Book · Historical fiction
Buckeye
by Patrick Ryan
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Buckeye, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 384
- Reading time
- ≈ 7 h
- Checkpoints
- 15
- Genre
- Historical
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read Buckeye?
At 384 pages, Buckeye is a fairly long book. Expect about 7 hours of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 14 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 6 reading days. For a book of this length (250 to 399 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 4.7 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day14 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)6 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 15 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 26
- Checkpoint 2, page 51
- Checkpoint 3, page 77
- Checkpoint 4, page 102
- Checkpoint 5, page 128
- Checkpoint 6, page 154
- Checkpoint 7, page 179
- Checkpoint 8, page 205
- Checkpoint 9, page 230
- Checkpoint 10, page 256
- Checkpoint 11, page 282
- Checkpoint 12, page 307
- Checkpoint 13, page 333
- Checkpoint 14, page 358
- Checkpoint 15, page 384
In Vread, Buckeye is split into 15 checkpoints, one every 26 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 15 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Illustrative example
What a checkpoint looks like
A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
This is not a question from Buckeye: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
Summary, quiz, reviews: frequently asked questions
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Read Buckeye with Vread
Add the book to your library, read at your own pace in whatever format you use, and validate each checkpoint. Vread is free on iPhone and Android.
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