Reading time
How long does it take to read Blood Song?
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan is about 297 pages, so it takes about 5 hours at an average 238 words per minute — about 11 days at 30 minutes a day.
At an average reading speed
5 h 12 min
Blood Song · Anthony Ryan · first published 2011
- Pages
- 297
- 30 min a day
- 11 days
By reading speed
| Unhurried reader · 180 wpm | 6 h 53 min |
| Average adult · 238 wpm | 5 h 12 min |
| Quick reader · 300 wpm | 4 h 8 min |
| Very fast reader · 400 wpm | 3 h 6 min |
By daily habit
Your reading speed
| 15 minutes a day | 21 days |
| 30 minutes a day | 11 days |
| 45 minutes a day | 7 days |
| 60 minutes a day | 6 days |
Page count: median of 5 editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
#1 in Raven's Shadow
Next in the series: Tower Lord (2014, 624 pages)
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Blood Song: reading time questions
- How many pages is Blood Song?
- Blood Song is about 297 pages. That is the median across the 5 editions listed on Open Library; hardcover, paperback and large-print editions differ.
- How long does it take to read Blood Song?
- About 5 h 12 min at 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults. A quick reader at 300 words per minute needs about 4 h 8 min.
- How many days to read Blood Song at 30 minutes a day?
- About 11 days. At 15 minutes a day it takes about 21 days, and at an hour a day about 6 days.
- What number is Blood Song in the Raven's Shadow series?
- Blood Song is book 1 in Raven's Shadow by Anthony Ryan.
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