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Old 06-03-2008, 01:27 AM
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Post Woman breaks Deathly Hallows speed reading world record

Most people read at less than 300 words a minute, so finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in just 47 minutes seems impossible, right? Wrong. Just last year, Anne Jones, a mother of three, broke the world speed reading record for the Mind Sports Olympiad at a Border’s bookshop in London. She sat down and finished the 250,000 word novel by reading at a shocking 4,251 words per minute.

To prepare herself for the competition, she practiced hard any chance she had.

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“I read and re-read all the previous Harry Potter books beforehand, as I wanted to become as familiar with the plot as possible,” she says.
Anne found her special talent after taking a class on speed reading. She has won seven gold medals for it in her lifetime.

Source: Hexham Courant
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:30 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Wow. Just wow, that's amazing. I wonder how they judge that kind of thing, to make sure she isn't just skimming. Do they have to take some kind of 'quiz' on what they've read?

First to poost.
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:33 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:38 AM   #4 (permalink)

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When I read this headline, I was like, "NO WAY!!!!! I wanted to break that record!"

But then, after reading the article, I realized that she broke the speed-reading record. And that's totally different.

So she skimmed a really long book really quickly? So what! I can do it too!

No of course I'm not jealous..... Anyways, now I have a new goal in life: break her record.
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WOW! I wish I could read that fast.
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:42 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Wow. Just wow, that's amazing. I wonder how they judge that kind of thing, to make sure she isn't just skimming. Do they have to take some kind of 'quiz' on what they've read?

First to poost.
She did say in the interview that she sat back and enjoyed the novel...I wonder how they measure it too, and where I can sign up for one of these classes
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:43 AM   #7 (permalink)
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What's the pleasure of reading like that?

Wonder how they judge the reality of the reading...
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:43 AM   #8 (permalink)
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and I thought reading it in two days was fast!
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:44 AM   #9 (permalink)
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That's impossible!! No one can read that fast!!....How you are sure she is actually reading I say, I may just turn pages and say I was reading and I can tell you what it is about because maybe I'd read it before!!....

welll I think I say all this because I think is impossible to read that fast!! And I was proud because I read it in one day and a half Good for her!! Super reader...hahaha


mmm...I want to read that fast
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When I read this headline, I was like, "NO WAY!!!!! I wanted to break that record!"

But then, after reading the article, I realized that she broke the speed-reading record. And that's totally different.

So she skimmed a really long book really quickly? So what! I can do it too!

No of course I'm not jealous..... Anyways, now I have a new goal in life: break her record.
Totally! I can do that! Pfft How would reading the other books prepare her to read DH so fast?

But you know...HP is a quick read on its own. I should like to see her get through War and Peace in 47 minutes
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:56 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Amazing. Good for her. I wonder if she wears glasses...
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:57 AM   #12 (permalink)
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That is soooo amazing!!!!!
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Old 06-03-2008, 02:07 AM   #13 (permalink)
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No way! Thats amazing
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and i thoght I had read it fast in 6 hours.. granted, it was 1am when I started, since I had to drive home from the midnight release @ B&N
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ARGH!! 3 minutes off!!! I did it in an hour!!!!!
Man if I knew there was a competition ... I would've read faster!
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huwhat?! i was like is that even possible?? well, anyway, congratulations!!!!!!!
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I took a speed reading course once and was clocked at 800 w.p.m. Dang, she's fast.

Hurry Potter.
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Old 06-03-2008, 02:15 AM   #18 (permalink)
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I am in awe. This is sooooo Kooooool
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I wonder if she really understood what she was reading?
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Oh wow. That's CRAZY! And I thought I read fast.
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But how do people even know this is true? I could pretend to read that fast.
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That just seems unreal. wow.

But yeah, that brings up the question of how does anyone know she's actually reading and not just skimming like every other sentence/paragraph or not? I mean honestly it would be a hard thing to judge.

I mean, my dad told me all about his speed-reading class, where they were taught NOT to read and how to just skim down the middle of the page, pulling in words from the sides to create their own sentences and figuring out the plot from there.

apparently, in that class, they were told the point of speed-reading was not to understand, but simply to finish.
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That just seems unreal. wow.

But yeah, that brings up the question of how does anyone know she's actually reading and not just skimming like every other sentence/paragraph or not? I mean honestly it would be a hard thing to judge.
Speed reading consists of your eyes flitting and registering the main words in a sentence
For example: The cat sat on the mat!
If you speed read that sentence your eyes would only register cat, sat, and mat
You would be able to understand the gist of the sentence and then the words flow easier. You basically miss the one/two letter words and those little joining words that aren't really important.

I read it in an hour and understood the entire book. It is definately possible!
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This is ridiculous! But amazing, too.
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ARGH!! 3 minutes off!!! I did it in an hour!!!!!
Man if I knew there was a competition ... I would've read faster!
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I do wonder how they prove it
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