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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.

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Old 06-04-2008, 01:21 PM   #76 (permalink)
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omg!that's lyk a-m-a-z-i-n-g!she must be really good to read that fast!
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Old 06-04-2008, 05:17 PM   #77 (permalink)
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Old 06-04-2008, 06:46 PM   #78 (permalink)
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I've read DH a few times and the shortest time it's took me to read it was bout 3 days, I could never ever read as fast as her.
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Old 06-04-2008, 07:24 PM   #79 (permalink)
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Holy jeez... I read this headline and thought it couldn't have been much faster than my 7 hours. That's crazy!
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Old 06-04-2008, 08:01 PM   #80 (permalink)
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That's fantastic, but she can't have really enjoyed the book if she was just speed reading it.
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Old 06-04-2008, 10:00 PM   #81 (permalink)
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holy cow!!!! it must be a mistake because.....
WOW!!!
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Old 06-05-2008, 02:49 AM   #83 (permalink)
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Dude, thats crazy! In 47 minutes I read like 4 or 5 chapters! Dang that woman is good!!
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gasp....
wow, thats some fast reader
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Wow that's pretty insane...but good for her I guess.
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it took me about a day to read it
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congratulations i would say to her because i couldn't even read it in a day wow great job for her. i hope one day like her i can do something amasing with reading.
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that is really fast. and to think i thought it was amazing that i finished the book in a day and a half.
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300 words a minute? That's crazy!

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Oh wow, Thats amazing! Lol, I can't even do that. It takes me awhile to finish one book at a time!
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oh my god thats so fast! i wish i could read that fast.actually,i'm a slow reader,i finished read harry potter and deathly hallows about 3 weeks ! my sister read that for 3 months ! slower than me

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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
if you do not know the plot off by heart then you have a higher chance of looking back at something before you keep reading
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