So how fast DO you read?

[rolanni]

As previously advertised, I'm a slow reader.  How about you?

Source: Staples eReader Department

I read, it says here, 443 words per minute, 77% faster than the national average. If I could maintain that pace, and not let my attention get caught by Teh Shiny, I could read The Lord of the Rings in 18 hours.

Comments

[grassrose.livejournal.com]

700+ on the one I had never seen before. I ran it again and got an excerpt from Alice in Wonderland. I've read that before, so I scored over 1000.

~700 is probably close to my actual "reading for pleasure" speed. Reading for understanding and retention of course materials is considerably slower.

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

881 wpm. I swallow novels in a single bound. :)

[brock-tn.livejournal.com]

I got 1607 wpm. I think that's a bit high.

And 542% of the national average suggests that their math comprehension is a bit off... ...or, at least, the way they express their math comprehension.