How Long Will it Take You to Read a Book?

So many books, so little time is my motto. No, really. I have it printed on my checks, even. Yeah, that dates me. Whatever.

But here's my problem -- and I suspect I'm not the only reading freak out there with the same conundrum -- I have a stack of books I want to read but only "X" amount of time. Will I be able to read them all? And if not, then which ones could I read the fastest so I can read the most possible titles?

And no, this isn't a quirky math question.

All this to say . . . have I found a site for you (and me). How Long to Read is a book search engine which helps you find out how long it will take you to read a given book. Yes, you. It actually tailors it to your reading speed. Here's how it works . . .

1. Search for a book title. I searched for Brentwood's Ward. Hey, don't judge me.

2. When you click on the title, it brings up the statistics for that book. In this case, the average reader would take about 41/2 hours to read Brentwood's Ward.

3. But wait! Who's average? Certainly not me. So on the right side of the page, they put up a paragraph from the book. You click start when you start reading and click it again when you're finished. Here's what it popped up for me:

You read 77 words in 17 seconds and your average speed is 272 words per minutes. You will take 5 hours and 1 minutes to complete this book.

And that's it. That easy. If you want to know how long the next book will take you to read before you read it, give this site a whirl.