Here is an idea I had to offset the shittiness of having to read spellbooks for up to 10 minutes at a time.
It would be nice to have a room called "The Study Hall" somewhere that maybe required a 5dr pass called 'hall pass' or some such. IN the study hall your reading durations are cut in half. You could simply make the pass sell at the Dream Weaver or have it be part of some little newb auto. I was quite dismayed to log on Mustang and read spellbooks for 45 mins yesterday. Realism is one thing, that's just dogshit.