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

What a wonderful selection of books!!
My favourite place to curl up is on a three-seater garden swing at the book-swap café in Pigeon Point, Rodney Bay, St. Lucia.
Only happened once (so far!) but I have a photo pinned to my kitchen memory board to remind me. Sun, sea, a catamaran on the horizon... bliss!! Imagine if I turned up there with this stash of books to swap!?!?

I love to read on the bus to and from work

at home just before bed time

i love to read in the garden with a glass of wine

Depends on where I am and time of year. On holiday, sitting around the pool with a cold drink (or glass of wine!), at home in the summer - in my conservatory with the doors open listening to the birds and with a cold drink (or glass of wine), at home in the winter - curled up on the sofa in front of a log fire with a glass of wine (anyone see a theme here!!)

In my squishy armchair covered by my slanket and the dogs

I don't have a favourite place to read, as I read everywhere except for the toilet - that habit I find somewhat distasteful. I always read last thing at night, can't get to sleep unless I do. In the morning I take my tea and porridge back to bed and read for at least half an hour. On a weekend even longer. I always have two books on the go. One by my bed the other in my bag. So I can read on the bus, at hospital and doctors appointments , on a park bench or even in a long queue . The second 'portable' book is usually the type of book one can delve in and out of - like a history book. At the moment it is a book about Henry VI , so if I don't read it for a few days it is easy to pick up again. I always take at least three books on holiday. I've been surprised that the person I've gone with hasn't bought a book. She likes to watch tv instead .
One friend took a kindle and showed off about the fact that her kindle took up less space. [don't want a kindle it doesn't smell as good as a new book]. Halfway through the holiday her kindle went 'off' and couldn't be restarted.Tried very hard not to look smug as I flipped the pages of my old fashioned paper book.

Anywhere as long as people don't talk to me! I want to be alone with my book!!!!!!

My favorite place to read now, is in bed, first thing in the morning, and last thing at night. I'm warm, comfy and shouldn't be disturbed mid chapter. I have always loved reading......at uni in the 70's, I lived in an old Victorian house. On cold days, I closed the curtains, switched on both bars of the electric fire, curled up the armchair with my book, I often missed lectures......

What a lovely story RubyLady, well written too if I may say so.

Usually I only manage to read for pleasure when I escape to my caravan, and for the last two years I have been delighted to have a Kindle - bought for me as a Christmas present by my thoughtful daughter.
I am waiting for it to charge so I can purchase this month's book club book ' Hello from the Gillespies' to take with me today, ( a long awaited break) so I can join in the discussion on GN.

I buy 'real books' too, the last one I bought was Lynda Bellingham's first biography 'Lost and Found: My Story'. which I bought when she died.
I couldn't put it down and read it in two days- most unusual for me!
I can't bring myself to buy her last book, so I was delighted to see it included in this list, maybe I'll be brave enough to read it then, in my comfy chair by the fireside at Christmas, with a glass of something sparkling.

In bed, before i go to sleep

In the winter I love reading in bed and in the summer in the garden or lounging on a deck chair on the beach.

On the sofa, feet up, total silence.

With a glass of

On the sofa in front of a real fire

Curled up in a comfy armchair

In winter on the sofa with the woodburner going - it is even better if raining or snowing outside - the cosines is even stronger and more defined. Summertime - outside but in the shade and relaxing in a lounger.

I have read the list of titles and hope they will remain there for a while after Christmas for reference purposes - so many look good reads.

The only place I feel truly relaxed enough to read is in bed, under the duvet. I can read the paper downstairs but serious book reading can only be done in bed!

My favourite place to read is in bed, with the radio on low in the background, a nice cosy room and a mug of Horlicks or hot chocolate.

Autobiography books I find fascinating

I love to read in the bath for about an hour a night. It's so hot and cozy and I can top it up to keep it warm when I need to. It's such a peaceful place.

I love reading anywhere - in the garden, in bed last thing at night, on a sunbed on the beach or by a pool (preferably in the shade!) - but best of all in my lovely cosy conservatory on a wet and miserable afternoon.

What a wonderful collection of books.
I used to like to read in the bath but regularly fell asleep to the detriment of my book! Now I only shower as I live alone and falling asleep is not a good plan.
I also read in the toilet because when I had children at home it was the only place I could read undisturbed.
In the summer I sit outside and read and feel guilty because I should be doing the gardening!
In the winter anywhere that I can sit with my back against a radiator preferably that has some chocolates close by.
I also read on my Kindle anywhere.
All I need is more hours in the day to read more.

in bed in the middle of the night when I find it difficult to go back to sleep, no distraction then and the warmest safest place to be.

Almost anywhere - I always have my Kindle with me where ever I go - doctors, dentists, bus journeys. During the summer my favourite is outdoors with a cool drink - preferably cider. In the winter - curled up in bed with a hot drink or something warming.

At work during my lunch break. It gives me an hour of escapism before returning to the real world for the afternoon shift