When do you read?

Try hard to pick up a book when I have a cuppa instead of my iPad but here I am…….!
Love reading in a hot bath or warm bed. Usually read a couple of books a week. Join Goodreads and set yourself a reading challenge.

I too used to be an avid reader: before bed, on a bus, in the evenings (before Netflix was invented!) But now the only time I read now is while I'm eating my lunch (the cooked meal of the day). I live alone, so I'm not being rude!

I read most nights before sleep, I find it relaxes me. During the day whilst I’m doing mundane housework type things I have an audiobook on the go, I use wi fi headphones so wherever I am indoors I can listen.

I used to read in bed, but now I’m spending so much time scrolling on my phone or listening to podcasts that I can’t fit it in! I’m in a book club, so I need to get through the books! What works for me, on days when I’m home, is to timetable a reading hour between 4-5 pm. I read downstairs, and play BBC Radio 3 in the background. I feel very genteel during my Reading Hour!

I read in bed, for at least half an hour before I try to sleep, and then again during the night when my restless legs start acting up+as of now).

I always read about a chapter of a book in bed every night.

I have been a bookaholic all my life and nothing changes now at aged 80. I read in bed in the morning and evening, morning especially if I am having a bad day and it lets me creak about a bit before getting up. Always have a read at night , better than watching any tv for me. Travelling if I am not driving, and when I lived abroad used to be avid for any new book available for me to read apart from the rubbish Mills and Boon, that I couldnt stomach even if there was no other book available. It helped me learn languages too as if there were no english books left I would move onto whatever local language of where I lived, apart from Syria as my spoken arabic wasnt too bad but wasnt there long enough to learn the script. My flat has quite a few book cases stacked library style with gardening in one and music in another etc etc. What joy reading brings me and whenever things are bad or I feel very hard up there will always be the pleasure of sitting with a decent cup of coffee and a good book

I read every night in bed! I have also allowed myself an hour on the sofa in the afternoon to read if I am at home! On journeys and holidays I fill my kindle and read voraciously but not as fast as I used to !!

In bed before going to sleep. Has to be a real book though, no Kindle or similar.

I also lost my passion for reading and lacked the concentration. I am slowling getting back to be being a reader again. My remedy was reading a lot of short stories - eg. by Penelope Lively and Kate Atkinson. Audio books are no help as I like to see the written word on the page.

First thing in the morning to allow my body to catch up with being awake

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I read in bed every night. Trying to sleep without reading would seem strange. I’ve read a lot since my dad took me to join the library when I was seven. Children weren’t allowed to join before that age. We had very few books in the house. On the day I joined, I read my one book ( all that was allowed at that age ), whenever I got home. When I finished, I was allowed to go back to the library on my own to get another one, but was told that borrowing a second one wasn’t allowed on the same day! What a disappointment. I must have been the library’s most frequent borrower after that. I was an only child, and as my parents both worked, I spent a lot of time on my own after school and in the holidays, mostly reading. I don’t read so much during the day nowadays, but always before I sleep, and like so many others, during the night! Mostly actual books, though sometimes on my iPad when a friend forwards me a book. I do crosswords, code words and Wordle daily, and if a book is particularly good, will have it in the kitchen to read at mealtimes.

My flat has quite a few book cases stacked library style with gardening in one and music in another etc etc.

Madeleine this made me smile as it reminded me of a local charity shop where the books are carefully arranged. They have chosen to do so by the spine colour, so the bookshelves look like a rainbow! Very cheering unless you’re in a hurry!

I mainly read at night these days. It helps me fall asleep. I do read on a long train journey, beside the swimming pool on holiday and things like that but those occasions are few and far between.

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I read at night in bed every evening. I read in the garden when it's warm enough, or in parks if I'm out. I read on holiday, while travelling and relaxing from sightseeing. I'm never without a book in tow.

Everywhere, any time.
To me, reading is as necessary as breathing!
I do put my book down if anyone comes, naturally.

I audiobook now and get through tons and tons of books . I love it as I can listen while travelling or pottering about doing work. Plus my eyes get tired with a print book. I’ve opened my horizons and try different genres . Keeps it all fresh .

Doodledog - Try joining a small book club locally where you agree on a book for each session and when you meet discuss it as well as maybe have a glass of wine and some nibbles. That way you will have a target to reach - to read and digest the book in time for the book club and then you'll be forced to read at all times available in order to finish it in time. And you'll come to recognise whether you enjoy reading in certain places and/or at certain times of the day.

Personally, I don't get time to read every day as I don't enjoy reading in bed but I do enjoy setting time aside in a comfy armchair before I go to bed if I'm not too tired.

I read any chance that I get. Always in bed, sometimes for a couple of hours before turning off the light, and sometimes for a while when I wake up during the night.
I love sci if and fantasy but do my homework first so it’s very rarely that I read a book that I don’t enjoy.
I generally read on the Kindle app on my iPad, but have it on my phone too so can pick it up anywhere. I tend to use my actual kindle when I’m away.
I also subscribe to New Scientist so always have something exciting and non fiction to read too.

i read every day and have always loved reading. I read in bed and I read at other times in the day. I read ficiton and also books on subjects I am interested in like psychology. I have a kindle and use it a lot but prefer a paper book and I think paper books engage our minds more fully. I would be lost without reading! And I am writing a book myself .........am on to the final edit. Maybe I'll post when I have finished? It is psychology for general readers and has a core idea validated by a very senior academic and a psychotherapist and others. I believe it would work well for people who want to understand themselves better and make changes to let go painful repeating patterns. I will look for an agent when i finish my final edi! Nothing ventured , nothing win!

I read myself to sleep every night and often during the night. I have a Kindle Fire which is actually a small tablet and I now use nothing else apart from my iphone. The Kindle app is on my iphone and both are synced. (sp). Having Amazon Prime entitles me to free Prime. I read at least two books per week books and haven't paid for a book since taking out Amazon Prime some 6 years ago.

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Doodledog - Try joining a small book club locally where you agree on a book for each session and when you meet discuss it as well as maybe have a glass of wine and some nibbles. That way you will have a target to reach - to read and digest the book in time for the book club and then you'll be forced to read at all times available in order to finish it in time. And you'll come to recognise whether you enjoy reading in certain places and/or at certain times of the day.

Personally, I don't get time to read every day as I don't enjoy reading in bed but I do enjoy setting time aside in a comfy armchair before I go to bed if I'm not too tired.

I have been in several book clubs. I used to read all the time, but recently have lost the desire to do it. I left the club I'd been in for over 20 years as I found the pressure of needing to read something chosen by someone else was putting me off even more. I might join again if I think I'll enjoy it, and another group I'm in has a book club, too.

I now have my shiny new kindle, and since I got it I have been reading a lot more. I have nearly finished a book since I started this thread, and am currently sorting the numerous books on the kindle into some sort of reading order.

I read GN when I get into bed,sometimes for an hour or so,then I read my Kindle,but only for a short time because I start nodding off.