evening, if I'm in the mood. I don't read as much as I used to, pre-DC. I tried getting back into it during nap time but I found it too hard to stop once DS woke up, and I'm quite often shattered by the evening and can't muster the mental capacity.

I meant the The Diary of Anne Frank lol.

I’ve been reading Anna Karenina since 2013.

Just thought I’d add a bit of balance to the thread 😂

I have read other books in the meantime- just to be clear. Not one a day, though.

In one sitting was usually my default, until I had DC. I'm assuming that getting up for a wee or to make a cup of tea still counts as one sitting. I'm not sure how fast I read, but I would guess somewhere over 100 pages a minute for a novel. I didn't learn to read quickly, I just always did it. It used to drive my parents nuts when I was young because it was impossible to have enough books to get me through a holiday.

I'm a slow reader. I read words, feel the emotions etc. I don't skim read - I like to absorb what I'm reading. Slower brain maybe.

I've listened to a lot of books in one sitting and I read The Diary of Frank in one sitting. I was meant to be getting an early night but I couldn't put it down, I weirdly didn't want to leave her.

Oh gosh yes before I had children I used to do this all the time. I would frequently read a book in a day at the weekend. I really miss being able to do that, spend a whole day reading? What utter luxury.

Now I get ten minutes squeezed in before I fall asleep if I'm lucky!

As a child I'd mow through books. Most recently, I stayed awake all night one night reading a book called The Witness. Or Witness. Can't remember.

I have never consciously learned to speed read and would hate to. However, I don’t hear a voice in my head when I read. Apparently it slows you down if you do.

Another quick reader here. I read 3 books on Sunday but I pretty much did nothing else.

I read around 100-125 pages per hour (it takes me around 3.5hrs to read a 400 page book).

I go through phases where I do a book an evening.

I’ve read a book in a day a few times. If it’s really good and there’s nothing else going on

I can read a novel in 2–3 hours. It’s been a long time since I had the opportunity to. I remember reading Anna Karenina in one go waiting for a delayed flight, for example.

I’m a very fast reader. I did the last Harry Potter in 5 hours (I know it’s not a particularly difficult read).

We had to do some terms and conditions comparisons at work where one person was reading out loud from one sheet and the other was reading another sheet to compare word for word. I could read and say out loud quicker than people could read in their head. That was an eye opener! I didn’t realise people read so slow

I quite often read a book in an evening, but then I'm an extremely fast reader. I think it's just a knack.

I'm like several of the other posters and a very quick reader. I read an average paperback in a couple of hours no problem. I always read quickly, even as a child, and one of the things I still feel bitter about was at primary school when we got to pick a reading book I would belt through it and want to change it the next day - only to have the teacher refuse to believe I'd read it. When I insisted I had I was told 'read it again then'! So frustrating when I wanted a new book to read.

The last one I read in a day was the biography of Kim Gordon from sonic youth when DD was about a fortnight old and mostly asleep or on the boob.

I often get misty eyed about the days I used to cut through a book in 24h, did the Dolly Alderton one over two days recently but TBF I was quite ill and DH was in charge of DCs.

To completely hijack the thread what are these books that everyone has read in a day?