It takes the average reader and 49 minutes to read A Trip to the Hardware Store and Other Calamities by Barbara Venkataraman
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Winner of the "Indie Book of the Day" award and Honorable Mention for non-fiction humor in the "Readers' Favorite" Contest. At 8,000 words, this collection of humorous essays explores such quirky topics as: disastrous home repairs, ("A Trip to the Hardware Store"), an unfortunate dinner party ("Dinner is Served"), the truth about lazy people ("Lazy Bones"), the weird life of a debt collector ("Your Account is Past Due") and obsessions with gadgets ("Gadget Girl"). Other essays examine how surreal the aging process is ("Where Did the Time Go?"), why you shouldn't judge a person by their job...
A Trip to the Hardware Store and Other Calamities by Barbara Venkataraman is 48 pages long, and a total of 12,384 words.
This makes it 16% the length of the average book. It also has 15% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 7 minutes to read A Trip to the Hardware Store and Other Calamities aloud.
A Trip to the Hardware Store and Other Calamities is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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