How long does it take you to read a book?

It depends on how good the book is. If I am really into the book i could read it in less than a day depending on how much time I have. However there is the odd book that has taken me several weeks and even months to get round to finishing.

I'm a really fast reader, and I've been told that it's because I don't read each word - I only read the beginning of each word, and skip the end as soon as I've guessed its meaning. My gran does that as well, and she's the fastest reader I've ever met. And I think I'm starting to do it in English as well, so I'm increasing my reading speed in this language now.
I'm not really aware I read this way though - only when, sometimes, I guess the end of the word wrongly and it changes the meaning of the sentence - but it doesn't happen very often. Sometimes I'd like to take the time to savour each word, but I can't, I have to read fast otherwise it becomes fastidious and boring. Like looking up words when I read in English - I've never done it in my life.

I think I've read somewhere about how some people read the letters, some read the words, and some can read lines at a time.

I have to read at about the spead I read aloud, but a little quicker. I get faustrated in English though when we read it out round the class because it's soooo slow. You can't enjoy it like that either!

Also, when I read something I really like, like some nice sentences with pretty words, I have to read it back again a few times.

so even when you were learning english, would you just try and read a book and be satisfied with understanding only parts of it/just understanding what you could? did you not get frustrated with not understanding everything?
i'm just interested because i have the same problem with french i'm trying to read books in french, and i can understand some but not loads without using a dictionary, but i find it quite frustrating having to often guess at the meaning. on the other hand, it's also boring, like you say, having to stop and look up words.
i hope this post makes sense!

Out of interest how long does it take you to get through a piece of literature. i recently met someone who said whilst on holiday he'd got through 30 books in a month, so basically one a day. To me this seems like absolute rubbish. It usually takes me at least 4 or 5 days to get through something of maybe 400-500 pages . Just wondering what other people's reading habits are like or if i'm just unbelievably slow when it comes to books