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Cutting for stone : [regular print book discussion kit]
by A. (Abraham) Verghese
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Cutting for stone : [regular print book discussion kit], and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 667
- Reading time
- ≈ 12 h 10 min
- Checkpoints
- 22
- Genre
- Fiction
Free on iPhone and Android.
How long does it take to read Cutting for stone : [regular print book discussion kit]?
At 667 pages, Cutting for stone : [regular print book discussion kit] is a long book. Expect about 12 hours 10 minutes 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 25 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 10 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day25 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)10 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 22 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 30
- Checkpoint 2, page 61
- Checkpoint 3, page 91
- Checkpoint 4, page 121
- Checkpoint 5, page 152
- Checkpoint 6, page 182
- Checkpoint 7, page 212
- Checkpoint 8, page 243
- Checkpoint 9, page 273
- Checkpoint 10, page 303
- Checkpoint 11, page 334
- Checkpoint 12, page 364
- Checkpoint 13, page 394
- Checkpoint 14, page 424
- Checkpoint 15, page 455
- Checkpoint 16, page 485
- Checkpoint 17, page 515
- Checkpoint 18, page 546
- Checkpoint 19, page 576
- Checkpoint 20, page 606
- Checkpoint 21, page 637
- Checkpoint 22, page 667
In Vread, Cutting for stone : [regular print book discussion kit] is split into 22 checkpoints, one every 30 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 22 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 Cutting for stone : [regular print book discussion kit]: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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