When do you read?

Charleygirl5

When in bed, now on my own, I have a choice between TV and a book so frequently i alternate. I am now partially sighted and holding a magnifier can be a pain. I don't like audible books so I am my own worst enemy.

Can you use a Kindle, Charleygirl?

You can increase the size of the font.

I read in bed for about an hour.

Apparently someone who reads in bed is a Librocubicularist. I think I learnt that on GN!

I used to read a lot more but have to admit to spending too much time scrolling these days

i don't sleep much at night as i have lymphedema (fluid in my legs) so i am up and down every hour to the loo, i read about 3/4 books a week in bed, i love reading and can't bear the thought of not being able to read, as my eyesight slowly got worse my son bought me a kindle, i have so many books free from amazon, so i am never short of something to read.

Apparently someone who reads in bed is a Librocubicularist

Good grief, I never knew!

I read most evenings before going to sleep. Rarely in the day unless we are on holiday. I always have a book in the car in case I have to wait around for any reason eg. wait for someone or when in an appointment waiting room.
I have recently found I can now read when in the car when I am a passenger previously it would make me feel carsick.

Might I suggest starting off reading for 15 to 20 minutes?
An hour is a long time to concentrate.
I hope you get back into reading again and let us know how you are getting on. 📚

I usually have two books on the go. My book club book for daytime. Morning or afternoon.. whichever I feel like; and my kindle for when I am awake during the night.

I breathe therefore I read!! There's (almost) nothing more I like than reading. I wake early then read. After I've read the daily paper I read. I read while eating lunch on days that DH is out. I read in bed at night. Between those times I also manage a few pages too. I download anything I fancy to my Kindle and follow up recommendations find in all sorts of places.

foxie48

I read in bed especially in Winter. I have a hot water bottle, lots of pillows and make sure I'm warm enough. However, a book that pulls me into the story is essential these days otherwise I just ditch it. I also like books with fairly short chapters. I've always got a book by the bedside and generally read for half an hour before settling down for the night.

Same here!

I'm with those who read everywhere. I can't sleep until I've read, I take a book on buses and trains, read with meals, etc. I like a physical book, but some members of my book group use a kindle, which can be useful to those who prefer a larger print.
Screen scrolling can be addictive, but for me, it's junk food compared to a book, which is a satisfying meal...

I have RA, so a morning soak in the bath sets me up for the day. This is the only time I read except the odd occasion when sitting outside. For some reason I feel guilty if I read during the day. Crazy I know! I am retired and live alone so can please myself.
A local village has a book swap bus shelter so I am never short of reading matter.

I learned to read very early at the no nonsense nursery I attended. However, I loved it and read whenever I could. Unfortunately, I was always told by my mother to stop reading and go out and play. When I had my own children I tried to make them stay in and read but no luck. Oppositional behaviour!

I always read books in bed, on my Kindle - when I go to bed, when I wake during the night and before I get up in the morning. I read on train journeys, plane flights, and in waiting rooms. I just love to read! 📖

If I feel I am losing my reading mojo I go back and reread a favourite book, this usually works.

I read my kindle in bed, last thing and first thing. I find I like quite surroundings to really get absorbed nowadays, I even get distracted by the radio.

In the summer I love to read on my lounger in the garden, in the winter I curl up on the sofa facing the garden, with a favourite blankie , hot drink and hopefully get totally absorbed into my current book 📚📚📚

I'm 60, and as a 5-year-old, I clearly remember always having my nose in a book!

People would say ''You need to go out and play! You need to make friends! You need...''

No! I only want books and animals! I had a book in my school bag and would read in the playground during breaks.

Then, as a teen with my first job, again, books always in my bag, I could read in breaktimes and now as an adult!

Also, at home after work and any other time I can! But only ever physical books, I can't abide any of the computerised things!

Allira

^Apparently someone who reads in bed is a Librocubicularist^

Good grief, I never knew!

What a chat up line that could be
I'm rather into librocubicular these days dahling

I always have three books on the go - a proper one for bedtime, bathtime and journeys, one on my Kindle in case I wake up in the night, and an audiobook for when I’m walking into town etc or doing housework. We don’t have a local library now, but the service does at least give us a good selection of digital downloads, and I always have a stack of real books from charity shops, stalls at local fairs etc. I don’t tend to sit and read books during the day unless we’re on holiday, but we still get weekend newspapers with all the supplements that seem to last all week.

I suppose it depends on what I am reading. If it’s a book that I quite literally cannot put down, I don’t confine myself to any particular period to read it. I have just downloaded a book onto my iPad that I know I won’t be able to leave alone. I wish I could read in bed but I can’t. When I wake up in the middle of the night which happens often, it would be useful!. I have been an avid reader all my life. I still prefer a physical book rather than a digital reader. Looking around my living room now, there are stacks of books everywhere - must do something about that before they have to dig me out!!

I read when I am off work. Occasionally I might be able to start/finish a book in the week - when at work but I have to make an effort. I blame social media and reading 'in general' on line. I suppose before we would be limited to a morning paper and after work you would either watch tv/the news and read/catch up with chores/hobbies. Now we have access on line to all sorts o stuff we most probably don;t want to actually read about or get involved in but it consumes us

Dominic Sandbrook has started an interesting podcast called Book Club. He is doing The Secret History this week.

I can never get comfortable to read in bed (hip pain). I settle down in an armchair after lunch and read until the dogs say it’s time to go for a walk!

Years ago, I used to read in bed----then I abruptly stopped. I can't remember why.

Now I keep a book or two on the kitchen table and read it while I am eating my solitary meals, or during the night hours until my dog decides he has enough time out in the garden.

I use my local library a lot, I returned two books this morning and collected another three I had ordered.

I read in the evenings if there is nothing I want to watch on tv.

I read a bit in bed before going to sleep.

I read in the late afternoons as a treat if I’ve got my jobs done!

I sometimes read whilst eating my frugal lunch.

In short, I love reading, and could happily spend more time on it than I do, but still feel a bit guilty as though I should be doing something more important and less self indulgent.

I have kept a Barbara Pym on the kitchen table for months past. I can escape into her funny-sad world of well -observed characters. I also have a Gaelic phrase and vocabulary book on the table at present: this is easy for a brief read at odd times for instance while something is cooking.

The only reading I do lately is to my two small grandsons.

I was always an avid reader but have lost the ability to concentrate, sadly. I waste far too much time scrolling through the internet.