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What's the longest you've ever read with little interuption?

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ILoveBonzo

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Hey, I'm new here. I searched the forums for this topic, but I didn't find anything.

The longest I've gone is only two hours--I'm easliy distracted. :)
 
I've read literally from dawn til dusk. I can read for hours with no interruptions or desire to do anything else. Of course, I don't do it very often cos of the other demands on my time!

As a conservative guess, I'd say the longest I've read is about 13 hours (with a break for food).
 
dont know exactly, but lets say my last memorable reading spree, 16 hours with breaks, in my last madrid mexico flight, i must had read about 10 hours in a row with pauses only to go to the bathroom and to eat those delicious airline meals :rolleyes: in the plane and about 6 hours in a very lonely airport until my next flight at 6 am

but i would venture i had read sometimes up to 20 hours or so, you know those days that sudenly you say, wait is morning already? :eek:
 
Three days. Honestly. Only breaking for meals, shower and sleep. About once a year (if I am very lucky) I get to go on a silent religious retreat at a Jesuit retreat house. One year, I just wasn't in the mood to sit and listen to the talks the retreat director was giving, so I stayed in my room, reading. I only left to go to meals in the dining room and mass in the evenings. It was nice, believe me. I am eager to repeat it.
 
Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately i don't sleep very well so i get up early a lot which means i can read for a few hours before the rest of the family get up.
Mostly though i read for 10,20,30 minutes, as many times in a day as i can. A Book is always close at hand.

Cabrasopa :cool:
 
i don't really know, but i would say about 20 hours... since i stay up at night and i'm living in the woods right now..
 
ILoveBonzo said:
Hey, I'm new here. I searched the forums for this topic, but I didn't find anything.

The longest I've gone is only two hours--I'm easliy distracted. :)
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About 4-5 hours if it is a philosophy book or if it is just so interesting I can't even get off to eat. This is the longest time I can go without interruption.

With little interruptions like eating snacks/breakfast/lunch (while still reading), drinking milk, coke, and anything like that, I can go for about 7-10 hours, only on weekend.

I really admire cajumama, for reading continuously for 3 days, though with little interruptions. :p
 
2 days stopping for food and one session of sleep, Finished the book, I am a 217 word per minute person, so I teake my time.

In one session, 18 hours I guess, food and toilet breaks included of course
 
Last summer I spent about 8 days reading, only stopping to sleep and eat. Don't know what the longest I have spent without any type of break is, but probably about 6-10 hours.
 
clueless said:
Why stop to eat? Do you mean that you have never read while you eat?
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Partly because my parents drilled into me "no reading at the dinner table!", partly because some things require two hands to eat, and partly because I love to eat as much as I love to read and I like to give each one my full attention.
 
cajunmama said:
Partly because my parents drilled into me "no reading at the dinner table!", partly because some things require two hands to eat, and partly because I love to eat as much as I love to read and I like to give each one my full attention.
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i should try that... maybe then i wouldn't cut myself soo often anymore... :eek:
 
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