Where Do You Read At?

[Cody44]

I usually read on my bed or in my computer chair leaned back.

I don't usually read out and about, but when I was reading the stand, I was home sick (yeah... I know, coincidence huh?) and took it to the doctor's waiting room. It was very strange to read the beginning when everyone around you is coughing. :grinning:

[M.O.DENGLER]

The toilet is a good place to read..

Something to do with 'brain accoustics'..

Of course I probably just made that up..:wink2:

[deltadog32]

I choose to read in bed. I have to in order to wind down for the evening to go to sleep. Odd isn't it that I would need the stories of a horror writer to be able to sleep.

[GravemakersAndGunslingers]

In bed or in a chair is the usual place for me, but I also do a lot of reading in the canteen at work - and also in the printroom where I'm supposed to be working!

[Charms7]

Yeah, reading The Stand and then hearing someone cough kind of freaked me out for awhile also.

I do most of my reading on the bus, but also while waiting for anything. It makes the time fly by!

[marew1]

:smile2: I usually read prior to going to sleep so I'm relaxing in my King-sized bed. They even name a bed size after SK! If I going overnight somewhere, I have a book.

[skimom]

EVERYWHERE!! I have even read in the shower:eek2:. Sad, but true:blush:.

[Deavlynn]

heh. yeah I could see the Stand being pretty freaky in a Dr's office.

I read mostly in bed now, but when I was a kid my favorite reading spot was the big maple in the front yard. I could straddle a branch and sit up there for hours. Now I just get a sore butt when I do that.

[moeaholic]

I usually read on my bed or in my computer chair leaned back.

I don't usually read out and about, but when I was reading the stand, I was home sick (yeah... I know, coincidence huh?) and took it to the doctor's waiting room. It was very strange to read the beginning when everyone around you is coughing. :grinning:


i read just about anywhere i can fit it in. mainly, it's on break at work, on lunch at work, waiting rooms when i bring my kids to the dentist, in the car when i'm not driving, but mostly on the couch at night when i get home or during the day before i go to work.

[Brian's Twinner]

Same here. I pile up three pillows on my bed and read before snoozing away. :) Or at a lunch table at work, during my lunch hour.

[ARCrage]

What a great question. It would be rather interesting to see where people get their reading done.

I usually read in bed, at the library or in a cafe.

Reading in bed gives me the most lucid visualization possible (most of my biographical or fantasy/science-fiction reading is done here); the library works well if people aren't sleeping next to me on the couches...snoring (yes, people do that at my university's library); cafe's are usually the worst place due to music being played and people chatting (Seattle's Best, Starbucks), but I can get a majority of my magazine or scholarly reading done there.

Talk people! :D

[Spideyman]

I read any place I can. Standing, sitting, in a chair, bed, walking the dog, waiting in line.

[mojomofo]

In the tub. I am infamous for my hour and a half soaks. Also any time I know I will have to wait, I bring along a book. Stretched out on the couch or bed is another favorite, but I don't get much chance at that one.

[JohnDalglish]

I read any place I can. Standing, sitting, in a chair, bed, walking the dog, waiting in line.


Hi,

AWSS.

Me too, but bed is the favourite.

Long days and pleasant nights

[mstay]

I read any place I can. Standing, sitting, in a chair, bed, walking the dog, waiting in line.

I don't think I am coordinated enough to read and walk a dog at the same time.:oo: I'm impressed Spidey!

I read in bed or on the couch usually but I will read at the dinner table if it's just me eating. I also read while waiting anywhere.

[Haunted]

I read any place I can. Standing, sitting, in a chair, bed, walking the dog, waiting in line.

YEPPIR, YEPPIR...anytime there is a lull when no one wants my attention, out comes the book. I read in every room of the house.

I had a secretary once who kept a paperback open in between her computer screen and her keyboard. I remember thinking how can she do her work and read a novel too? But every day I would check the pages to see if she was reading. And by golly she was doing both????????? She would also read while driving to work!!!!!!!!! I was very grateful that we drove different routes.

I have seen people on I-75 on their way to work reading the newspaper, talking on the phone and shaving going 75-80 miles an hour. Puts the fear of God into you, believe me.

[Gallina]

I read any place I can. Standing, sitting, in a chair, bed, walking the dog, waiting in line.

The same here, but reading which brings me most pleasure is lying on the sofa!

[GarratyVStebbins]

I read anywhere and everywhere. Even in the car despite getting a headache eventually, that's how much I like reading.

Although it would be cool to have a special place to read, it would probably help me get more into reading if I did.

[adrianmarley]

I read in all the usual places: bed, while commuting on the train to work, my den, on the (ahem) toilet, doctor's waiting room etc. Anywhere that I can sit down, basically and where my 2 year old and 5 year old can't find me and harass me.

[Cowboy]

Between the front and back cover! :biggrin2:

[SusanNorton]

Wake up. Read while waiting for coffee to brew. Read while eating breakfast. On the toilet. While brushing teeth. While bathing. While blow drying hair (with bottle of lotion holding the pages open). Eating lunch. In line to pick up daughter from summer camp. Waiting for water to boil for pasta or rice. If I'm making a roux, I've got a good 30-40 minutes to read. I don't read during dinner, because it's the only time of day I've got daughter and hubby together at same time. Then, I read a little before bed.

[collisionist]

Anywhere there is coffee. Haha. But anywhere, really.

[LadyPain]

I read in bed before I go to sleep. I have a chair that sits by a furnace vent, so I like to read there in winter when the furnace kicks in. Hollywood style bubble baths with lots of foam are a great place to read. I read while I am cooking things that require a lot of boring stirring. I take a book to the farmer's market sometimes in winter because there are fewer customers and I have time to kill. I used to read on the front steps in summer, but now I don't. I should start doing that again when the front steps are in shade.

Whenever I can and where ever I can, as a rule.

[WatchMeShine]

I usually do my reading in bed or on the couch.

[Kim L.]

I read any place I can. Standing, sitting, in a chair, bed, walking the dog, waiting in line.

AWSS.
Favorite is lying on the couch, propped up on pillows, lying under a blanket. I keep a book at work and on Fridays I go to the nearby pizza place, have an artichoke-and-tomato pizza and read for an hour.

[Sundrop]

I like to read just about anywhere. In the car while waiting for my daughter to get out of school, sitting in the sun, on the couch after dinner, in bed, at work if it's not busy...just about anywhere, really. :)

[ItaliaQueen]

I love to read in the bath! Relaxing bubbles and a book! Bliss! Most of the times its in bed! But to help me escape from work i do take my book to work and have a sneeky 10 minutes !

[Peanut Queen]

The only time I used to get to myself to read was over my lunch hour...but now that I'm actually trying to write something, I use that hour to write instead.

Now, about the only time I get to read is right before bed. :glare:

[hipmamajen]

Anywhere I can!

I do a lot of reading in the tub, that's fun but I only do that with my own books because the pages tend to get wrinkly.

I read every night in bed. I can't go to sleep if I don't read for a while first. My husband is usually asleep when (or before) his head hits the pillow, so he doesn't mind if I have the light on for a while.

I'm glad to see so many people admit to reading on the toilet. Man, that's prime sitting time, can't let that go to waste! When all of the kids in my circle of friends were little, we had a book club. Because we all had littles, people would always ask how we found time to finish a book each month...and we were honest about the fact that most of us were reading in snippets while locked in the john! So, we jokingly called our group, "The Ring Butt Club." :)

[Luli]

I usually read in bed at night, but when I'm at a good part in the book when putting it down is impossible, I can read just about anywhere.:smile2:

[sarahrobinson]

I read anywhere and everywhere, mostly in bed - all day- lol

[Draga]

In bed, at the beach, at the top of a mountain, in the bathroom (I also read the writings in the walls of public ones), walking, eating, while playing chess (when the opponent is slow), while cooking, etc. But right know I prefer big fonts to read than little ones. Sometimes I would like to get lost in a lonely island and read there.

[kono]

I read it wherever the author takes me. Sadly enough, that's more true than just a joke, I often finish a chapter look up and forget when I walked over to that side of the room. :oops:

[vivazebool]

At my desk during breaks, in bed with a couple pillows to prop myself up on, the couch in my livingroom, on the bus to and from work, at the bus-stop. Anywhere I can...the book is always handy if I have time to dip into a few pages.

[BlackEye]

I read out by my pool a lot in my Adirondack chair. I also read in my hot tub. I read on a little couch in my "man town" basement. I read in bed too. But one of my favorite places to read is on the airplane. I get so bored otherwise. For some reason I read at twice the pace on an airplane??? Must be the altitude. :biggrin2:

[Mark R]

I like to read most evenings and on the train to and from work. Because I have so much time travelling I needed something. So instead of buying Newspapers on a daily basis, I decided to start reading.

[Lilies13]

In bed, on the bus, anywhere that I can sit really...I also write anywhere, give me some free time and I will either be reading or writing.

[redmangoose]

On my bed with the pillows tilted up and the windows opened...
or...in the living room on the couch.

[rjt65]

In my home at night, while watching Yankee games, in bed, if I am eating alone (I work from home) I will read, not to much for 'on the bowl ' reading,

At the beach or pool, on VK gotta have few books with me, when i commuted i would read on the train, subway was to hectic to relax and read a book-also shorter trip.

my favorite at night on my deck in the backyard with a cool breeze coming in off the great south bay, a glass of beer or wine in my hand :biggrin2:

[Cody44]

Yeah, I loved reading on flights... its really awesome to finish a book in 1 sitting. It feels rewarding, don't ask me why :blush:,but its to bad that I don't fly more often. The only flight I have taken in the last 2 years took 12 hours, and thats not counting the connecting flights. :eyebrow:

[Kim L.]

Sometimes I would like to get lost in a lonely island and read there.

That would be great. As long as there was food. And a place to sleep. And a bathroom. And Diet Coke.

[skiewhite06]

Well my whole family reads soo there are times you will find me my mom and brothers with books open somewhere in the house....but some of my favorites are on the sofa under a blanket with tea or water sitting next to me!! But I am the cook in my family soo I find myself reading and cooking......But my favorite is when we go to the beach!! I dunno why but I love to sit in the sun a read!!!!:smile2:

[ItaliaQueen]

It sounds cool especially the bit about hot tubs and pools! Luxury or what! Before i could drive i always use to read on buses/trains! Makes the journey go alot quicker!

[amandacolene]

I do just about all my reading in the break room. I get a 2 1/2 hour lunch and if I don't read I fall asleep!

[Mistressoftheundead]

I mainly read books in my bed at night. But I want to start reading in the cemetery by my house in the warmer weather and probably the local park. Cemeteries are real quiet (providing you have a comfy chair or seat to work with) Im going to start holding my book clubs in the cemetery.

[RANGERWIFE]

Once I start reading a book I try not to put it down until I am finished, but unfortuantely I have to sleep and drive.:glare:

[HalfBlood]

I almost always read in my bed at night, usually until 5am, because that is when everything is peaceful and quiet and I can really concentrate and get everything out of the book.

[RANGERWIFE]

Once I start reading a book I try not to put it down until I am finished, but unfortuantely I have to sleep and drive.:glare:

So my answer would be ALMOST EVERYWHERE!


(wow did I have a fly by earlier)

[Presque Vu]

I mainly read books in my bed at night. But I want to start reading in the cemetery by my house in the warmer weather and probably the local park. Cemeteries are real quiet (providing you have a comfy chair or seat to work with) Im going to start holding my book clubs in the cemetery.

Would love to be able to attend your book club;)

I usually read in my coffin bed at night, before I go to sleep, though when a book grabs me, I just spend every available moment reading it, mostly on the couch in the living room...

[Firebird]

I love reading outside with my feet up getting a tan. Although when I have a really good book I tend to stay out there too long and end up looking like a tomato. I need to start using more sunscreen.....

[Major Pain]

I either read on my bed or on a couch. Someplace comfortable with little distraction.

[Brian's Twinner]

Usually at my workplace (before beginning of shift, during lunch and at breaks) and in my bed on MY time. :cool:

[henrythomasgirl]

Always in my bed, curled up under the covers. Or if I'm at a doctor's office or someplace where I have to wait, I always take a book (the magazine selections usually suck). And RARELY in a chair or on the couch, but too many distractions arise outside my room.

[interplanetjanet]

In the tub. I am infamous for my hour and a half soaks. Also any time I know I will have to wait, I bring along a book. Stretched out on the couch or bed is another favorite, but I don't get much chance at that one.

I've said it before and I'll say it again : DON'T DROP "THE STAND" IN THE TUB!
Can you say Jiffy pop? Does anyone remember Jiffy pop? anyone?

[whoopsipoppedaplatypus]

Great question. I'm usually too busy during the day to get any reading done so the only chance i get is in the evening. I usually save it for bed. The only problem is though, that i so easily lose track of time and it's not unusual for me to check the clock and its like 3.00 a.m. or thereabouts.

[Count Blake]

I read in bed, but for those who read in the shower...would the book not get wet. And even if it doesn't there are at least three things to do in the shower before reading :eyebrow: surely ?

[kisun]

Either in a bed, couch, or a nice recliner.

[Wylde06]

When im at home, usually on the love seat in the living room in the evening while my parents are watching TV. I also read on my lunch break in my car.

I usually also have to have some sort of background noise when im reading. I absolutely hate when it is dead quiet. I find it easier to concentrate when there is something going on, like the TV or the radio turned way down

[BobbiDoll]

My commute on the bus/light rail is at least an hour each way so that is where I do most of my reading. I even read at the various stops while waiting to transfer from one to the other.

Because I read so fast, I try very hard to limit my reading to my commute. I can spend a fortune easily on books even with the constant rereading of my SK's. I love to buy books even more than I like to buy shoes which says a lot.

When I do read at home, it is always while curled up on the sofa with the cat.

[Joan]

I'm fortunate in that I can read at work. I am a dispatcher for a helicopter company, work 13-14 hour days, and can ready in between plans. I also read on my lunch hour and breaks. Bed is good too, especially on a rainy day.

[bethmoorahpl]

Laying on my stomach in bed

[kidnappit77]

Do a lot of travellin' so on the bus, train, ferry...but pretty much anywhere I can - if I don't have a book with me I feel a bit lost...

[DarkWriter]

I will read anywhere there is enough light to do so. Which is just about anywhere and everywhere.
Other than the bathroom. Although I have been known to write in there.

[Perfidia]

I read everywhere, when i go out i always have a book in my bag, but if i'm at home i prefer read in my sofa.

[dejolane]

I guess anywhere the grandkids & husband aren't !!!! :biggrin2: I love my peace & quiet.

Debbie

[nancy cosgrove]

Anywhere_ except shower(obvious reasons).I smoke in a little out-door porch' so first thing in morning, I'm out-back reading,whenever I eat, toilet-(often run around crosslegged looking for book, no accidents so far,LOL). Bed also.I can't read whilst travelling on buses or in a car: travel-sick

[Firebird]

I read anywhere I possibly can. Every room in my house has a minimum of 2 books in it. It's like a library in my bathrooms!

When I used to work at Papa Johns I always got busted for reading on the job *oops*

[KJ Norrbotten]

Balcony, bed and the porch are the most common places for me, though I've tried it a couple of times in sauna too.
And yes, we are still talkin about reading...

[Nero]

I tend to read all over the place... bed, couch, la-z-boy, dining table, my desk @ work, toilet.

Sometimes I read in my backyard laying out in the grass catching some sun, and sometimes I sit on my front porch and read and watch the street. I try to keep the outside reading to a minimum though, because I enjoy it the most and feels like extra relaxation when I do that.

I used to like to drive to the park to read where I used to play as a kid but I'm starting to get old enough where I don't want parents looking at me as the strange weird guy hanging at the park by himself.

[LadyPain]

My husband moved the chair that I usually like to sit in when I read. Now it feels like the Feng Shui is all wrong or something. I have to find a new place to read and the couch is close to where the chair used to be, but it is still off by a couple of feet. Oh well, there is still the bed and the bath for good places to read.

[RolandEllafy]

I have a room where I keep all my books and comics and I put a chair and lamp in the corner of the room. I sit there and read and during the winter is awesome to take a blanket in there with a heater and look out the window at the snow but be warm reading a book! Love it!:love:

[dumakeykate]

Always have a book in my bag - can be quite heavy when you are reading the big hardbacks! I read everywhere I possibly can! My husband always asks me even on a trip to the supermarket if there is any point taking my book - but you never know!! hee hee - I'd be so mad if I had had a golden chance to read and then didn't have my precious book! However mostly once the kids are in bed - and the work is done for the day - snuggle down and read in bed.

[xJimmiex22]

My favourite place of course is my bed. But I also read on the train on my way to work for example.

[aspiringwriter]

EVERYWHERE!! I have even read in the shower:eek2:. Sad, but true:blush:.

I read just about everywhere myself even in the shower as well one time I even fell asleep in there with my book and when i finally woke up the book was ruined so since then I've been a little more leery about bringing my books in the shower or tub :blush:

[Eleanor Rigby]

On my bed

[DarkWriter]

I have a room where I keep all my books and comics and I put a chair and lamp in the corner of the room. I sit there and read and during the winter is awesome to take a blanket in there with a heater and look out the window at the snow but be warm reading a book! Love it!:love:


Sounds wonderful.

[Agincourt Concierge]

Sofa or kitchen chair, I have lost many, many, many hours of sleep to Sai King. Reading The Stand in a doctor's office is like reading Cujo in a vet's office...scary.

[Eleanor Rigby]

:oh:



Sofa or kitchen chair, I have lost many, many, many hours of sleep to Sai King. Reading The Stand in a doctor's office is like reading Cujo in a vet's office...scary.

[blusilk]

Like most, I'll read any place I get a chance. I do have my faves though, like the bed, or out on the deck on a cool day. While taking a long soak in the tub is quite relaxing. But I must say my favorite place is at the cemetery so I can read to my sons. They were both big King fans and I enjoy reading to them every book he writes since they have passed.

[samwisetheconstantreader]

I take my book where ever i go, Work, Relatives (if i stay for the weekend) in bed, on the lavvy. as a colleague pointed out to me the other day im not seen without a book in my hand.

[Neil W]

I'm confused. Shouldn't it be "Where do you read?" and "Who do you read at?"

[dividedgrlofmine]

I will literally read anywhere, but I prefer to be alone in a cozy place so there are limited distractions.

[Gard-ole-Gard]

I'm confused. Shouldn't it be "Where do you read?" and "Who do you read at?"

I think "At who do you read" technically, but you're right, the "at" is unnecessary in your first example. I usually read in bed before sleep but anywhere works if the story calls.

[Sepia and Dust]

I'm confused. Shouldn't it be "Where do you read?" and "Who do you read at?"

Nah, it's fine. There are no rules for our language, despite the claims of prescriptivists who, in their heart of hearts, would really much rather be speaking Latin than English. A language is defined by how it is actually used by those who speak it.

Any jr. high or high school kids reading this should locate the nearest English teacher and tell them that Unca Sepia said so.


As to where I read... everywhere. Including places I oughtn't.

I was covertly reading a Stephen King book during classtime while I was in the Navy. The instructor was saying something or other about how nuclear fuel could kill you, something, something, blah blah blah.

I read a passage--I don't recall which book it was--about a fellow having a proctological examination. One sentence said something like "...unless the doctor gloves up and decides to go prospecting.

That turn of phrase took me by surprise and struck me as unimaginably funny. I had forgotten where I was and what I was supposed to be doing, and I let out a loud, screeching "HA!"... then I realized that thirty people were looking at me, including the instructor. I got to scrub toilets that night.

Mr. King, you are a bad influence!

[Derwood]

front porch

[dejolane]

I like to read in a quiet corner at the library while my husband is on the computer.

Debbie

[stella]

Almost everywhere - mostly in bed and at metro - unfortunately can't read on the beach.

[Dr. Fudd]

My husband moved the chair that I usually like to sit in when I read. Now it feels like the Feng Shui is all wrong or something. I have to find a new place to read and the couch is close to where the chair used to be, but it is still off by a couple of feet. Oh well, there is still the bed and the bath for good places to read.Lady, take a look up over where he moved your chair. If there's a piano chained to the ceiling just over it? don't sit there. And this might be a good time to have that little talk with him about his passive aggressiveness.

[Dr. Fudd]

I was going to comment on the prepositional nature of this thread title but I checked a profile and have changed my mind....

[Dr. Fudd]

And now I see I wasn't the only one. Yes, yes, Latin Latin. Them there guys was real upitty 'bout where they was puttin' words at about weren't they? Can't say this, can't say that. All I can say to them is, Semper infidelis so Fuchyuhs.

[ihatepeas]

I carry a book everywhere. You never know when you might need one.

My favorite place to read is on the couch, curled up, with a well-stocked kitchen nearby. When the story gets intense, I sit up and cross my legs because . . . because I'm weird, I guess.

[slingshot]

mainly at school and pull a late nighter to finish (i never have much time otherwise)

[JayneH]

I will read just about anywhere !! Prefer to read in bed but dont get to very often :smile2:

[elysian]

For most of my life, I read stretched out on the bed. Especially at bedtime. Nowadays it's done on the couch while my daughter plays on the floor in front of me and I'm lucky to get more than a few pages at a time ;)

[Mark R]

I sometimes read at home when there is nothing on the TV or I am not writing myself. Other than that it is always on the train too and from work.

It is amazing how quick a 2 hour journey can go :biggrin2:

[bella]

I love to read outside on my front porch, weather permitting. But at night I'll be on the couch and at bedtime in bed. There's nothing better when you're home sick to stay in bed with a good book, sleeping and reading...

[ChildrenoftheLot]

I read in numerous places, my bed, chair in living room, couch and in class (shhh). Basically anywhere will do for me, unless people around me are distracting or bothering me then it's hard.

[bex35]

I love reading SK books when I'm travelling.
I was reading Salem's Lot (scariest book for me ever!) in a basement room of a hostel in Tokyo. I was alone and there was a blackout whilst I was reading about Ben going to the Marsden House.
My imagination is pretty vivid anyway, but I was sure I was going to die of fright before anything 'got me' first :biggrin2:

[Daghain]

I generally carry a book with me everywhere - it's amazing where you find places to read. I can always manage to get a few pages in when I'm in line at the post office, or waiting for my car to be washed - that, and the usual selection of magazines in typical waiting areas are horrible 99% of the time. :lol:

My favorites are a comfy chair in the livingroom or out on my deck when the weather is nice.

[WriterOne]

The ideal place for me to read is my basement office I just created. That way, nobody can come down and bother me. It's too easy to startle a person when they are deeply engrossed in a King novel, and that scares me more than any of the Master's books.

[TalKarinth]

well, books travel with me so anywhere is a good answer for me. in the bathroom, in bed, while I walk (minding, of course, traffic and other obstacles) if I know I am walking a long ways and while I travel, always take a book! sure the scenery out a greyhound window is picturesque but theres only so much scrublands and flatbrush you can observe before it makes you feel a little bushwhacked. :P

in fact of the 48,000 miles I have travelled by bus (no folks thats not a typo, thats forty-eight thousand) most of them saw me with a book as a companion. :)

so, I guess my final answer is on the bus.

[Scout720]

Anywhere I can, but usually in bed.

[Derwood]

It's going to be sad when it's too cold outside to sit on the porch to read. I just started my 19th book since June....I fear slowing down when it gets nippy out

[curlyclaz]

whenever and wherever I can ! at the station,on the train, on lunch at work, in the toilet, in the bath, in bed !:biggrin2:

[lilredkdn]

I often read before I go to bed at night to help me wind down. Sometimes I even read until I'm almost falling asleep. The lines begin to blur and run together and I read a paragraph 5 times and still don't know what it said. I have issues putting a book down unless I'm at the end of a chapter or there's a break written in. Sometimes I force myself to stay awake just so I can read until the next break, even if I'm tired.
I always bring a book with me wherever I go, whether it's school, my parents, the mall, it doesn't matter because you never know when you're going to be able to steal a few more moments with a book.

[JCBearss]

That was perfect reading it in the doctors office...I try to take a book with me virtually everywhere. If I could I would read at work. I was considering getting one of those virtual book readers that amazon sells for the simple fact that no one would know what it was and would not question what I was doing (looks technical and he is concentrating hard lets leave him alone LOL)

[candybait]

I like to read in bed at night, or laying outside in my hammock on a beautiful day!

[ellisd]

at home or outside. if im at work ill goto the ol audiobooks. thank god for mp3s lol

[Vegetable in Glasses]

Anywhere there is enough light to see by.

[SUDOOLE]

where ever i can!!!!

[dejolane]

I haven't read in the tub yet but might give it a try. I love to just relax in the tub and try to relieve the stress of the day.

Debbie

[nikbait]

I read in my bedroom, I've read on my couch and in my computer room. When I was in school, Id read there.

[Jack_Sawyer]

I read on my breaks at work and at lunchtime, and any spare time at night in the living room and also in the toilet and in bed....

[tak113454]

I was just curious.
I have been reading the complete/uncut hardcover edition of The Stand recently, and it is quite big and heavy!
typically, I read before bed, under the covers, or else I will carry a book around with me and read it when I have time in waiting rooms, etc.
However, the hardcover version of the Stand is so heavy I cannot carry it around, and it is hard for me to even read it in bed!! I can't find a position to get comfy!

Where, when and how do most of you read?
Have you ever had any of these book troubles I'm having now??

[Ubasti]

For books like The Stand, the paper back edition might be best to tote around. I try to always have a book with me at my second job since we never know if we'll be busy or not. That seems to be where I get the majority of my reading done since I don't have much spare time during the week.

[Srbo]

Anywhere I can. I always have a book with me, so...doesn`t really matter where I am...:smile2:

[dividedgrlofmine]

I'll read whenever and wherever, even if I'm in the most uncomfortable positioning in the world, if the book is worthwhile.

[Jojo87]

I read Tommyknockers when I was on on a trip abroad. I read it when I was sunbathing.

[meadhbh]

usually in my bed
i usually dont like reading when someone else is in the room too it puts me off

[wally wonder]

these days (how many songs with those words in it?) i read in the kitchen, bar stool, overhanging counter top, bright fluorescent light overhead, seems like black at the window as the days are shorter but getting longer. i've read in a variety of places. the bus. on my bunk when i did time. in the hospital. on my bunk when i did time learning, or taking up space, take yer pick. i've read on the ocean. i've read on the land. i've read on the beach and have fallen asleep on the sand. i do not like green eggs and ham.

[the payne train]

When I was in Alaska last year, my parents built a red swing right out behind our house. Since my return I've found that swing the most relaxing place to read. Sometimes the bed can be too relaxing.

For some reason (not all the time though) I'm put off by having other people in the room. Just recently I was at the dentist and was reading in the waiting room. Everything was fine until more people showed up, then some started talking on their cell phones, then someone turned on the television...Luckily I did not have to wait long.

[Nebulosity]

I read in bed before sleeping as well as at work on lunch break. My favorite place tho is my chair in my own little study/library room. I have it set up just how I want and no one bothers me, just peace and quiet surrounded by my books.

[hemingway2z]

At home, kitchen or living room.

[Cognac]

in bed usually. but also on lunch breaks, borders, computer desk, anywhere i guess but mostly in bed.

[tak113454]

does anyone ever read in the gym? i tried doing that before with harry potter but it's pretty hard to concentrate. i see people on the bikes doing it all the time though.

[nunu_chis]

lying on the sofa is my favourite place, but in bed is good too, or just sitting on a confortable couch or chair. In winter I use to read near the stove, but not on a chair, just standing with my hand close to the stove, because I suffer the cold too much and I just love being close to fireplaces, stoves..
I take a book to everywhere I go, but only once I read Lisey`s story while I was waiting to see the doctor and that time he didn`t make me wait much (the other times I had had to wait him during hours and I didn`t have a book!)... once I even took a book to read at school!

[the payne train]

does anyone ever read in the gym? i tried doing that before with harry potter but it's pretty hard to concentrate. i see people on the bikes doing it all the time though.

I've tried it a couple of times. I found what works for me is to have my ears plugged. The last time I read at the gym I had my ear buds (the kind that take shape of your ear canal) in and it canceled out the noise fairly well.

Also the type of exercise plays a part as well. I can cycle and read, walk and read, but not jog.

[karend3]

I read sitting back in my recliner. I will take a book to the laundry mat.

[Metal]

I mainly read in the living room. Most of the time while my kids are making lots of noise. I zone out. :smile2:
I also enjoy very long baths with my books.

[Jax]

I read at night in bed after everybody has gone to sleep. It's almost impossible to read in this house otherwise.

[Haunted]

When I was in Alaska last year, my parents built a red swing right out behind our house. Since my return I've found that swing the most relaxing place to read. Sometimes the bed can be too relaxing.

For some reason (not all the time though) I'm put off by having other people in the room. Just recently I was at the dentist and was reading in the waiting room. Everything was fine until more people showed up, then some started talking on their cell phones, then someone turned on the television...Luckily I did not have to wait long.

I CANNOT stand it when I am in a waiting room and people are talking on their cells. They really interfere with my reading. Why do they have to talk twice as loud when they are on the phone??????????? Cells should be banned in waiting room!!!!!:glare:

[Metal]

EVERYWHERE!! I have even read in the shower:eek2:. Sad, but true:blush:.

Hehe that made me smile. :biggrin2:

[LadyHitchhiker]

Anywhere. Stoplights. Bathrooms. Couch. Bed. I would even read at church if it was socially acceptable.

[deluxe]

:dizzy::wow:were ever the book tells me to read at. not the smartest idea. one time I ended up in a toxic waste dump

[Susan]

I love my days off of work when I lay in bed in the morning with a cup of coffee and a good book:smile2:.

[jenboxer77]

Anywhere and everywhere...couch, bed, bathroom. I leave about 30 minutes early every morning to get to work (7 minutes away) and sit in my car to read. My favorite place to read is in my hammock in the backyard during the summer! Ice water, book and hammock=Sweet life!

[busy91]

Subway mostly. But at home either in a comfy chair in my room or in my bed propped up with pillows. Sometimes at my work desk.

[LadyLyn]

As for me, I have this wonderfully soothing glider chair with big poofy cushions. That is where 99.9% of my reading takes place. I have a floorlamp behind the chair that gives just enough light to read by but isn't overly glaring.
I grab my book, curl my legs up under me, and the world slips away...

[JRLauer]

I read almost everything in my den. The chair doesn't look that comfortable but it actually is.

[Zenjamin]

If its school stuff, I read on the grass outside.
If its entertainment, I read anywhere. I just listen to it on my Ipod.

While eating, while walking from class to class... verry convient.


And reading and listening to a story lights up the same parts of your brain.
And while the smell of an old book is nice. So is the smell of the wind.

[Jack Frost]

There's nothing quite like enjoying a good book in the mighty throne room (actually the bathroom seems like one of the only places I can get pure peace in order to read anyway!)

In bed,

I also love enjoying a good book in a nice hot bath with an ice cold beer, bourbon, scotch, etc....

[jtmanis]

I usually get a majority of my reading done at school, since I always finish my work quickly and have plenty of free time. At least an hour a day, and that's not counting lunch, which is basically a giant time gap which needs to be filled. I also listen to alot of podcast novels (Scott Sigler's my favorite podcast author) mainly on my iPod when I'm about to drift off to sleep.

[havealemon]

I can read pretty much everywhere. Unless I'm distractable that particular day, I can read in a room where many people are talking, though I prefer a quiet room. I just get lost in the story and can immerse myself back in it at any moment.

[bio_chem06]

We have a great park in the middle of the city...I usually take a blanket and read all day when the weather is nice...That's where I get the most reading done...

[tigerlilly2k]

I usually read on my bed or in my computer chair leaned back.


I don't usually read out and about, but when I was reading the stand, I was home sick (yeah... I know, coincidence huh?) and took it to the doctor's waiting room. It was very strange to read the beginning when everyone around you is coughing. :grinning:

Im glad you asked that. My fave place is on my deck on a perfect Spring day with the sound of the stream rushing by.
Last summer I re-read the entire Gunslinger series one after the other from first to last...man, it was Heaven.

[Mr. Jingles]

usually before bed, i draw a hot bath and spend an hour soaking and reading. i find it's the place i can concentrate the most on what i am reading....must be the relax mode that gets me in tune. i also read before sleep as well. with all the SK books I read, i am surprised that I don't have more nightmares!

[Susanne]

I usually read in bed or when I go by bus. I bought Duma Key and I´m gonna read it when I go to Vienna by bus. It´s a 7 or 8 hour ride so I have some time to read it.

[Mahree]

I do have to read before I go to sleep. But, I really read anytime and anywhere. My current book is always with me. When I was a kid I used to have 3 books going at the same time. 1 at home, 1 for on the bus, and 1 at school. :blush:

Some one here talked about reading in a tree. I did that too. It was a big tree, easy to climb with kind of a little nest in between three big limbs. It was really comfortable.

[dividedgrlofmine]

My neck is killing me from reading at a perpendicular angle to my pillow. Hahaha :biggrin2:

[elevelyn]

I can read anywhere, love reading while traveling, lunch breaks, anywhere really, but my favourite places would have to be in bed and on the toilet

[LostGraveRobber]

I love to curl my body up into a ball and read on the couch, or laying down on my stomach in my bed with pillows underneath me for comfort. I read on the bus and in the car even though I sometimes get a headache sometimes if I read to long. I read in my study hall as well, but I had to stop for a few days because I was reading the Stand and I fell asleep becasue I dodn't get a lot of sleep the night before (was up reading). Someone behind me coughed really loudly, which was enough to wake me up and cause me to jump out of my skin screaming that Captin Tripps was real. :blush: Everyone else thought it was funny. I did to, until my teacher told me not to bring disruptive books to class anymore. :blush:

[Lee Y]

About anywhere there's good light.....for these 'ol eyes!!! :biggrin2:

[thymeoperator]

usually on the train on the way into work and going back home at the end of the day - plus on a bench down in the park down the road from my office, at my lunch break -and on the rare occasions when i have free time at home, it's on my sofa, with ambient lighting on, my ipod turned up to block out all noise and let me relax, and then i just lie down on the end of the sofa with lots of cushions and drop into the book.

[SebastiaanZ]

In bed or in the train. Oh and during boring lectures.

[finalfantasyVII]

:blush: For me I read a lot sitting in me car with the stero on...also kicked back in bed, and every once in awhile I'll actually read at the library where I use the comp. to talk to you guys....Mark FFVII :oh::wink2:

[petalpea]

Everywhere! But I love to read in bed, in fact I can't go to sleep without reading now I've been doing it so long.

[youngfibre]

When i was younger i read in the toilet cos my dad couldnt see the light to send me to bed now i can read in a night club if the book is worth it. but most times i just lie down put my legs on the wall and sink in.

[lesaleer]

Everywhere!! On my front porch in the am with my coffee. In the car at lunch time so I won't be disturbed.

[DelvianBlue]

Everywhere, whenever I have a few spare minutes. My coat even has pockets sewn on the inside, just big enough for a paperback so I don't have to carry my books by hand when I go somewhere.