I was having a nosey at some other blogs, and after repeated mentions of Thrice Read by my friend Emma @ The Terror of Knowing, I decided to have a look at their site myself. I stumbled across this tag pretty quickly, and decided it would make a nice Thursday Tag to do.
Do you have a certain place at home for reading?
I will read anywhere in the house. I like to read in bed, which is possibly the place I read most often in the house. If not my bed then it’s likely to be in the living room, sprawled on a couch or chair. I also listen to a lot of audiobooks in the kitchen while washing up.
Bookmark or random piece of paper?
I have lots of bookmarks, and do tend to use them. I will shove something in to replace one if I don’t have them, usually a tag from a new piece of clothing or business card. I know it’s practically blasphemous, but, if I don’t have a bookmark I’m more likely to dogear the page than use a scrap of paper.
Can you stop reading anytime you want or do you have to stop reading at a certain page, chapter, part etc.?
I can stop at any point for sure. If I am putting the book down for a while then I prefer to stop at the end of a chapter, but I’m not really bothered.
Do you eat or drink while you read?
I often have a drink, probably a tea or coffee while I read, and sometimes will have a snack. I don’t mind drinking, but anything more than a simple snack distracts me from my reading if I’m honest.
Can you read while listening to music/watching TV?
I can read while the TV is on, or while there is music playing, I just prefer not to.
One book at a time or several at once?
It is very rare for me to only have one book on the go, mainly because I read via a multitude of formats. This usually means I have a book (or 2) to read before bed that are often hardbacks or paperbacks with nice covers that I don’t want to ruin. In my bag I will often have a throwaway paperback, and I have e-books on my phone. In addition, I have almost always got an audiobook on the go as well for when I’m driving or doing housework.
Reading at home or everywhere?
I will read anywhere and everywhere. Yes, I like reading at home and probably find it easiest to concentrate here, but I always have some form of reading material with me wherever I go, and will read whenever I get the chance, whether it’s commuting, travelling, sitting in a waiting room, on my lunch break, or at home.
Reading out loud or silently in your head?
Absolutely definitely reading in my head. I like to hear people read aloud, and love an audiobook, but I’m not one for actually reading out loud at all.
Do you read ahead or skip pages?
I don’t read ahead or skip pages no, mainly because I read pretty quickly, but also because it ruins the plot and the flow of the story. The only exception to this is a re-read. If I’m re-reading something I know and there is a passage I don’t like or enjoy then I might skip it, or skim read it even more than I usually would.
Breaking the spine or keeping it new?
I do like a pretty set of book spines on my shelf, but I won’t compromise the reading experience by not breaking it. There is a satisfying crunch in breaking the spine, but I won’t bend and mishape it, juts crack it enough to read the book properly. For me, a book without a bit of a cracked spine and a dog ear or three is a book that’s not been loved and enjoyed.
Do you write in books?
I don’t. It’s not that I won’t or would never do it, it’s just not something I do. I actually really enjoy reading a book that has been annotated, I love to see what a previous reader thought or felt, and how they interpreted the printed words. I maybe should start doing this.
If you fancy a go, please go ahead and consider yourself tagged, I’d love to hear from you!
What are your reading habits? Where do you like to read?
It’s always interesting to see other people’s reading habits. Personally I completely shut down when reading. No eating or drinking anything, no music, can’t do it in a public place where theres people or sounds around. I still wish I could listen to audio books but I always get distracted too easily lol
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I always think it’s interesting too! I love to read so much that I can pretty much shut out anything if I want to read a book. I don’t eat much to be fair, but yeah, I can distract myself with a book pretty much anywhere.
What do you do on a train? Or plane? I use that time to read, and read hard haha!
I don’t think I could survive the daily commute to and from work without a good audiobook, I do a lot of reading in the car!!
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I WISH I could read on a plane, it would make my four hour flights to lanzarote go quicker! But literally everytime someone walks past my seat, or the person next to me shuffles or the pilot says something I look up and then I end up rereading the same sentence a hundred times!!! I just listen to music and make up stories in my head instead lol maybe if I could listen to audio books then it would be okay but I can’t so not an option for me.
Plus even when I was young I always found reading and sleeping during a journey disorientating. It’s like I’d wake up after a while and have NO IDEA where we were or how long I’d been reading for.
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It does make time pass quick and is the perfect reading time. I think I just get lost in a book so I don’t notice things round me!! Being able to think up stories though is a pretty good use of time.
I kinda like that feeling when you come out of a reading haze on a plane and you’re like Oh shit we’re here haha
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