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What are the most unusual positions (or places) you find yourself in while reading a book?
(We've provided an array for you to vote on, but please add more!)
(We've provided an array for you to vote on, but please add more!)
Reading while sitting on the toilet
Reading in bed with a spelunking head lamp/book light/flashlight etc.
Reading while eating
Reading while walking
Reading in the bath
Reading while wedged in between other subway/train/metro riders
Reading over someone's shoulder
Reading while sitting back to back with a friend
reading upside down on the couch (reverse seating position)
Reading while exercising (on treadmill, static bike, etc)
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Reading in bed
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I'm reading everywhere!!!
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all of the above
Reading while sitting on the floor next to a plug because you need to charge your kindle
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Reading upside down in the chair with your legs over the backrest because you can't seem to get comfortable
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All of the Above
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Reading while brushing my teeth
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Most of these
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reading in the shower
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Reading while waiting in line at a drive-thru
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Reading while waiting for a traffic light to change
reading while cooking
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Reading while laying on a high tree branch
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reading in bed squeezed between dogs with the cat crawling onto my book for attention with love interest asleep next to me completely oblivious to my torment
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Most of the above
reading while lying on your bed feet proped up on the wall
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Reading on a roof
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Reading on an airplane and crying during that really intense scene
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Anywhere that I have access to a book eg. In class in tests and exams when I am done training in bed under my covers when I am meant to be sleeping under my bed hiding from my mum because I am in trouble or want to get out of some thing.
Reading in Yoga Positions (child's pose, downward dog)
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Reading (attempting to) in a very bumpy bus/car while feeling carsick.
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reading while cooking dinner (and burning the food)
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Reading while knitting
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Reading while doing dishes
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Reading while breastfeeding my baby :)
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Reading by the moonlight crouched on the balcony
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Reading while petting the dogs
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Reading while walking my dog.
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Reading during bad metal bands, power outages, tornados, under cats, etc etc.
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Reading while waiting in line at a theme park
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Reading while walking to/from the bus stop
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Reading while changing trains and trying to dodge other commuters
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Reading on the floor, reading while eating
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Reading on the floor
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Reading up in a tree
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Reading while using a hairdryer to dry the book after I dropped it in the bathtub or sink
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Reading on the stairs (favorite place to read)
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Reading in a kayak
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Reading while the annoying hairdresser keeps talking even though I'm obviously not interested in her opinions
Reading while in the pool! No lie, I did this and I kept dry from the elbows to my wrists.Seriously no splashing order was in effect.
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Reading while standing still doing nothing in the middle of the corridor
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Just about all of these (ALOT).
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Reading in jacuzzi
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Reading while stopped at a traffic light when I am the driver
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I read pretty much anywhere. I'm the person with at least five books in the trunk of my car.
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Reading while listening to music and eating in bed (as well as a few others on the list lol)
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About 95% of these
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Reading while walking to work
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Reading in between customers at work, on lunch breaks and anywhere that gives me an opportunity to finish ONE MORE PAGE!
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Reading while riding a bike
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Reading while having sex
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In the car wash
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Reading while out at a fancy restaurant.
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Reading very tight on the subway
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Reading in bed with your love interest huging you in the night, with a bed lamp on head.
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Reading in a pillow fort I spent an hour making. Those were the best winter breaks...
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Reading while talking on the phone
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In the splits, frog, or some other stretch
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Reading while taking a shower (had an awkward position that included a courtain umbrella not to damage the book)
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Reading in hospital being ill/taking care of an ill person
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Reading while standing in a queue at the supermarket
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Reading, aloud, to another person (not a child and not a children's book) in a restaurant while waiting for a table, with voices and sound effects because showmanship counts, people.
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reading on work while my boss aint watching
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Reading in a crawl space underneath the house
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Reading on top on shed
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Reading in the cemetery (sitting next to a gravestone)
Reading while hanging upside down from a tree limb. (when I was a kid!)
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Reading Upsidedown, Hanging from a Tree Branch While Petting my Dog and Whistling :D
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Reading while floating in a row boat on the river.
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Reading in the waiting room prior to a job interview
reading while my husband is driving
Reading on a swing
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Sitting backwards on my horse while going down a trail
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Reading while travelling on a ship
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Reading in middle of the Sout Pacific -ocean while sailing my boat, which is surrounded by dolphins and playing the Moody Blues.
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reading while standing up in a moving bus/ train packed full of passengers
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Reading while making tea or coffee
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Reading sitting on the kitchen counter, leaning against the fridge with my feet almost on the stove...not cooking at the time.
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Reading while attending a wedding reception of someone I didn't know at all.
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In a darkened bar because don't like crowds and people I don't know.
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Reading while waiting on a train to pass by.
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every where
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Reading while laying splayed out on the couch at 3am
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Reading wherever I have access to a book
I find myself reading while stopped at a traffic light, even just to get a few words or sentences in.
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Lying between piles of dirty laundry on the floor..it was great
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Reading will doing bat surveys (slow bat night!)
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Reading while being tattooed
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Reading on my hard wood floor while trying to keep my Bearded dragon from going under my bed! (Back Pain)
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Reading at he park/pool/play area/ball park/ soccer field while my kids play or receive instrution from a coach
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Reading on the trampoline in my backyard.. seated
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reading at my grandpa's funeral. It helped me get over the grief.
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reading while going up the stairs in the underground
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Reading while working (dog walker)
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on a scaffolding outside my bedroom window at 4 in the morning in freezing winter temperatures (trying to stay awake and finish the damn book already :P)
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Reading an entire book at work on a very quiet Saturday (hospital work)
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Most of the above and while walking (beware of lamposts and dog poo!)
Reading while swimming laps
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Reading while lying on a blanket on the grass in the park and snarfing green grapes
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Standing on my shoulders. Literally.
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reading while driving a golf cart
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The conservatory
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Reading at a stoplight while I am the driver OR reading while trying to do the dishes/cook
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Reading on the outer portion of a windowsill and inadvertently surprising those who pass and take notice.
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Reading in a tent.
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Reading when soaking my feet in hot water
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Reading while walking and eating bread
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Reading in the ocean
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Reading while my husband fishes.
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While waiting in line for Xfactor audition.
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While driving the interstate between Indianapolis and Mississippi
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Reading in Pidgeon Pose
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Reading laying upside down on the hammock with a flashlight :)
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Reading upside down (no matter where)
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almost half of this choices i have done already hihi.. but most during idle time at work and while at home doing nothing and while watching tv.. haha
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Reading while sitting on a banana box full of books when I should pack the rest of my books very quickly
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Reading while eating dates under a crisp winter sun.
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Reading while standing in the swimming pool
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Reading at a softball tournament between games and innings.
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Reading while waiting in the Walmart checkout line.
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Reading while others are waiting for me to get ready to go somewhere
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While knee is hooked up to a physiotherapy machine
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reading while half on half off of the bed while listening to music, petting a dog and texting someone.
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Reading while at horse races
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Reading on the bullet train in Japan
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MY
Reading in a diner while smoking and eating
Reading while working the night shift at the morgue.
Laying on my bed with my book below me on the floor.
reading while exercising on a gym machine
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No place is to unusual for reading.
at my brother's graduation ceremony.
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Aug 01, 2013 05:21PM
I don't have a reliable book light or i'm just too lame to figure out how to use them properly, so weirdest thing for me is plugging in my phone so it doesn't die and using the flashlight app to read. ha ha it is a nuisance because after so long it turns off and you have to turn it back on, but it works. I also stand in the shower and read. I will condition my hair and while its soaking I'll read a few pages. I also read while cooking and listen to audio books while I trail run.
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pleas exudes the spelling mesticks I am extremely dyslexic and have trouble spelling reading at a new years party sround by drunk people yelling happy new years.
reading in class while the teacher is tocking
reading the book holding upside down becse that made the letters look right
the weirdest for me is reading at age level or even reading at all I was told I may never learn how to read or if I did I would never reach age appropet reading level I am now 28 and can read any thing I want and I will read anything I can
Reading in the bathReading while sitting back to back with a friend
Out of the original selection the above two are the only options I've not done
Linda wrote: "Kalilah wrote: "Honestly, who spends enough time on the toilet to read a book? Unless you have constipation issues. It's unhygienic and disgusting anyway!"If you're in the middle of a chapter and..."
A bathroom/toilet doesn't have to have visible traces of faeces to be an unpleasant sort of place to hang out in, and I wouldn't want to put my books in there. In the same sense that someone wouldn't want to have their lunch, dinner or supper on the toilet, simply because it feels wrong. I think it does anyway.
I'll read a book pretty much anywhere at anytime I always have one or two books on me. But I found myself reading in class when the professor put a video for the class to watch.
All of the above is the closest option.as for the personal touch, one of the weirdest places was on a mountain ridge in the Pyrinees, at around six in the morning, after being kicked out of the tent for being an early riser.
Out of the ones listed, I've read: in a tree, while carsick, waiting for interviews and appointments, during power outages, under the covers with a flashlight (as a kid), in bed (my usual reading place now), smooshed on public transit, at the dinner table, on a swing, in the bath, on the toiler, over someone's shoulder, close to a plug because of a low Kindle battery, while walking, in a cemetery (also really common for me), and in unconventional sitting positions, like with your legs over the back of the chair. I'm not sure which is the weirdest, because they all feel perfectly natural.When I was really little, though, like maybe four or five, I would take all the books off one of the shelves and then climb up into it and lie there and read.
When I was a kid, I would go read in a big tree that had huge branches in the back yard. It was super high on top among the branches and it was tall. I escaped there. I could literally lay on the branches and even hide books in the crevices. The car garage was next to the big tree and I would move there for the sunlight if it got late. Best times as a youth reading in the big tree.
I do / have done a lot of these - but perhaps my more unusual reading has been done outside in our garden hut, at night, with a rug on my lap and a light at Christmas - to get away from everyone and have some quiet as I was rather frazzled - yes it was cold!
while cooking dinner! I do this everyday now so no longer unusual for me and i've drastically improved the multi-tasking part as i don't burn dinner as often anymore!
Karyn The Pirate wrote: "I wish you could vote for more than one! I also read while waiting on the exam table for the doctor. I am not sure there is anywhere you can't really read."So true, so true :)
I always end up sitting on the chair upside down with my feet over the backrest. Also, I have a rope swing that I love to read on in the fall bouncing against the tree it's connected to.
aah.. reading with a torchlight when my bedroom light is turned off!! :)
I read everywhere: while eating, walking, on the toilet, on the bus, over someone's shoulder, in bed with a flashlight, while exercising... the list is endless.
I do pretty much all other than read over the shoulder.People think it's odd that I read while on the toilet or in the tub but I find it weird not to!
My favorite is reading while working out.
I didn't read through all of them so I don't know if this is there, but I have read hanging out of a window a couple stories up.
I don't consider it weird, but I do admit that I read on the toiler A LOT. It is sometimes the only place I can escape because I tell my fiance that I am going to the bathroom. He has no idea it doesn't actually take me that long to "do my business." ;)
I have a hard time thinking of reading as weird. It's all the other stuff you have to do to get through life that's weird. But I've probably gotten the most stares from reading in church (b-o-r-i-n-g) and reading by flashlight while waiting for the 4th of July fireworks to start.
︹ ︺︷ ︶ Job︸ ︹ ︺ wrote: "This is an example for the most unusual reading positions:"Reading the Quran, front line, Iran-Iraq war, Ahvaz, Iran, September 1982""
I love that!
Fist bump to the person who wrote in "reading in a crawl space". I am the second voter for that one. ;)
I have books in the loo on a diminutive book case - amusing / humorous - nothing educational or some peeps are in there all damned day When in my best reading chair (The Hliðskjalf) I am not to be interrupted - Nevertheless I fully understand Kalilah's attitude - sounds like she is in a latrine not a toilet - Just an observation - GhandiJi of blessed memory always referred to his loo as the "Library" it was where he did his best thinking
When you are sitting there it has to be said IMO - that there is one example of a person who definitely knows where he is AT and what he is DOINGIn the confusion that there is in the world today - surely that can be a comforting thought
Reading on the toilet is _not_ unusual at all !I did read with the head light when I had rent a furnished house without any table lamps.
Derrick wrote: "Not sure why reading on the toilet is "weird". Some of us spend a good amount of time there :)"Right! Especially when you live with other people and it's the only peaceful place: it was custom for me when I still were at my family's home (even when I didn't really need the toilet)
These are awesome, but I wish the entire list had shown on the front page.The latest odd spot for me was reading in a hot tub, then reading while laying on my stomach in a hammockr (same hour of reading).
Then my ususal, reading in bed trying to position the book and railroad lantern over a snugging cat with another cat kneading my collar bone and another getting comfy above my head on the pillow.
I do that ALL the time. some are weird. I most read in bed. My most weirdest? lying on my back in best, with my leg up on a shelf, and my other leg bent.
I also read while watching TV; not during the actual show, but during the commercials. Although sometimes I do read during the actual show if it's during a slow or boring part.If I have my Kindle in my handbag when standing in a long line at the store, I will pull it out and read.
Simply Happily
Always
Reading
In any place
Your name was an inspiration for the verse
If it were in Arabic - it would be a Ghazal
But I do not speak it very well
I've done most of these too. Have to say that I picked up some great suggestions from this poll though! Don't think I'll be trying 'reading whilst swimming lengths' though, I love my kindle too much!
Linda wrote: "Why do people think it's weird to read on the toilet? I do that ALL the time! My weirdest was probably laying on the adjusting table at the chiropractors while the machine was stretching my leg. LOL!"I was thinking the same thing! I guess it's just so normal to us. LOL.
I think my actual weirdest is reading whilst I get blood taken at the blood bank. Or reading at theme parks.
It is not fair that I can only vote for one. I thought I could check all the ones I have done!
I agree that I don't really think of any place as too weird to read at - books can be taken anywhere!I think my most memorable uncommon reading place was in the backseat of my aunt's car as we drove three hours in the dark to her home. My cousin had just introduced me to Goosebumps, and I loved it so much that I used the headlights of the cars behind us to read all the way there. It was so disappointing when one behind us would turn off, and I'd have to wait (impatiently) for another to come.
I have read while doing most of these.......although as a youngster I can remember reading in the middle of the night (when I was supposed to be sleeping) in my walk-in closet with my pillow up against the door so my mom wouldn't notice the light on. Reading till way early in the morning and then draggin' all the next day at school due to not enough sleep! :-)
when I was 13i was told not to read a book so that made me want to read it more so I stayed up all night...ALL NIGHT and read it all.....good times...not that I still dont do it I am a fantastic actor I just pretend I fall asleep while reading and my mom puts away my book,after she is gone I get up and start reading again...:p
Anya wrote: "Everything except while bathing.(One of the downsides of having an e-reader) Oh and while walking down the road. A friend of mine used to say, "When this girl dies, I bet she'd be having a book in ..."That is why I have both real books and an ereader!
Reading while answering the phones at a busy lawfirm and knitting at the same time. The reading is the only part that requires concentration.
I wish we could pick multiple here because I've read in almost all these places listed, but I find myself often (way too often) reading intently only to realize after way too long that I'm literally just standing still in the middle of a hallway or outside my front door (which I had intended to unlock and go inside about 20 min ago, but still haven't gone in because I've been just standing there reading and forgot to go in my house...) Def not normal:-)
That's exactly what I thought when I read that choice! Who doesn't would be a better question:-)
I read practically anywhere and EVERYWHERE!
All of the above?The weirdest was probably on the top of a Norman keep, lovely spot to read when the weather's nice. It's always quiet and I get to wander through the rest of the castle on my way up.
Reading on the toilet is not weird at all. Reading with my friend is weird. Because with my friend that's impossible.
I was hoping we could have chosen more than one because I have done most of what's in the top choices.
Linda wrote: "Why do people think it's weird to read on the toilet? I do that ALL the time! My weirdest was probably laying on the adjusting table at the chiropractors while the machine was stretching my leg. LOL!"I do too...I think my weirdest is, reading during recess, when I was a high school student.
Gabriela wrote: "I think my weirdest is, reading during recess, when I was a high school student. "You had recess in high school? I would always read at the end of class when I finished my work, and at lunch, and on the school bus. No one has beat my being tattooed yet... LOL
I've done so many of these they don't seem weird any more... I've only not done reading in the bath and while sitting back to back with a friend from the given options. :)
Ummmm...well i've done the majority of the above... so many choices...
I think it's because readers are expected to have more sense? *shrug* I know it's not particularly safe to read in the car if you're driving, since you need to pay attention. Same when walking along. If you're distracted, you make yourself a big ol' target for being mugged. Still, I've often walked out to the mailbox with my head in my book.
