Great reads for Christmas. Win over £500 worth of amazing books!

In the summer I love to either read in the summer house at the bottom of the garden with no phone for distraction or on the beach with the sound of the waves.
In the winter I enjoy a lie in of a morning with a book - I fall asleep if I read in bed at night and loose my place!

In bed, V cushion behind me and 2 cats keeping me company. Bliss.

We have a really wide staircase, I like to grab a cushion and curl up on the top step! Very random but I find its nice and peaceful with no distractions (no one else hangs out at the top of the stairs)

On the sofa next to the log burning stove.

Generally I love snuggling up to read a good book on my sofa, in our king sized bed or in the corner of a library or bookshop; but I have often dreamed of owning my own bookshop with an independent coffee/tea shop and nook with arm chairs like those in the Lempsip ad to "try before you buy"! I would call it The Book End and have children's reading groups and mum-to-be and mother's coffee mornings.

I love to read on holiday if I win this lovely prize I will have to book a few holidays.

Curled up on the sofa, blanket over the knees, feet up on the sofa

In bed at bedtime. With a hot water bottle in winter.

In summer on my lounger on the patio, in winter curled up in my bed!

Well my most favourite place to read is in a hot bubble bath, my second favourite place is curled up on a comfy sofa in front of an open fire with someone on hand to make me hot chocolate etc but NOT interrupt me!!

I love to curl up in a very hot bubble bath, undisturbed, with my book!

Feet up, cushions for comfort, on any decent sofa anywhere!

My lifetime favourite place to read was a mimosa tree we had outside our house in Cyprus when my father was posted there. It had a branch like a chair in it and enough foliage and blossom to hide me when I was being called for at washing up time, etc.! It was always another world where I was wrapped up in the life spun out for me in the book I was reading.

Anywhere is my favourite place to read, if the book is good enough.
For the magic of a good book is that it takes you away from the here and now and draws you somewhere else.

I've never missed my stop or station on the bus or train because I was reading, but I've had a few close shaves...

Sat in my armchair at home, I've looked up to discover that it's 2 am already and I have work in the morning... or in bed, that it's 3 am and the same applies.

And it has to be a book for me. So often a book drops from my hands as I fall asleep (at home, not on public transport!). I suspect a Kindle wouldn't last long in my house.

Definitely in a warm bed on a cold night. In summer, sitting by the sea.

My Favourite place depends on the time of the year, In the garden during the summer, but during these months, its tucked up in bed with the electric blanket been on. toasty.

When it is cold and wintry, my favourite place to read is in bed

I read all over the house - there is even a selection of books in the 'smallest room'!
However, my favourite place of all is my bed - in the winter all snuggled and cosy under the duvet with electric blanket heating my bones, in the summer lying atop the duvet with the open window allowing a cool breeze to float across the room. I am sure this stems from childhood, when my grandmother, great aunt (who lived together) and my mother all read in bed before they went to sleep - it was the only free time they had throughout the entire day for such a luxury! Reading matter was obtained from the fortnightly mobile library van, which had a notice over the door which said 'Duck - or grouse' and a specific smell - how I miss that smell! My mother chose books for me as I would be at school at the library's visit time and introduced me to some lovely authors. This has given me quite an eclectic taste and I read (almost) anything, so a collection such as this would be a fabulous Christmas gift - though I doubt I'd leave my bed till June - perhaps I'll give notice on my job later, just in case .....

My favourite place to read? Absolutely anywhere.

It is earlyish on a summer's evening (say 7.30pm) & we are at my static caravan by the sea. The heat of the day is receding & the light is starting to fade.
In the second bedroom are 2 freshly showered children, already in their PJs, waiting for a bedtime story, which they have agreed without argument. My chores are done & in the fridge awaits a delicious light supper & a perfectly chilled bottle of wine.
The story is enjoyed by all, kisses exchanged & they settle for the night immediately, exhausted by their day of seaside fun.

YEAH, RIGHT, IN MY DREAMS!

In reality it's more likely to be 8.00pm & they will not have had a shower.
Their bedroom will be hotter than the hottest thing you can think of & there will be a variety of reasons for not having the window open. One (3yrs) may settle fairly quickly but the 5yr old will find numerous reasons over the next hour or so to come out of their room to share some perceived problem.

Eventually all will go quiet, can she possibly be asleep? Dare I go & check? No!

Yes, they are asleep & I can finally settle down for an hour or so with my book. I shall need an early night of course as we shall be up bright and early tomo

Favourite place to read? It would be upside down, floating in space, with no one to disturb me as I drift away in orbit!!!

Seriously, though, it's probably one of 2 places -->

In Winter, it will be reading in bed before zonking out. Either that, or stretched out on a sofa in front of a simmering fire, on a day off from work (when the weather deems it an 'indoor day').

In Summer, it will be ..... ummm .... reading in bed before zonking out! Or ...... ummm ..... stretched out on a sofa in front of the air conditioner unit, on a day off from work (when something other than the weather deems it an 'indoor day')!!

Favourite place to read? It would upside down, floating in space, with no one to disturb me as I drift away in orbit!!!

Seriously, though, it's usually one of 2 places -->

In Winter, it will be reading in bed before zonking out. Either that, or stretched out on a sofa in front of a simmering fire on a day off from work (when the weather deems it an 'indoor day').

In Summer, it will be ..... ummm .... reading in bed before zonking out. Or ...... ummm ..... stretched out on a sofa in front of the a/c on a day off from work (when something other than the weather deems it an 'indoor day').

I actually rather like dog sitting for my mum as in the winter I can go over and look after the dog, sitting reading a book in her big armchair looking out of their patio doors to the snow falling, but all nice and cosy as the coal fire is burning away. Bliss!!

in bed, late at night, with a nice cup of tea to enjoy whilst reading

I like to read outside in the garden in the warm weather but in the winter it's a coy arm chair