Myself personally I get most of my reading done on my 45 minute commute to work on the bus/train. I also enjoy reading in the mornings on weekends and occasionally in the evening on weekdays.
Another thing I like to do with my wife on the weekend is pick up some lunch and coffee and then read at the park.
Generally carrying my ereader around constantly means that idle moments in public end up getting used to advance in the book I’m reading, instead of purposelessly checking my phone or using social media. I think I read a post on here in another thread where someone else has had the same experience.
What about y’all? Any rituals? Do you play music?
I read ebooks almost exclusively (aside from graphic novels), and while I could take my kindle anywhere I feel most comfortable reading at home. I frequently read in bed after I wake up and before I sleep. Scrolling social media in bed is/was one of my bad habits; I see I’m not alone in picking up a book instead of giving my time to twitter/reddit/youtube.
I own a lot of books. There’s a used book store near my house where I get them cheap. Every night before I go to sleep I try to read a chapter.
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Do audio books count? If so, on my commute.
I read during my breaks or when i have nothing to do pretty much anywhere its why i personally prefer digital books over physical ones
Me too. I always read before bed, on my lunch breaks, and when I’m waiting for an appointment or something
I am always reading my Kindle on my breaks and before bed for at least an hour. With reddit not being an option in allowing myself moving forward, I’m sure I’ll be reading even more!
In bed every night on my kindle. Amazon sucks but damn if it isn’t convenient, at least it has kept my reading habit going for years.
I know it is probably too late now since you’re entrenched, but I went over to a Kobo e-reader because I wanted to get away from amazon.
I’m what I call a seasonal reader - I almost exclusively read during the warmer months on my cute little balcony. I don’t know what it is, but that’s just my perfect setting for reading. I just can’t get myself to read more than a few pages when I’m indoors. A cold glass of water, the warm summer sun and a great book are what I need!
Hah I’ve never heard of someone being a seasonal reader, I like your reason for it!
Honestly, this has been the best part about moving to a city where public transit is the norm. My commute is longer. It used to take me 15-20 minutes to drive somewhere, while now I generally budget an hour to get places. Still, most days I prefer the hour of relative calm where I can escape with a good book to the stress of being stalled thirty honking cars deep on the highway.
It’s definitely made me appreciate the escapism of books more, though! Specifically enjoying sci-fi and romance novels much more. A couple recent favorites were The Sparrow and Red White and Royal Blue
I find the best moments to be during breakfast with a cup or two of coffee, and before bed.
Where I live access to books is either through Kindle or Paperback, and my wife has rights over the bookshelf, so I stick to the kindle.
What kind of books does she stack the bookshelf with? Or is it even being used for books?
Oh she reads exponentially more than I do, and quite a lot of interesting national books that I want to read too, IF ONLY I COULD BURN THROUGH MY BACKLOG :(
My most common reading times are during my lunch break at work and before work if I wake up earlier than I need to be awake. But other than that, I just read in little bursts throughout the day when I have free time.
I prefer eBooks over physical books because they’re easier to hold, have adjustable font sizes and themes, and I don’t need a light to read. This is nice when reading before bed so that I can read my book in the dark, with light text on a black background. It’s also nice that I can read practically anywhere since I almost always have my phone or some other device on me.
I don’t play music when reading. I prefer a quiet environment.
Dark mode on the phone before closing the lid
I wake up very early in the morning and cannot catch sleep. So I read there, in the bed. Also during commute and at night. Quitting Facebook and the like was crucial, one day I noticed how much time I was wasting by scrolling forever and … That was it.
On weekdays, mostly in bed before going to sleep.
On the weekends, I do longer bike rides and take my E-Reader. I listen to audiobooks while riding and then stop at a nice spot in the shade and just read for an hour or two before I move on to the next spot or ride back home.
This sounds just lovely
It is. :) It actually started way back when I was still in school. I suffered from pretty severe depression, but being a teenager I thought I had to deal with it by myself and I didn’t talk to my parents. Instead, I would skip school, take my bike and just ride off into the forest and just read all day.
Back then it was classic escapism, really.
I’m mostly better now, was in therapy for a bit and while I still have some bad days, the habit of doing this to hide away from the world has morphed into something I do just because I love it, not to get away from something.
I mostly read on my e-reader as well, during the week lunch break at work, and I have set off an hour before going to sleep that I read, no other screens allowed for that time. Over the weekend I usually go find a nice place to sit and read for a bit.
I mostly read on my ereader before I sleep. How much I read depends on how tired I am or if its getting reeeaally late. I can’t really read during the day because it always feels like there is too much going on even when I don’t really do anything. Reading at night feels so much niver somehow.
