When do you read?

[FishAndChips]

You lot seem to read so much! I've only read a handful of books this year, so what's the secret? Do you read superfast or do you spend every spare minute reading?

I tend to read in bed and not necessarily every night. Occasionally I will read in the evenings or (rarely) in the garden if its sunny and I have some free time.

How about you?

[Nici76]

I read when I have time, which unfortunately is not very often at the moment. :irked:

I read every afternoon in the car outside the school for half an hour, and then any more than that is a bonus!

In the summer I tend to read more as I will sit in the garden reading, however when I am indoors I find too many other things to distract me.

I never used to be like this, it's only been the past 6 months or so that I have been struggling to read... :(

[happyanddandy]

I read every evening before going to sleep sometimes quite late. I am currently trying to read at points during the day as well.

[Michelle]

Nici, I also read outside the school. Although, that's not so easy now, as my 3 year old doesn't always nap, and wants my attention!

I also grab 10 minutes in the bath, and another 10 before I fall asleep!

[aromaannie]

I read every night in bed, a bit during the day, loads in the garden when it's sunny. On average probably 1-2 hours a day

[linda321]

I read in bed at night for about half an hour. I just can't seem to find time during the day! I really look forward to my bedtime reading, and if I'm at a good place in the book, might even go to bed early!

[Icecream]

I also grab 10 minutes in the bath, and another 10 before I fall asleep!

I often struggle to even have a bath quickly enough sometimes. Katie often wakes up as I go back to the bedroom.

I usually read when I am feeding bubbly, but it depends if she is being fussy or not. At the moment, as she is going to bed a bit earlier I am reading in the evenings between her and my bedtime. Next week that will change.

[Sofia]

usually in the evening, but I also manage to sneak in a page or two here and there.

[FishAndChips]

if I'm at a good place in the book, might even go to bed early!

Me too!!

[FishAndChips]

So you all dont have that much more reading time than me.

Well you must all be super fast readers then. Either that or i'm super slow :)

[scottishbookworm]

I like to read in bed!

at the moment I've got "Wicked" by Jilly cooper I've Just started it I bought it last night.

:readingtwo:

[Nici76]

Nici, I also read outside the school. Although, that's not so easy now, as my 3 year old doesn't always nap, and wants my attention!

I won't be able to do my reading outside the school for much longer as come September Robbie will be walking to and from school (yay - no more school run!) and i will be increasing my work hours, so I will have to try and sqeeze in half an hour somewhere else in my day.....

[Kell]

I don't watch much TV, so reading is my main source of entertainment. I read during my tea breaks and lunch hour every day at work, and every night while I'm soaking in the bath for between 30 mins and an hour. I also occasionally read in bed for about half an hour before sleeping (I have a dandy little book light so I won't disturb Dale, who falls asleep within 5 minutes of his head hitting the pillow most nights). Occasionally, if Dale's watching something I'm not bothered about, i'll sit on the sofa next to him and read a book.

I also listen to audio books every day whilst walking to and from work (about 1/2 an hour each way) and when i'm walking about town at the weekends.

[FishAndChips]

So that's how you get through so many books! Ok I dont feel so bad now. I was beginning to think I was the worlds slowest reader.

I've never been able to read in the bath. Don't the pages go all wiggly at the edges from the moisture?

ETA actually audio books sound like a good idea, I could listen to them in the car.

[Polka Dot Rock]

Weekdays, I tend to read in bed every night. When the weather's better, I often read in the evenings in the nice armchairs in the conservatory bit of our house.

On weekends, I can go insane and read for hours which is really how I read a book-a-week!

[Kell]

I've never been able to read in the bath. Don't the pages go all wiggly at the edges from the moisture?Because of my passing out at inopportune moments, I'm not supposed to lock the bathroom door when I'm in there, in case I pass out in the bath and go under and drown, so I leave the door open too (well, there's only me and Dale there anyway), which means the room doesn't steam up at all, hence no rippled pages. ;)

I don't tend to read so much on weekends, as that's when I get out and about and catch up with dull houseworky-type things, but that's where the audio books come in handy. I can't imagine not having books handy on my iPod now that I've started!

Also, I was on holiday for a week in April and I did pretty much nothing but read the entire time - that notched up quite a few books. I have a long weekend next week, so I'll probably do a lot of reading then too. I have 2 weeks in August, and we'll be going away to stay with friends for a week, so there'll be a train journey each way and reading at night in bed, then a week of reading in the sun when we get home too - LOADS of reading time.

Another week in November will get me through another 4 or 5 books straight (but this time curled up under a duvet!).

A lot of my reading seems to get done in bursts like that - LOL!

[Polka Dot Rock]

Ah yes, I love holidays for reading time!! It's like my own personal annual challenge :lol:

[JudyB]

I just grab moments in which I can read - if I'm ready for work early I'll read for half an hour, I read during the day if I'm not too busy, early evening and on weekends in the morning.

[lovesreading06]

I used to read at nights during the week. I just get so tired now. I just tend to read at weekends mainly at nights.

[kitty_kitty]

I am not working at the minute but if i try to read through the day i feel very guilty

[Moonchild]

Usually whenever I can find some spare time!

If the weather's good I'll read outside in the garden. If I'm on nightshift I'll take my book with me & if its quiet I'll be able to get loads read.

Occasionally in the evenings I'll curl up on the sofa with a book but I rarely read in bed these days.

I'm heading off on holiday tomorrow - have rented a cottage on a little island so loads of books are coming with me. I'm staying almost a fortnight so I'm hoping to get loads read. A totally relaxing break - just me, my dog, long walks & my books. :D

[Squawk]

Like most people here in bed usually at night and when I wake up. Go into the small hours of the morning most times (actually gets easier to read as it gets later, I think), especially when I'm having bouts.

Also I can never put aside proper time with it like you can other things which annoys me. I have to go from chapter to chapter or I completely lose my thread, and I think you get a better idea of what the author is going for...maybe...

[Kylie]

I do very little reading at home - I get easily distracted by what's on TV or I decide to watch a DVD. On weekends I usually have grand ambitions to read about 100 pages but end up going to work on Monday having read nothing :irked: I've been getting a bit better lately and turning off the telly so I can concentrate on reading.

Luckily I have a long commute to work so I read while waiting for the train, then while on the train (until I fall asleep), then while going up/down escalators and lifts. Then I read at morning tea and lunch (an hour and a half all up), although sometimes I bring my laptop to work and watch DVDs at my desk instead. I keep thinking I should get away from my desk and go for a nice walk, but then I think of all the reading time I'll miss out on and I give up on the idea :lol:

[Squawk]

Ooooh reading in public? Could never do that, people would distract me far more than electrical appliances.

I'd be fine until some guy with a weird haircut comes along. ":readingtwo:, Oh wait no that's wrong, why??!? What is...just a bird nested and...what was this book about again? :doh:"

[Gyre]

I read on the bus (I mentioned that before) but it is proving difficult, I was (trying) to read 'Lady Oracle' today on the bus and this man (who was drunk) kept shouting, so I read the same line about four times x

[Pilgrim]

Before bed and when I get home from work - to relax - and probably fall asleep for a while. I was sick a while back and read and slept and read and slept. I don't read a lot - I'm guessing about two books a month - looking back at the purchase dates of books.

[Kylie]

Ooooh reading in public? Could never do that, people would distract me far more than electrical appliances.

I'd be fine until some guy with a weird haircut comes along. ":readingtwo:, Oh wait no that's wrong, why??!? What is...just a bird nested and...what was this book about again? :doh:"

:lol:

I can get easily distracted in public too. I often read the same lines over and over again or I have to put on my iPod to drown out noisy people. If I'm reading a 'light' book I can listen to any music and it won't distract me, but if it's a 'heavy' read then I can only listen to instrumental music. It's way too easy for me to get distracted anywhere, at any time (even when I'm by myself in a quiet room I'll start thinking about something else - I'm my own worst enemy).

[kitty_kitty]

(I have a dandy little book light so I won't disturb Dale, who falls asleep within 5 minutes of his head hitting the pillow most nights).

I have just bought one off ebay, OH has banned me from reading funny books as i chortle alot

[kitty_kitty]

I am not working at the minute but if i try to read through the day i feel very guilty

I actually i fib i had an hour maybe 2 lay in with the cat off my avatar and the lurcher as it was raining and Mr Diggs the lurcher doesn't do rain unless we are going for a long fun walk, (which we are this aftrenoon) my lurcher is adamant he gets his 20hours of sleep a ady. But now i have had to dash about like a loon doing housework before OH comes home

[madcow]

I'm heading off on holiday tomorrow - have rented a cottage on a little island so loads of books are coming with me. I'm staying almost a fortnight so I'm hoping to get loads read. A totally relaxing break - just me, my dog, long walks & my books. :D
Sounds like heaven, enjoy Moonchild.

[kitty_kitty]

I'm heading off on holiday tomorrow - have rented a cottage on a little island so loads of books are coming with me. I'm staying almost a fortnight so I'm hoping to get loads read. A totally relaxing break - just me, my dog, long walks & my books. :D

Ooooh what dog you got?

Any room for me my heap of TBR and a naughty lurcher?

[Moonchild]

Sounds like heaven, enjoy Moonchild.

Thank you Jules!

[Moonchild]

Ooooh what dog you got?

Any room for me my heap of TBR and a naughty lurcher?

I've got a mad little Westie!

Of course, but hurry up, I'm leaving in half an hour :D

[angerball]

I'm not working at the moment, so you'd figure I have more time to read, but for some reason I don't. Something else always gets in the way. :lol: I do prefer to read in the evenings and at night, but my problem is that I'm quite easily distracted and restless. Like I'll be reading, but then I'll remember that I have to do the dishes. Instead of leaving them, it'll keep bugging me, so I have to put book down and do the dishes. Then, I'll see something else that needs doing, and I start doing that. :roll: Once I've gotten all the other things out of the way, I'm not in the mood to read - I usually prefer to zone out and watch TV or a film, or do something else. :roll: :lol:

[madcow]

Ooooh what dog you got?

Any room for me my heap of TBR and a naughty lurcher?
Aww love lurchers, any pics Kitty?

[JudyB]

I am not working at the minute but if i try to read through the day i feel very guilty

Yes I suffer from a similar guilt - somedays reading feels like a guilty secret - I get round it by 'earning' the time (stupid I know) I'll do a task and then 'treat' myself to some reading time. If I know there's jobs to be done around the house then it distracts me.

[Liz]

I tend to settle down more in the evenings and read. I am usually doing different things during the day, so I don't have much time to read.

[Icecream]

You see now I like to read in the evenings too, but if I leave it during the day I often find I can't be bothered, like I've waited to long (similar to not sleeping when you should and getting overtired), so I find time in the day too.

[kitty_kitty]

Aww love lurchers, any pics Kitty?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/irnmnky/100_1674.jpg

This is Mr Diggs

[FishAndChips]

Aww cute dog kitty.

I'm ill at the moment so have done loads of reading during the day and it feels wierd cos I usually read at night. Also feel kind of guilty that i'm not doing more productive things but then i'm ill so i cant do much else.

I hate being ill its boring! I'm even getting fed up of reading!

[Fay]

As soon as Lauren is in bed I pick up my book. Sometimes I have to admit, that it is to avoid having to speak to my husband, if he has been particularly annoying or opinionated that day, by about eight o clock I have usually had enough soI bury my head in a book!!!:lol:

[Icecream]

Yes, a good way to get space in a relationship is to immerse in a book. I know I can be very annoying to Drex, so I stay out of his way and also read to keep myself from getting into the erratic state that annoys him.

[kitty_kitty]

After living with SIl i find reading a good way to escape the "aren't i great" conversations where she tells me how great and im portant she is and i can hide behind my book and pull faces and giggle

[Kell]

In my coffee break today, one of my colleagues came over to me and said, "You must be really happy in your own company - you always go off and sit by yourself."

I replied, "But I'm not by myself - I've got an entire cast of characters sitting right here with me and filling my head with their stories."

He laughed at that and recommended the Cross Stitch series by Diana Gabaldon to me when he realised I was reading historical fiction.

It's funny the things that happen when you're reading in your coffee break!

[Essexgirl]

I read at work at lunch time, in bed, when there's nothing on TV (which is most of the time now). I am a quick reader, always have been. I go through a book in, on average ,2/3 days

[newwriter19]

i read when i have time wich is hardly ever these days since i got a full time job but i love my weekends thats when i do most of my catch up reading

[Karen]

I tend to read whenever I can. Mostly in the evenings before bed as it helps me relax, but I also try and read in the morning too if I have a spare half hour before having to leave for work - which doesn't happen very often. I also take my book to work with me and read in my lunch hour too.

[KW]

In the bath at night.