Favourite way to read a book!!

trajan

ok, use your eyes, yuk yuk, but seriously I was watching the view last night and one of the reviewers talked about sitting up in bed with a big tub of icecream and his book. Going to bed early etc. Does anyone have any particular way to set themselkves up for a good read?
Personally, depending on the time of day, I enjoy a nice hot tea and plateful of wretchedly gorgeous chocolate biscuits...

SantaHoe

I can't see how a tub of icecream is going to add to your enjoyment of a book (unless it's a book about icecream).
I prefer not to have distractions like food or having to sit upright... I just read sideways with my head on the pillow and my elbow holding the page open... mmmm I haven't slept all night, so this is sounding really good right about now

Spalk0

I prefer it with a couple of cans to be honest!.....you'lll notice yourself slowly getting drunker and more into it!hehe

Jim

I've just rearranged my room so I have a nice little corner spot on the floor for reading now. I don't like having food etc.. with me.

John

In bed preferably.

If I'm on the luas I tend to listen to music as a read.

SprostonGreen

Peace and quiet. Sometimes even car horns outside can distract me.

Mr E

In bed for me.... Either at night, or for 2 or 3 hours on a Sunday morning.

cajun_tiger

Trigger! wrote:

I prefer it with a couple of cans to be honest!.....you'lll notice yourself slowly getting drunker and more into it!hehe

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Ba_barbaraAnne

Favourite place to read is definitely in bed, as comfortable as possible. No distractions, mug of hot chocolate, some nibbles and then get lost in whatever I'm reading.

I'll read anywhere though, and if the book is good enough then it takes a lot to distract me!

misswex

As most people - in bed, sometimes I like to have a bit of easy-listening music on!!!

Pure relaxation

Dr. Loon

I'll read anywhere if there's nothing better to do! Although I currently end up reading late at night in bed. Sometimes with beer.

cajun_tiger

anywhere reall but quite

Spalk0

Yes Cajun Tiger i do read and you know that! ....Yeah generally its got to be quiet with no other distractions like tv or music!.....I just keep looking away then and get nowhere!

gogo

Anywhere quiet and warm, have taken to reading on the train lately which i have never been able to do before because i always lose concentration.
But if its a 'un-putdownable' i can generally read it anywhere.

But in bed is best.

RE*AC*TOR

Best place to read is on a relatively empty train.
Save that, a café with comfortable seats and good coffee.

simu

Somewhere peaceful, comfortable.

I can't read and eat at the same time.

When you really get into a book, you forget about your body being there at all.

LoLth

cafe or.... a pub! strange but true. it's a nice way to unwind and pints last for hours when the book is good.

cajun_tiger

i read in the rain yesterday.... was strange.... but really needed to finish that book

gogo

LoLth wrote:

cafe or.... a pub! strange but true. it's a nice way to unwind and pints last for hours when the book is good.

Very strange, do you not lose concentration very easily?
I would never think of going into a pub to read, altho it does combine two of my favourite hobbies so maybe i'll have to reconsider. I do read in cafe's
but it would be my least favourite way of reading a book, I always feel obliged to leave once I have finished my food, tea etc, and therefore I can't really get stuck into a book.

seamus

On the toilet. I can't get comfortable anywhere else.

If I read in bed, on my side, then I get pins and needles in my hand from holding my head, and then have to roll on my back, and hold the book up, which then gets uncomfortable again....

On my stomach, book in front of me works, but my shoulders and neck get sore after a while.

narommy

seamus wrote:

but my shoulders and neck get sore after a while.

I find that putting a pillow under your chest helps.

Cactus Col

sitting on the outside seat of the bus, while the person sitting beside me falls asleep and takes up three quarters of the seat and the person standing beside constantly pokes me with their umbrella or hitting me in the head with their elbows. .... it's the only way I can get comfy

FruitLover

Lying on my side; when I get tired, I'll switch sides.

Sarky

In bed, mostly. But I'm very fond of reading in a comfy chair (or curling up on a couch, if there's room) by a good fire in cold weather. Christmas is great for it.

Sleepy

Lying on my stomach with a pillow under my chest and the duvet pulled up to just cover my shoulders.

Failing that, lying back on the couch with a hot fire going after Christmas dinner (guess what I'm looking forward to doing on Christmas day?)

But these days I tend to do a large amount of my reading on the train, great way to make the journey go quicker!

rob1891

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

Best place to read is on a relatively empty train.
Save that, a café with comfortable seats and good coffee.

What this man said! On a train travelling somewhere far away to meet someone you're dying to see. Failing that, on a train leaving behind a dear friend for what could be a very long time. It's a great way to take your mind of the anticipation/regret and everything aquires some kind of poignancy.

Planes aren't near as nice, too much white noise, the train has a rythem to it's motion.

Tiriel

oooh in bed all tucked up with a cup of tea, some bickies and plenty of munchies.. nice and cosey If I'm reading on a bus or train I have to have my earphones on.. music all the way to drown out all the muttery spluttery background noise!!

Kazujo

In bed, before I go to sleep and sometimes just after. The added bonus is you stay in bed longer and feel some sense of achievement as you progress in the book (something I haven't done much of lately)

theCzar

I'll read anywhere at all, the best is probably sitting in deckchair on a warm august afternoon, you know the ones, the slightest brezze to facilitate turning the pages if you set up your chair right. No drinks/food, as these cause increased biological demands.

I've come home locked a few times, and started reading, i read the first two hundred pages of War and Peace, where the introduction to all the characters is done, I picked up where i left off the next morning and hadn't a clue what the hell was going on, so i had to start again, also reading made my hangover substantially worse. So no beer.

Alana

Curled up, lying on my side, prefrably snug in bed r sitting with my knees up, or legs crossed...i cant study in college unless i can sit with my legs crossed in an indian kinda position...v strange, but it works..

echomadman

In a hammock, in a hot country, by the ocean with a few pre-rolled spliffs by my side. I got through 2 books a day for 2 months in this manner.
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failing that, on the couch in my room, background music on, with aforementioned accessories, I must get round to making and putting up a hammock in the room though, they hold you in the optimum reading position without the need for constant repositioning you get when reading in bed/lying on the couch.

Concannon7

Sitting up in bed or lying on my stomach in bed. I also like to read lying down on the couch, but rarely ever do that as I'm always interupted.

luckat

seamus wrote:

On the toilet. I can't get comfortable anywhere else.

Eww, really, really not good for you. Presses the intestines downwards.

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

On a really comfortable chair or on the bus... I read it bed every night but it's not my favourite.

bcKay

In bed or in a big comfy chair by the fire all curled up. I will read anywher but background noise 'wakes me up' and I can't get lost in the book.

RainyDay

luckat wrote:

Eww, really, really not good for you. Presses the intestines downwards.

I have to confess that I do my best reading in the crapper too. Why is this not good for you - It can't be that much different to the sitting position in any chair.

seamus

RainyDay wrote:

I have to confess that I do my best reading in the crapper too. Why is this not good for you - It can't be that much different to the sitting position in any chair.

Except there's a big hole (under your own).

windowgazer

theCzar wrote:

I've come home locked a few times, and started reading, i read the first two hundred pages of War and Peace, where the introduction to all the characters is done, I picked up where i left off the next morning and hadn't a clue what the hell was going on, so i had to start again, also reading made my hangover substantially worse. So no beer.

I've read after drinking a few times and its actually quite nice! You get alot more from it at the time. But, yes, the downside is that i can never remember what i read or at least any significant details so I'm back to square 1 again. but isn't that the nature of being tipsy?

Naos

god damn this thread...

here i am sittin with a nice couple of beers, in preparation for going out, and now i want to read. sigh. Generally find on my sofa bed sitting up is pretty cool, that or on the floor back against the sofa. Cant read on my stomach, though i used to as a kid. Dont have to travel far ever so dont really read like that..

*Angel*

Before going to sleep and on me side
Tiredness = falling asleep = book falling (i have a couch under my bed) = wrecked book on the floor = me pissed off with falling asleep next morning :mad:

That's why good books totally deprive me of sleep, I try to stay awake aslong as I can but you can't stop the inevitable.

Shrimp

i like to read it cover to cover.. Back to front!

Drakon

I tend to be able to read anytime anywhere. I would probably do most of my reading at night though as I tend to stay up pretty late 4/5 am usually. I also speed read so I can finish a book in a day if I want so Ill usually keep going if its late and there are a 100 or more page left.

sheilak

In bed, falling asleep in the middle of a sentence. I'm a slow reader at night as a result. Mornings very good for study, I find. Nothing nicer than munching egg on toast and swigging coffee while sitting up in bed reading.

Vamp IRL

In bed when the house is quiet or in the bath with a nice glass of wine

superconor

in my bed, on my side, or in the armchair beside the sofa in the downstairs sitting room, or in the conservatory on a rainy day with no bright sunlight. a glass of lemonade and silence. music interrupts my involvement. things like clocks ticking or the wind are good though sometimes.