Katrina1968 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Can you read with your telly or radio on or does it have to be completely silent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I tend to need complete silence. If something else is on in the background, I usually can't picture characters/events because I find it hard to concentrate. I can usually block out other people though, meaning I can read in a crowded room or on a bus. But for some reason, not with the tv or music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 I honestly cant remember the last time I read in complete silence. There is ALWAYS somone home and they ALWAYS have something on and with my grandwobbler constantly on the prowl, I have learned (long ago) how to read with all the noise, or else I'd never read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 If I'm completely sucked into the book, then there could be a riot going on and I could still read. But if I'm finding the book hard to get into, then a fly daring to enter the room will bother me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I need quiet, but not silence necessarily. But things like TV and radio are too distracting for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 It doesn't matter what background noise there is, I still get completely caught up in whatever book I'm reading! My mum often says that a bomb could go off and I wouldn't realise if I had my head in a book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookBee8 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 That's what I can get like, Scarlet! I was reading a really great book recently and apparently my mum was talking to me for ages, even saying my name a few times. I didn't know at all! I was too busy in a different world. Cocktail party effect did not work at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funrun Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 somedays I can read with all the noise other days it has to be quiet:readingtwo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 I honestly dont know if I could concentrate if it were completely quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I used to be able to read with a lot of noise but I find that I need a quieter environment these days. Thankfully my trains are usually full of sleeping/reading commuters, so it's nice and quiet. I'm easily distracted by the TV though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I am quite lucky that I can read with the television/music on, I grew up in a very noisy household (my brothers, my sister, their friends and so on..), so it does not bother me although sometimes I do need a bit of silence, most of the time when our television is on, its just background noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I read a lot at bedtime, which means my BF is in bed watching tv, so I just try and tune it out, but like someone else said above, sometimes I'm fine and it doesn't bother me at all, and other times it's distracting and I can't concentrate very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Me and a book in front of telly have about the same chance as the famous snowball in hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 I can only read in bed during the daytime (weekends). If I attempt to read it at night, I'm reading it with my eyelids closed. Too many times my family has had to take the book off my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I regularly wake up with my glasses still on and a book clutched in my hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I regularly wake up with my glasses still on and a book clutched in my hand Me too ScarletBella!, my husband fall me asleep last week with my glasses on and my book over my face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Glad I'm not the only one Have you ever had the print rub off on your face? That's happened to me a time or three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Glad I'm not the only one Have you ever had the print rub off on your face? That's happened to me a time or three It probably has and knowing me, I have not noticed and went to work with text over my face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blithe Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I usually read with music in the background and I sometimes read in front of the tv - noise doesn't bother me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi. Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 It probably has and knowing me, I have not noticed and went to work with text over my face I know I have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I need silence when I read. I live by myself so that is not normally a problem. I like to read before bed. It is a time when I am comfortable and feel settled. It is a quite time and a perfect time for me to read. If I do read in front of the TV it has to be on mute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 No silence needed- I usually read in front of the TV when my husband watchs something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I don't need silence, but I can't read while the television is on and I can hear it, so I tend to put earphones in and listen to some music to drown out the television and concentrate on my book. I can read anywhere and everywhere using this method, so I'll read at my desk during my lunchbreak, in the car while waiting to pick up someone, in a cafe or coffee shop (my favourite reading place!) or anywhere else I might find myself with 5 minutes to spare. The only thing is, the music must be either instrumental (e.g. classical or jazz) or the singing must be in a foreign language (e.g. flamenco or latin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickwick Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I don't need silence but find loud music distracting.I read at every opportunity always read in bed,and usually fall asleep with my face in the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitra Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Unless there's something interested on TV, it doesn't bother me, I can read with it on. But I never listen to music and read a book in the same time, because my concentration focuses on one of the two. Either I will read or listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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