How long does it take to read Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers?
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers by Alexander McCall Smith takes about 5 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 9 of 44 Scotland Street
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About 5 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2013. 316 pages, about 86,900 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit too much lager at the local bar. The longsuffering Bertie, on the cusp of his seventh birthday party, has taken to dreaming about his eighteenth, a time when he will be able to avoid the indignity of unwanted girl attendees and the looming threat of a gender-neutral doll from his domineering mother Irene"--
Subjects: Fiction, Social life and customs, Humorous, Family life, Urban Life, Manners and customs
