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

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

In bed, before i go to sleep

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.

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......

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

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.

In my squishy armchair covered by my slanket and the dogs

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!!)

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

at home just before bed time

I love to read on the bus to and from work

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!?!?

From a very early age , in the 1960s ,when reading books such as Enid Blytons Mallory Towers I've always made a nest on the floor with cushions near the then newly installed fancy radiators ! (any radiator would do top/bottom of stairs anywhere I can find peace and quiet )...then I snuggle up with the radiator warming my back and get lost in a book .. I must say I prefer a book to any reading device I love to ' feel ' where I am in a book and relish the fact that I've still got lots left ! I did this with my children on stormy winter afternoons and now even my Gc are reading books perched on beanbags snuggled under fleece blankets... Lovely to see them do it ... It's become a real family tradition

I love reading a book snuggled up in bed with a hot mug of milky chocolate, thats where nobody can disturb me and I can really get into a book.

mrsmopp - are you me? My favourite place is also my old Parker Knoll Bosworth armchair - it has a lovely high back - with footstool for my achy legs! My head lolls against one of the wings, cup of tea by my side. Lovely.

On a very old Parker Knoll chair in the corner of the conservatory. Even in winter it's warm as it faces south and gets the sun. I can ignore the phone, the doorbell and relax uninterrupted in perfect peace.
With an unputdownable book, it's the simple things in life that bring the most pleasure. Total bliss. Fingers crossed!

Has to be on the sunbed in Tenerife. Even though an ebook makes sense when trying to reduce the weight of your flight case, you cannot beat the 'real thing' in it's physical form.

snuggled up on the settee with a nice glass of wine

All cosy in bed x

on the settee

Snuggled up in bed with my labrador on the rug by the side. She usually ends up on the bed too!

I love getting into bed early & snuggling down under the covers with a hot water bottle & burying myself in a good book! My only problem is putting down the book so I can get some sleep.. I would much rather spend all night reading & have a loong lie-in in the morning

I read on the sofa, in my armchair,, in bed, at the kitchen table, in the garden, on the bus, on the train up and down from DH's hospital in London, in waiting rooms- just about the only place I don't read (you will be glad to hear) is while I am driving.

I agree with the snuggled up in bed, away from all distractions and family wanting my attention!

What a great prize for Christmas and the new year. Lots of books - mmm..!

My favourite two places for reading - being a Gemini, two choices are mandatory - are in bed with a variety of pillows and cushions, wearing a special set of 3+ glasses, and in the bath most days from about 10 to 11am. The first choice is for end-of-day reading, usually fiction; the second more often involves a set task in reading, i.e. something I shall be reviewing, or need to study, often both. In a former life, I must have been born in the East, where the art of bathing was much more advanced than in the West until quite recently. When the going really gets tough, I add aromatherapy oils or Himalayan salt to the experience.