What is the minimum time ever you finished reading a book?

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Re: What is the minimum time ever you finished reading a book?

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Not counting short childrens books, for me it was also the Da Vinci Code, finished it in 8 hours, couldn't put it down, and then read it again within the next 72 hours lol!!
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They are just a few that I finished in one long rainy day of reading. But not many.
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For standard sized book, one day!
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In middle school, I read the Harry Potter series in one week. In seven days, I fully realized what all the hype was about, and devoured the seven books. In the mornings I remember being incredibly excited to continue reading where I left off. At night, I couldn't put the books down. There's nothing quite like childhood excitement, and my childhood excitement revolved around books.
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Just let me say within a day. I've read many books in a day.
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Imperio wrote: 07 Jul 2020, 17:41 In middle school, I read the Harry Potter series in one week. In seven days, I fully realized what all the hype was about, and devoured the seven books. In the mornings I remember being incredibly excited to continue reading where I left off. At night, I couldn't put the books down. There's nothing quite like childhood excitement, and my childhood excitement revolved around books.

That's astonishing.
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I finished reading Breaking Dawn, which has 600 pages, in two days. I spent the entire weekend glued to that book until I finished it. I also read Six of Crows, that is around 400 pages, in one day. Those are the books I read in the shortest amount of time.
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a novel in 45 minutes
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A day is the minimum, tough I feel like I could have read some of them in a couple of hours.
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I finished two books in a day. Both were typical 350 page books and I'm am a fast reader.
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For a thinner book, probably a few hours. My most distinct memory of reading time is with the Harry Potter series. I only started reading the books after the first four were already out and so for the last three I would purchase my book on the earliest possible Friday afternoon and read through the night - finishing either Saturday evening or Sunday morning.
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About 8 hours
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Finished one in a couple of hours. It was over before the adrenaline kicked in.
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When I select a book which is difficult to put down, I finish reading it within a day.
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Harry Potter - couple of hours. Still my favorite accomplishment. I was 15 and started on the 4th book and finished it in a night. My mom was not happy :)
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