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How Long Does It Take For You To Finish A Novel?

#1 User is offline   Han's_Desire 

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Posted 20 July 2009 - 06:37 PM

Me?

It depends. If it's a Danielle Steel novel, i can do 100 pages per day. If it's a boring crime novel, i would lay an eye to it.
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 07:51 PM

haha, I never think of writing a novel. It may take all time of my life ^^
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 07:58 PM

It usually takes me about a day or two depending on the type of the novel. Novels with 500 pgs or more usually takes me about a span of 4-5 days depending on my mood or what not.
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 08:11 PM

Usually a day or two for most books, but around 4-5 days for REALLLLLLy long ones (:
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 08:35 PM

just depends how long the book is and if the story can keep my interest or not.
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 08:38 PM

It depends on how interesting I think the novel is...I finished HP and the Half-Blood Prince in a day but it took me almost two weeks to finish "Lovely Bones" (which is much smaller).
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 08:38 PM

^ Definitely. If the story is going really slow, then it'll take me a much longer time to finish it.

It usually finish novels either in one sitting or multiple sittings. Really depends on the book. Some, I don't even finish at all.
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 09:10 PM

I read pretty fast if I am interested. One think I don't like though is very small print in a compact book. Even if the book is interesting it gives me a headache reading the small words, especially if there is a long paragraph. I really like fantasy novels and thrillers.
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 09:17 PM

depends on how interesting the story is and how long it is.
and how much free time i have.


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Posted 20 July 2009 - 09:22 PM

depends if the novel is interesting to me or not.
if it is, usually a day or two.

if not, it can range from 2 weeks to the whole summer, or i leave it unfinished.

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Posted 20 July 2009 - 09:22 PM

If it's a Romance novel. I finish the book in a day. I kind of .. lose the feeling when I read a certain number of pages on separate days.



So uhm. 400+ pages a day if I choose to read?


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Posted 20 July 2009 - 09:26 PM

I usually take a day or two for most, and maybe a week or so for those exceptionally long novels.. This only applies if I'm actually interested in the book and if I have a lot of time on my hands~
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 09:31 PM

It depends for me. If I find the book interesting and even though it's really long, I can finish within a day or two. If it's some book that I have to read for school and I'm not really interested in it, it takes me like 1-2 weeks to finish cuhs I really just don't want to finish it xD
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 10:33 PM

I'm a really big book worm and so I've always usually taken just a day to read a book. HBP and DH and even Les Miserables took <10 hours. But depending if I'm into the book, it might take a wee bit longer.


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Posted 20 July 2009 - 10:38 PM

Wow, reading this thread makes me feel like an idiot. :|
A week for a short novel, can go up to a month cause I'm a lazy bum. And I don't like reading. Shoot me.

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 01:16 AM

^ dw I'm the same as you too.
it usually depends, if its really interesting and I mean really, than maybe two or three days. But if the story is dragging too much and stuff than around two weeks to a month for me. I rarely pick up a book to read unless its fanfixs ;D

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 01:24 AM

a day or two at most .

only if im really interested tho . or it would probably take a week .

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 01:40 AM

EEEEEEEK! I HATE BOOKS.
The title reminded me that I have book reports to do. T_T ARGH.
1 Tagalog novel & 1 English novel.
++ 3 short stories. T_T

I DON`T KNOW. I hate books.
I never actually read a whole book.
I swear. Not even baby books! T_T
Bwahaha.


EEEEEEEK! I HATE BOOKS.
The title reminded me that I have book reports to do. T_T ARGH.
1 Tagalog novel & 1 English novel.
++ 3 short stories. T_T

I DON`T KNOW. I hate books.
I never actually read a whole book.
I swear. Not even baby books! T_T
Bwahaha.

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 01:52 AM

AGEEEEEEES. i hate reading alot LOL.
i totally cant be bothered sitting there with a book and just reading a bunch of words.a

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 02:31 AM

It takes anywhere from 1-7 days depending on how busy I am or how good the book is.
I think the exception is if it's HP...it takes me awhile...I like everything to sink in.
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