For this discussion post, we are joining the Book Blogger Hop topic hosted by Coffee-Addicted Writer. Here’s the topic for this week.
This week’s prompt:
Julie:
Gosh I wish Goodreads export would show the start and finish dates. I was hoping to do some math but that’s not part of the export.
If we’re talking full length novel and not a cute short novella, I think the shortest I have devoured a book in my adulthood is two days. An entire weekend of binge reading. Now when I was a school kid with free time for days especially over the summer, yes I would read an entire novel in one day. But that’s not reality these days.
The longest? A long AF book has taken me nearly month to get through. The one we read last month in fact. I did it on audio and it took forever. Sometimes I put a book down for a while and come back to it later. I don’t know if that counts, cause that’s not really continual reading.
But typically I read a full length book over a week timespan on average, when including weeknights of very little time to read.
Lynn:
Longest is easy for me – as it’s memorable. It took me SIX MONTHS to read Cold Mountain. That book was NOT for me. Complete slog. I definitely read other books in between reading this one.
Shortest? That’s a bit more difficult. I do read 10-12 hours a week, primarily listening. Between life and work, I don’t normally read a book in one sitting. I did just finish the 20+ hour Iron Flame graphic audio in 6 days. I was SUPER engaged. Being interested certainly helps with reading in less days.
What about you?
We are also linking up our discussion posts with the 2026 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight and co-hosted by us!
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