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Prinietha
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Sep 01, 2012 06:54AM
Where do you usually read your books : Bedroom, Living Room , Library or anywhere else ?? And, Do you read them with music, a cuppa coffee , ... ?
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I usually read on the bed with some baroque music with chocolate drinks! Perfect environment :)
Everywhere,when I have my book with me and I got the chance, I think. But mostly on the bed or in my room. I don't listen to anything or eat something when I read.
Due to kids, jobs, family- I can make ANYWHERE a reading environment. Stopped at red lights in my car- grab the Kindle and read; in the waiting room of Dr. offices and occupational therapy for my son; kids running amok and cartoons blaring in the background; walking from my desk to another office at work... I learned to make due with whatever life gives me in where I can read.
Alana ~ The Book Pimp wrote: "Due to kids, jobs, family- I can make ANYWHERE a reading environment. Stopped at red lights in my car- grab the Kindle and read; in the waiting room of Dr. offices and occupational therapy for my ..."LOL -- the digital readers have us addicted, i'm never without mine. I thought I was the only one that read at red lights.
I tend to do most of my reading in a hot bubble bath. :)
I can read anywhere :P As long as it's comfortably, I slip away quite quickly. I don't even need it to be quiet. Unless people are screaming in my ear I can usually block everything out.But if I had to pick, I'd say on my bed or on my couch.
My bed, or somewhere close to some fresh air. Lately, thanks California weather, been reading outside w/ some cool breeze!
i usaully read in my room, occasionaly i will go outside and sit on my swing, but usaully in my room
My favorite places to read are in bed, in the cafe at the bookstore, or at Starbucks. That being said, I will read anywhere I get the chance. I am not good at reading at red lights and that sort of thing.
Red lights huh... Cool! Livin life on the wild side.. ;)
I read anywhere that is quiet, so usually in a library, in my room or on my couch. I never have the television on when I'm reading. Also, I read while eating pickles and like having blankets.
In bed is always nice, but I love sitting in the bay window...
I can read anywhere it is quiet, but I prefer my bed. Sometimes I listen to my iPod.
I get up an hour early for a little alone time from the kids and just life. I get a cup of coffee and I will read for about an hour and it is heaven!
Prefer reading on my bed most nights just before going to bed. SOmetimes in the office too on very slow days. Always make sure to have my ipad with me
I've always had a habit of being a night owl so I love reading at night when it's cool, quiet and dark (I read by a lamb or ereader) Then some instrumental music or maybe the tv on low volume.
I usually read in bed but I'm never without a book or kindle app on my phone or tablet and read anywhere I have to wait even if the wait is just 5 minutes.
I'll read anywhere. My favorites are currled up in a blanket on the couch or my ikea poang chair. In bed before going to sleep. And in the summer I love reading on the deck at the in-laws cottage or on the sunpad of the boat (when not moving).I don't turn on music since my brain will just block it out. But DH can have the tv or music on and I will still read.
Anywhere, I carry books around with me. While I cook, when in the car while husband is driving, any place I get a chance to.
I can't listen to music while I read, not anymore! I used to be able to block everything out!
I mostly read on my bed :) sometimes I read in living room in the holiday morning
I read everywhere. In bed, on, trains, planes, and automobiles--even in the bathroom, in lines at the store--esp at Walmart on Saturday!
Yamilé wrote: "Hi. I also read whenever and wherever I can: home, bus, subway, waiting rooms at doctors, trips... People sometimes can't believe I'm going anywhere with 500 pages books :)I prefer home, though, a..."
I don't know why! More selective hearing as a kid? :D lol.
I can't read on the bus, cause someone always tries to talk to me in the middle of the best parts!
I always read upstairs in my bed to chill out. A nice hot chocolate, dimmed light and a low fat snack...but I'm having to adapt and read during the day on my computer as nearly all my read and review books are pdf files.
Erin wrote: "Yamilé wrote: "Hi. I also read whenever and wherever I can: home, bus, subway, waiting rooms at doctors, trips... People sometimes can't believe I'm going anywhere with 500 pages books :)I prefer ..."
Yeah what is it with that? When I'm on a bus with my nose in a book, complete strangers seem compelled to talk to me! 'What are you reading dear?' 'Go away, I'm getting to the big gory, decapitation scene, you nosey woman!'
I don't really like to read in my bed because it's not that comfortable because of the thing behind me when i sit. But that's my only place where my parents don't disturb me. I can't eat anything whilst reading, because most of my books are paperbacks and it gets really tricky to turn page while I have something in my hands.
I can't listen to music or have anything in the background, that just makes me less focused on the book I'm reading.
Not so good at reading at home anymore, rather use reading as an excuse to buy good coffee and sit on it for hours. Also am enjoying the extra time I'm spending lately on public transport - many pages being consumed.
Jennifer wrote: "Anywhere, I carry books around with me. While I cook, when in the car while husband is driving, any place I get a chance to."Pretty sad when you start selecting handbags by the number of books you can fit in it.
Anywhere! Anytime! My husband won a cruise to Alaska, and the best place ever was sitting on the top deck, reading a great book, and occasionally glancing up at the amazing scenery along the Inside Passage! Breathtaking!
Anywhere comfortable/peaceful:- Bedroom
- Library
- Cafe
- Car
- Bus
- Classroom
@Alana and Pat Lol how long are the stop lights?!
I can read anywhere but I prefer my fave comfy chair with a drink (can be anything)
I can read anywhere, but mostly I'm in bed, right before I go to sleep. Because if I start reading in the morning, I don't want to stop until the book is finished!
I usually read in bed, but if it's a really good book I'll read anywhere just to get a little further in the story.
I read hardcover books everywhere!! My cozy chair, my local Starbucks, a restaurant smoking and reading at the bar or in good weather, on a bench or outdoor table. And, thanks to my iPad and iPhone I always have a book with me. I like my iPad best for reading in bed. Obviously I'm not monogamous to my reading style preference. Ha!!!
I think part of the joy of reading is doing so in different environments for the atmosphere :)
Brie wrote: "I've always had a habit of being a night owl so I love reading at night when it's cool, quiet and dark (I read by a lamb or ereader) Then some instrumental music or maybe the tv on low volume."
I can relate
Erin wrote: "I think part of the joy of reading is doing so in different environments for the atmosphere :)"Yes.
I like to read in my bed. Usually, I read before I go to sleep. I like to read in quiet environment but sometimes I find myself read in cafe or restaurant but still, I prefer calm and quiet situations. I love coffee so coffee and book in hands are heaven! XP
Most of the time I read in bed. I can also read on the bus on my way to work, during my lunch brake at work i read as well and my co- workers are always teasing me, i can also read when I am cooking.
I mostly read in my bedroom with soft classical music playing in the background. It helps calm my nerves.Though on the other hand if i'm totally into a book and can't wait to grab it and continue reading(which is most of the time) I can read anywhere:
a crowded mall, in the bus, classroom you name. Though I don't think the bathroom goes into the list.
I curl up on the sofa, glass of single malt whiskey in hand. Usually with music playing in the back ground. My next favourite place is reading in bed. I much prefer reading in quiet surroundings where I can lose myself in the fiction, rather than in busier places where it's usually a good idea to remain a little more aware! :)
I like to read in bed with a movie I have seen so many times it because comforting white noise.
This fall for some reason I stopped taking long baths and reading. I was in the mood for showers. Have less time after work now. Perhaps when it gets a little colder again (if it ever does here) will want baths more.I don't read my kindle outside much (mainly when I read outside Im on my lunch break and it's not the best area, don't want to sit there with a tablet in the high homeless, crime population), and I also dislike reading in bed with a kindle because I like reading on my side and it keeps switching the page or the angle of it and bugging me. I definitely dont use it in the bath. So the kindle is restricted to me for the chair.
Paperbacks is what I use outside or in the bath and bed. It depends what book Im into.
Ive been doing something fun - been going and putting on old episodes of bewitched in the bedroom and reading with it on while drinking hot tea before bed. So fun. Ive never done that before. The TV is so rarely on in the bedroom, seriously, but I needed a break from always doing everything in the living room.
Emm wrote: "If I have a paperback, I'm going to read it in the tub. *ducks from all people who don't even like a crease in the pages* But if I'm reading Kindle books, I love a glass of wine and some classic ro..."Hey Emm! Kindred spirits in the reading enviro ... :-)
My sis would kill me on the 'creases' thing tho! (he he he)
