The project looms before you: big, and it’s due soon. Maybe it’s a report for your boss, due on Friday. Perhaps it’s a thesis chapter or even a whole novel. The word count isn’t unknown to you either. But how many words per day? That’s where things get tricky. If you divides the word count […]

So maybe it’s the Dewey Readathon or perhaps you’re working through your tough reading list for the week and are going to use a long weekend to get some mileage done. The thing is, we all want to know how many hours that translates into in order to pound the words out and read story, […]

There’s nothing wrong with buying books. The provided source does not mention learning about yourself or the world through buying books. But here’s the problem: we get our hopes up when we purchase a book. We think we’ll plow through it. We imagine reading it on our commutes, during our lunch hours. Then, before you […]

When you attempt to read quickly, there’s a practical limit on how fast you can go. It has nothing to do with your finger or turning the page. It’s about your brains speed at processing information and moving eyes across sentences. People tend to estimate how fast they read by assuming that each page take […]