#Avid Reader

I recently had a reel take off and my inbox and the comment section was flooded with questions like “how do you read so much!?” This is a pretty common question people ask me just in general, so here’s how I do it! 1. I CHOOSE reading 📖 Over and over and over again I choose reading over any other spare time activities. I can’t remember the last tv show I watched, unless I’m writing- music is lower on the list, and I pass on most movies. I can fit so many books in because I genuinely love reading and I prioritize it. 2. audiobooks 🎧 I won’t get into whether or not you consider audiobooks reading (it is), but 90% of the reading I do is aided with an audiobook! I tend to borrow audiobooks where I have the physical book on my TBR, that way I can immersive read it every chance I get. Immersive reading is where you’re physically reading and listening to the book at the same time! Audiobooks help me listen to books while I’m working, cleaning, exercising, running errands and just basically doing life! I tend to listen to books at 2x speeds and when I’m immersive reading I stay around 2.4x so that the audiobook is reading as fast as I do! 3. A Kindle! 📱 My kindle goes literally everywhere with me! It’s always on my person and I swear this helps me get through so many books! You’d be shocked how many pages you can squeeze in while waiting at the Drs office, while pumping gas, and at the end of the day when you crawl into bed! I get through 1-2 kindle books a week just by ease and accessibility alone! I will say this- I read fast, I always have, and I’m very fortunate to be in a position where I can be reading and listening to audiobooks for the vast majority of my day! This isn’t the case for everyone and I fully acknowledge how privileged I am to be in this position. Whether you read 0 books (but still love them!) or 10000 books a year, you’re a reader and I’ll champion your reading every chance I can get! Do you have any other questions about reading a lot of books!? Drop them below!

i’m a fast reader, but not when i have to read essays and need to decipher hand writing and sentence structure. also, people always ask me how i can read so quickly and i have addressed it before, but i: - listen to audiobooks (when on social media, driving and doing household chores) on 2.5x speed (plenty of practice and slowly adjusted over time) - have always been a reader and built on my fast reading skill - set aside time during the week or weekend to just focus on reading q: what type of reader are you? • • • • [reel description: caption in the first part of the reel says: the speed i read with books. the clip is of me speed reading a book. the next clip says: the speed i read when i’m marking exams. the clip is of myself looking confused as I’m marking.] #fastreader #readinghabits

I’m so impressed with y’all 😭 I would be sitting over here wondering how people read 100+ books in a year and then I realized I’m just not a fast reader💀 Don’t get me wrong I read A LOT but that’s because I spend a ton of time reading, not because I’m fast🥲 Fast readers, tell me your secrets 👀

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Book I’ve read in under 24 hours ⏰

Buckle in for a long 24 hours😫🫠

No because that explains a lot actually…

i barely read 20 pages an hour 😭😭🥲 . . . credits ( TikTok : anastasiiamae ) . . . #Bookstagram #BookLover #BookWorm #ReadersOfInstagram #BookAddict #Bookish #IGReads #BooksOfInstagram #Bibliophile #ReadingTime

Them: you’ll take ages to finish that Me: bet 😌 Proceeds to finish 800 pages in 6 hours like it’s a personality trait 📖💅 Who else loves proving people wrong with how fast they read? 👀 #booktok #bookstagram #fastreader #readingchallenge #bookobession

I never knew about this until my son pointed it out when we were reading together one day, he was like ‘mummy why are your eyes moving so fast’ 🙈 Then I started doing reading vlogs and filming myself reading for this page and I realised from watching them back my eyes go from side to side pretty quickly when I read 😅 I learned (through bookstagram!! 🫶🏻) that I have aphantasia which I think is one of the reasons I read so fast, because I don’t see images or characters or do any sort of world building in my mind when I read, I just literally absorb the words straight into my brain and somehow they make sense 🙈 I think I average out somewhere around 130-150 pages an hour when reading at a normal pace for me, depending on the book and my mood. If I go any faster - which I definitely do when it’s late and I’m exhausted but I just HAVE to know what happens next - then my retention drops sharply. And it’s already not great 🤭 I honestly read in the moment for the vibes and the vibes only - I only really remember the details for my absolute favourite books or books that I’ve read more than once. 😌 Everything else just seems to drop out my head as soon as I finish the last page ready for the next book to slot in. Is that just me orrrrrr?? Are you a fast, medium or slow reader? And do you remember the details of everything you read? 🎀

Yes, I actually finished my challenge of the month! I’ve never been much of a reader, but I really wanted to change that—so this was a great first step. Even if some days I only read a few pages, I was building the habit, and that’s what matters. Any book recommendations?