How long does it take to read Random Island?
Random Island by Alex Stuart takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Samarinda Lazenby had had an eventful and exciting career. The first few years of her life had been spent in a Japanese internment camp, the middle years accompanying her father arround the world, and her adult life training as a surgeon. When her father died it was hardly surprising that she accepted a post as Senior Surgical Officer on Ramdon Island in the Pacific. And almost inmediately "Sami" was flung into a maelstrom of chaotic event. The island, in the grip of a typhoon, became incaccessible by normal transport and Sami - aware of their desperate medical needs - was forced to turn to the handsome but enigmatic Captain James Bruce to help....
Subjects: Contemporary Fiction, Doctors in Fiction, Romance Fiction