How fast do you read?

EliStar · January 2014

Here's a quiz to find out:

http://m.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/technology-research-centers/ereaders/speed-reader/

EliStar · January 2014

You read 586 words per minute. That makes you 134% faster than the national average.

RevJen · January 2014

615 words per minute.

lizabethann06 · January 2014

You read 861 words per minute.
That makes you 244% faster than the national average.

Speed reading is my only talent. Seriously. If only I could earn the big bucks by reading, we would be rolling in money.

Menrandes · January 2014

533 words per minute. I suspect I could have been faster, but I got distracted by random noises.

WillyH19 · January 2014

410 word per minute.

booneybear · January 2014

I must be the village idiot because I only read 296 words per minute.

SacGeoLover · January 2014

Slower than molasses. It's actually embarrasing how slow I read. As much as I love to read, speed is not one of my strong points, hence my measly little goals every year.

packfan20 · January 2014

You read 705 words per minute.
That makes you 182% faster than the national average.

babystinkbreath · January 2014

I'm around 352, but I don't think this is completely accurate. At least for me. When I am reading something new I read much slower as I try to take in all the words and form a picture, once I have that in my head I read much faster. I was really distracted by the words in the piece and kept wanting to go back and form the words in my mind more.

EliStar · January 2014

I just realized that you could change the passages/read more paragraphs. I did much faster on Alice, probably because War of the Worlds was boring as shit.

On Alice in Wonderland, I got:

You read 738 words per minute.
That makes you 195% faster than the national average.

SnShne322 · January 2014

3% under the national average. I'm not too fast of a reader unless I miss details.

ETA: 284 WPM

jenndawnp · January 2014

I'm 449, 80% faster than the national average, I did get distracted by work a bit.

EliStar · January 2014

This girl on another reading board I'm on got 1,776 words per minute. WTF!!!!!!

Stefibeth · January 2014

babystinkbreath said:

I'm around 352, but I don't think this is completely accurate. At least for me. When I am reading something new I read much slower as I try to take in all the words and form a picture, once I have that in my head I read much faster. I was really distracted by the words in the piece and kept wanting to go back and form the words in my mind more.

This is me too. Totally. When I first start reading I really notice the words, but once I get going it all just flows. I don't even notice that I'm reading specific words anymore. It all just flows in my head. I don't know if that even makes sense, but I can't think of how else to describe it.

I got 513 words per minute, 105% faster than the national average.

I was all verklempt by the situation though, haha!

AshleyT121 · January 2014

433 words per minute. Actually a bit faster than I thought.

ThisModernLove · January 2014

I got 310 but I think that's a little fast than how I normally read because if I really like it, I savor it.

84Lauren · January 2014

I got 487 wpm (80% higher than the nat'l average), which sounds about right. I am by no means a speed reader but I'm not slow either.

My biggest thing is that I need to get on a roll when reading. I can NOT do the read 5 minutes here, 5 minutes there thing. Either I pay absolutely no attention, or I get super pissed off that I have to stop reading.

fabk · January 2014

849 WPM. I knew I was a fast reader but that is crazy.

booknerd226 · January 2014

I can't get it to open on my phone but now I'm even more excited to go home so I can try this.

j*&p* · January 2014

I was much faster on Alice than War of the Worlds too. On War I got 5% slower than the national average and on Alice 14% faster.

Like some of you have said, once I settle into a story I read much faster, but at the beginning I tend to read much more slowly to take everything in as the story takes shape.

brie&drew · January 2014

I was 33% faster than the national average. I'm a little quick, but not crazy fast by any stretch so that feels about right. Depending on the book though I can go faster once I'm really into the story.

sweetrhythms · January 2014

503 wpm. I think it depends what kind of book I'm reading and how far into it I am. I have as I get into a book I read faster...but probably everyone does.

mrsvedo · January 2014

544 on War of the Worlds and 541 on Alice.

PhoenixRising11 · January 2014

540 wpm. I read fast because I do a lot of skimming over some parts of books and don't read many "heavy hitters." I unapologetically read for entertainment purposes almost exclusively.

GilliC · January 2014

booneybear said:

I must be the village idiot because I only read 296 words per minute.

Nope. Last time this was posted I got a 246. I'm not even going to take it again.

SacGeoLover · January 2014

GilliC said:

booneybear said:

I must be the village idiot because I only read 296 words per minute.

Nope. Last time this was posted I got a 246. I'm not even going to take it again.

Ha! I got 294 and I could only assume that there was something wrong with me. I appreciate the company down here. I don't understand how the rest of you do it!

quiltedinky · January 2014

I got 281 WPM on War of the World and 345 WPM on Alice.

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You read 738 words per minute.
That makes you 195% faster than the national average.

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