Silent Hill f writers were challenged to read "100-200 books a year" during production
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200 books a year is insane. One book in less than 2 days, on average, all year.
My record is 350 during the summer of junior year high school. I might hit 50 this year.
How many pages per book is that, usually? I find that crazy, as someone with two kids and sports hobbies. 😅
My current performance? I dunno, normal novel length, 350 pages maybe?
My record summer? Apparently 43k pages total.
I have children too, but I read quickly and I don't really have other hobbies. I prefer paper, but keep a few eBooks around for waiting in line.
43000 pages over, say, 90 days (one "summer") comes to about 1 page per minute if you read 8h per day, every single day. That's insane. Mind blowing. Never heard of such a feat.
It's possible that was my year total, but I remember it having been the summer. That was 20 years ago, though, so who knows!
I've always been a very fast reader.
Approx. 150-200 books in 9 months is what a PhD program in English requires for exams. Not really a stretch for writers, but good for them challenging each other.
Ok but that's a PhD program where your "job" is to learn. These people already have full time jobs