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How long do you read each day
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Apr 21, 2017 08:40PM
How many hours a day do you read? Does it depend on the day? And where do you like to read? Anywhere? Or a great chair, in bed, outside?
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Probably about 2 hrs a day, in my living room, on an upholstered chair with my feet up on a footstool. Some days much less, if I have errands to run.
I try and read for an hour before bed, although sometimes am too tires or in bed too late. I may also grab 10-30 minutes during breaks at work, although I haven't been doing so recently. I generally cycle or run to work, but on the occasions that I do use public transport that gives me another 40 minutes or so.And then there are the odd evenings or weekends that I will just sit on the sofa and read for a few hours straight.
Don't have a set amount of time, main reading places are lunch break, sitting with the foster cats and when I have a bath. I read more in the summer, when I can sit outside
I read on public transport, to and from uni which equates to around an hour. Then I try & read for an hour before bed. A lot of it depends on the book I'm reading too, especially if I'm near to the end, I'll probably read more in one day than usual. Or at weekends I tend to read more if I don't have other plans. I do love reading on public transport, headphones in and generally chilled by the rhythm of the bus or train!
If the book is very interesting,I read two to three hours a day.Never read in bed,but in my favorite chair preferably with a strong cup of coffee.
I read just about any time and place I have one hand free.As to how long I read each day, it's hard to calculate because I'll grab a few minutes here and there - taking a break from whatever I'm doing, while I'm eating, while I'm answering the call of nature - but I'd guess it would add up to about 3 hours daily.
I try to get 2 hours in per day, though that fell by the wayside within the last few months since I was writing my first book.
No matter the time, I love reading in bed with my dog curled up beside me and a cool drink within reaching distance. I read every day and because I do not watch regular television (but have the occasional glut-fest on Netflix) I am able to get a good amount of reading done. I like it to be silent when I read, but if I am out in public, alone, I can manage to go inward enough to read. Generally, I manage to read at least 2 hours a day but that is because I have retired from teaching, and if I want to read, I'll damn well take the time to read! Oh the joy of rebellious retirement!
I am also retired and love it every day!!
Also retired - so I have the time to read. So I'm not sure why it seems to me that I read more before I retired. I guess because I used to read on my daily commute and at lunch.Now I usually try to read for about minutes in the morning on a love seat in the living room. For a while I was trying to devote an hour to reading in a chair in my reading room, but I haven't been doing that lately. And, usually read on my kindle in the bedroom.
I'm retired, too, and read as much as I did when I was working. The reason there's no big jump in reading time now is I've taken over a lot of chores my wife used to do.I read when I'm watching TV at night and take a book with me whenever I'm going somewhere I think I might have to wait - like Docs' offices or car appointments.
I agree with the reply above "not long enough." I'm retired but live on property that's too darn big for husband and me, so we're spending too much time (imo) on chores trying to keep the place up. (He refuses to downsize; so here we stay.)
5-6 hours? Sometimes when I finish the book.
I read every night in bed before sleep. usually till I drift off holding my kindle. anything from 10 mins to 1 hour or more
I read every morning 3 chapter (unless I have to go to work). Sometimes I may read again later in the day or night. But always every morning.
I read every morning as well. I also turn off my tv in the afternoon for an hour and a half and of course I read every night before going to sleep.
I read every night. My goal is to read at least a chapter per day, i'm always able to read more than that but you never know. I get more free time over the weekends.
I read whenever there's opportunity. Since I live alone, I can read while having my meals. When there's nothing worth watching on TV (most of the time). During ads when I do watch TV. While waiting for an appointment. Lots of opportunities, and I take advantage of all.
I go to bed early and read for a couple of hours. I keep a couple of magazines in the bathroom and a book in my purse. I look up things online and read about them. I was talking with my dad today about his macular degeneration and how he can only read for 30 minutes before his vision goes. He misses reading books. Reading is such a big part of my life, I just don't want to think about not being able to do it. Given a choice, I'd give up hearing, taste, and smell before losing my sight.
I'm retired and can't go a day without reading. In bed in the morning with a piece of toast and cup of tea while my husband interrupts me asking crossword clues. In the afternoon in my recliner or on the sofa with my dog sprawled over my lap. And in the early evening in bed is a favorite time. Probably at least 3 hours a day. I'm truly loving it. I take my kindle with me everywhere.
How many hours a day do you read? Does it depend on the day? And where do you like to read? Anywhere? Or a great chair, in bed, outside?
Two hours in the morning (I have insomnia) and two hours at night, before Melatonin finally kicks in and I fall asleep. In bed. With a bright reading lamp (100 Watt).So far I've read 64 books this year (my Reading Challenge is 180 books in 2022). I think I can make it. :)
Patricia wrote: "I'm retired and can't go a day without reading. In bed in the morning with a piece of toast and cup of tea while my husband interrupts me asking crossword clues. In the afternoon in my recliner or ..."I prefer hardcover books, don't like e-books (they don't have most of the older novels).
Our white German shepherd is jealous of me reading so much and always sniffs at my books. :)
Scout wrote: "I go to bed early and read for a couple of hours. I keep a couple of magazines in the bathroom and a book in my purse. I look up things online and read about them. I was talking with my dad today a..."A few years ago an eye doctor falsely diagnosed me with glaucoma, so I bought 50+ of my favorite novels on audio books, so I can listen to them once my vision would be gone.
Fortunately it turned out not to be glaucoma and I can still read 4+ hours a day (I'm retired).
But I'm sad about the fact that most of my favorite novels are not available as audio books. They only focus on new books. :(
J.R. wrote: "I read whenever there's opportunity. Since I live alone, I can read while having my meals. When there's nothing worth watching on TV (most of the time). During ads when I do watch TV. While waiting..."When the previous US president was elected in 2016 whom I disliked, I ignored him on the news whenever they had a short feature on him. Instead I read a book. I got a lot of books done that way between 2016 and 2020. :)
Christine wrote: "I prefer hardcover books, don't like e-books (they don't have most of the older novels)."I'm finding that they have more and more of the older books. There is however, a gap between 1980-2000 where a lot of books have no yet been released in digital format. Gutenberg is excellent for old, old books
Plus I can't imagine carrying around hardcover books of the 4 books I'm currently reading (probably break my back/shoulder)
That said, I read at least two hours a day in various places: bed, car, bathroom (have an ancient Kindle I use in there), waiting on my husband to get out of class, doctor's appointment or emergency room visit.
2-3 hrs/day....preferably on my deck
I read between 2 and 2 and a half hours. I read in the car when my husband goes into the grocery store.
CBRetriever wrote: "Christine wrote: "I prefer hardcover books, don't like e-books (they don't have most of the older novels)."I'm finding that they have more and more of the older books. There is however, a gap bet..."
I have a hardcover book in my car in case I get stuck in a traffic jam. I carry another hardcover book in my purse on those days when I have doc appointments. Next week I'll bring a hardcover book onto the plane to Europe.
O.k., I admit that I'm old-fashioned. :)
I don't like to surround myself with electronics if I can avoid it. For centuries people read hardcover books and in my generation we are supposed to change to e-book? I simply refuse!
I read for about an hour each night before going to sleep, and on weekends also in the morning while having breakfast in bed. In addition I read in airports, on planes and trains and on the beach in the summer. When we're out driving my husband and I sometimes listen to audio books. My average per day is approximately two hours.
Christine wrote: "Next week I'll bring a hardcover book onto the plane to Europe."unless the trip was overnight, that would never be enough to hold me for a European trip. I'm 70 years old and made the transition to electric books (except for cookbooks) easily
but to each their own
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Up to half an hour in the morning while I wait for the pill so I can take others pills to take effect; half an hour or so at lunch, up to an hour in the evening; hour or three at night (sometimes more) while I wait to fall asleep. This does not count the reading I do while watching TV throughout the day and evening. The night reading is usually e-book, as is much of the reading while watching TV. E-books became a real option for me when arthritis came to call on my hands. But I do have a vast amount of paperbacks and hardcovers taking up space throughout the house.
Ed wrote: "How many hours a day do you read? Does it depend on the day? And where do you like to read? Anywhere? Or a great chair, in bed, outside?"I read at least 2 hours a day, sometimes more, although some days I get busy & don't get much reading done. From 6:00 - 8:00 pm, I sit in my wing chair in the living room & read. I read at least another hour at night, after I get in bed.
And when I can, I sit on the patio and read; in springtime & fall, that's in the afternoon. In summer, it's early in the morning before the heat gets too bad.
CBRetriever wrote: "Christine wrote: "Next week I'll bring a hardcover book onto the plane to Europe."unless the trip was overnight, that would never be enough to hold me for a European trip. I'm 70 years old and ma..."
It's overnight and I'll take a sleeping pill. But even on our many day flights to London I couldn't read all 400 pages of a Peter Robinson DCI Banks novel. I'm a slow reader.
Jan C wrote: "Up to half an hour in the morning while I wait for the pill so I can take others pills to take effect; half an hour or so at lunch, up to an hour in the evening; hour or three at night (sometimes m..."We have about 2.000 books spread all over the house in 24 large book cases (but 9 of those bookcases are filled with our DVD collection).
I immigrated with 1.500 books to the US in 2002, but as I buy on an average 30 to 40 books per year, it must be over 2.000 by now.
Of course I sort out books from time to time. I only keep those that I want to re-read again as I've noticed that over the past 10 to 15 years less and less good novels have been published.
I try to get at least 2 - 3 hours in every day. Also, I take a book with me wherever I go.
I usually get at least 1-1.5 hours a day depending on how physically/mentally drained I am–I'm a high school teacher so sometimes I get home and all I want is sleep. But I've been reading during my lunch breaks while I eat and it relaxes me a little. At least I get summer/winter/spring breaks to make up for my lack of reading during the year.
I read more in the summer than in the cold seasons as I don't like summer heat, so I spend more time indoors and read a lot.
Keli wrote: "I try to get at least 2 - 3 hours in every day. Also, I take a book with me wherever I go."Me too Keli -- a paperback fits nicely in my purse. And if I ever ran out of paperbacks (highly unlikely!) I could tote my Kindle. Never a moment without reading!
I'm near-sighted, no paperbacks for me. Just hardcovers.
CBRetriever wrote: "Christine wrote: "Next week I'll bring a hardcover book onto the plane to Europe."unless the trip was overnight, that would never be enough to hold me for a European trip. I'm 70 years old and ma..."
2 - 3 hours a day for me. Also near that age and although still own around 2000 physical books, seldom pick them up. Audio while walking the dog and working out, ebook the rest of the time. Ebooks on any trips also as can load up several and much easier to carry.
John wrote: "CBRetriever wrote: "Christine wrote: "Next week I'll bring a hardcover book onto the plane to Europe."unless the trip was overnight, that would never be enough to hold me for a European trip. I'm..."
I cannot find my favorite authors in e-books. :(
Christine wrote: "I cannot find my favorite authors in e-books. :("out of curiosity, who?
Mostly books from the 1980's and 1990's. I could already find hardly any of them on audio books.From my husband reading his Kindle, I got the impression that they offer 95% new unknown authors (who really don't interest me) and maybe 5% classics like Thackeray, Brontë and Charles Dickens who equally don't entice me.
And for those few books that I like that they might offer on e-book, it's really not worth changing from hardcovers to e-books.
as audio books take way longer to make and probably aren't as lucrative, I doubt a lot of older books will ever show up in Audible versions. If you can handle computerized reading a lot of the Kindle books have text to speech available for them
CBRetriever, I'm a bit scared of the side effects that the so-called blue light from screens has on our eyes. So I try to limit my screen time at the computer and avoid e-books entirely.
