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It takes me on average about 8hours to read a book. A re-read is likely to be 8 hours where I can guarantee a certain level of pleasure. It'll usually involve anticipation of favourite scenes or characters. It may be slightly less due to familiarity. Also recently I've re-read a few books that I haven't read for 20+ years and whilst they were fun I'm not sure how much I expected to enjoy them was how much I actually did, because memory is unreliable and tastes change over that period.
A new read is always a risk. You might get 8 hours of pleasure of 8 hours of ho-hum or worse. I rarely give up on a book if I've started it so I guess that affects it too.
I've often thought if I were a faster reader then I'd be more experimental in my choices.
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