The Hexham Courant is reporting that Anne Jones broke the world speed reading record.  She read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 47 minutes which means 4,251 words per minute. That only beats my reading time by 11 hours. Ha ha. But I was reading sorta slow.

She was part of a team put together by The Times to compile the first online review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Last year, she broke the world speed reading record at a Border’s bookshop in London, by tackling the 250,000 word Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in just over 47 minutes.

“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.

Thanks for the tip SS.