For all those who fear from Verbal- lets give it a fight

anything from 2 to 2.5 weeks(2-3 hrs daily) should be ok to wrap up the Verbal part in terms of grasping the fundamental concepts....then it boils down to individual section practice and finally full/timed test....

But 1 thing I will tell you mate --> in this entire phase, do not get bogged down. 17 to 44 is a smooth ride.....it's just that our minds have to be controlled to make that ride smooth...and that's what all of us are aiming at through this forum...It's better to think that "You Can Know" rather than disturbing thoughts that "You Don't Know".

To share my verbal learning experience, I had taken a contrarian approach. I had not touched either CR Bible right at the beginning for CR or MGmat SC for SC. Instead I picked up Princeton and read what it had to offer on both these sections. Content wasn't exhaustive as it's better known peers but it helped me out with some basic concepts which I later used to practice OG questions untimed. First time attempts yielded 40% accuracy. But most importantly, here I delved deep into each question so that I become comfortable with the different patterns and question types. This took me a week. But touch wood, those efforts are now reaping rewards when I take practice tests. Later when I picked up CR Bible, I could finish the book in 2 days flat, giving 4 hours each day, because I could correlate with all the concepts and explanations given therein, courtesy of all the brainstorming I had done previously.Now am achieving a 90-92% accuracy each in CR and SC practice and 40-42 in full tests.

All the best for your preparations !