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What time of day do you read.

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gmelon Tue 20-Feb-18 16:12:25

The traditional "couple of chapters in bed" or do you have a favourite , set aside time to read?
What do you eat while you are reading?

When do you read?
Is it something you just can't wait to get back to?

We all seem to have lots to do including the general housework and chores and of course there are those who have jobs.

A book sits there calling out to me waiting to reveal its next twist.

Kim19 Wed 21-Feb-18 10:53:50

Papers, morning and book either in bed or garden summer sunbathing (roll on!).

luzdoh Wed 21-Feb-18 10:51:19

Same as TwiceAsNice. I'd read all day if possible. I am a book-worm. I do prefer actual books to Kindle but still appreciate my Kindle for being able to hold so much when I travel.
I read in the loo so much it was renamed "the Library" when I was a child. As a child it was a standing joke that I would be somewhere reading something when they wanted me and that I couldn't polish the family's shoes without reading the newspaper I'd put down on the floor first.
I can't stand those messages on walls or on wallpaper because I have a compulsive need to read them and I'm fed up with being told to "Live Laugh Love" (Another thread?)

harrigran Wed 21-Feb-18 10:50:32

I read at mealtimes, if it is just us in the kitchen, and at bedtime.

humptydumpty Wed 21-Feb-18 10:45:24

I read whenever I can, and I have to take issue with Mollie - that includes walking! Why is that daft? I do look up at regular intervals and when crossing the road!

schnackie Wed 21-Feb-18 10:43:04

I always have my Kindle and read if I think I will be waiting, i.e. launderette, GP, train etc. But I must read every night as it puts me to sleep. I usually do manage one or two chapters before nodding off. Worst thing is falling asleep and Kindle falling onto my face! Don't want to have to explain a black eye!! wink

inishowen Wed 21-Feb-18 10:43:00

I go to bed at 10 pm because I want to read for at least an hour. I love reading so much. If I wake during the night I start reading again.

henetha Wed 21-Feb-18 10:35:28

I read in bed, can't sleep otherwise. And yesterday afternoon because the book is due back at the library today.
I read books, and absolutely anything else. I love reading.

AlieOxon Wed 21-Feb-18 10:28:23

Anytime. Most things except bus timetables....
Without glasses. And have never felt guilty!

Urmstongran Wed 21-Feb-18 10:22:08

I read the Guardian, the Daily Mail & subscribe to the Telegraph (all on my wonderful iPad). Good to read the news with different viewpoints. And then I read books on my Kindle and paper books too as I like both. ???. We live in a small apartment (one here, one in Malaga) so not much housework to do. Yippee! I never feel guilty reading as a consequence.

Nanny41 Wed 21-Feb-18 10:16:33

I dont read a lot, but if I have a good bok I tend to read late at night before going to bed, I find it difficult to read in bed with my verifocals. I read magazines during the day at various times.

grandMattie Wed 21-Feb-18 10:14:12

You might have asked me when I breathe!
Any time, any place, any book [almost]!

mischief Wed 21-Feb-18 10:05:39

Like Bellanonna, I read anywhere I have to wait. Trains, busses, in bed at night, waiting for friends, appointments.

Bridgeit Wed 21-Feb-18 09:57:52

When I was younger, I would read morning, noon & night,even with a torch under the covers,I was always impatient to get to the end. I’m not quite so bad now, but still always have a book or two on the go.
I have tried on line, kindle etc, but for me has to be a physical book . I just love them

Bathsheba Wed 21-Feb-18 09:15:48

Any time, any place, anywhere grin. I always read 2 or 3 chapters at night in bed, and during the day I read while eating lunch and dinner, or when I sit down for a cuppa. While waiting in the doctor's/dentist's, at the hairdresser. When I'm babysitting (after the children are in bed, of course). When I'm out and about if I pop in for a coffee somewhere out comes the Kindle. If it's a real page turner, I'll even read in the car (with DH driving of course), though I try to resist as it's rather unsociable of me!
In short, at any opportunity smile

TwiceAsNice Wed 21-Feb-18 08:39:43

Bed not need don't know where that came from

TwiceAsNice Wed 21-Feb-18 08:39:11

I read any old time according to what I'm doing that day. I have a kindle but still like to read a real book as well. Always spend part of Saturday reading two newspapers but don't buy one other days although DD1 brings me home a copy of the Standard which I usually read in need that night

Willow500 Wed 21-Feb-18 06:58:37

I used to read for hours especially if it was a book I was really into but these days I only manage a page or two when I go to bed. If I find something I can't put down I'll maybe read it over lunch but lately I haven't found a book that interesting!

Jalima1108 Tue 20-Feb-18 22:40:57

I used to want to read all the time when I was a child but was always being told to stop reading and go out and play
Me too Jane10 "Get your nose out of that book and go and get some fresh air!"

Now I just tend to read at night, but for far too long if the book is really gripping. If I'm holiday I read any time of the day as well.

Floradora9 Tue 20-Feb-18 21:46:42

I am with lemongrove I read for hours every day getting through t 4 books a week or more. I order them from our local library we are allowed to order 24 at a time so once I have reached my limited I order in DH's name . He does read them as well . Joy of joys the library has Peter May's latest bestseller waiting for me plus Eddie Mair's autobiography. I love listening to him on the radio . I also keep an eye on kindle unlimited free offers and have just had three months free . I like them for biographies .

annodomini Tue 20-Feb-18 21:03:02

Any time but principally last thing at night and early morning between waking up and getting up.

threexnanny Tue 20-Feb-18 21:00:52

Reading a book is for last thing at night or on holiday. At the hairdressers I want to read all the glossy mags. I don't want to buy!

kittylester Tue 20-Feb-18 20:41:41

Papers at various times but my book in bed or at the hairdressers.

lemongrove Tue 20-Feb-18 20:32:13

Same here Jane I always had my nose in a book, and actually still do.No special times, I read morning Noon and night.?So many books, so little time.

Jane10 Tue 20-Feb-18 19:44:22

I used to want to read all the time when I was a child but was always being told to stop reading and go out and play or get on with chores. When I had my own children I resolved to let them read as much as they wanted to. Result - they didn't want to!! So unfair.

Bellanonna Tue 20-Feb-18 19:44:10

Books in bed, in waiting rooms, on trains, anywhere I have to wait.