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It's an awkward confession to make but I can only really read in bath––or anywhere else where it's intensely warm, near a fire, in bed maybe. Couches and chairs don't retain me for five minutes and sitting at a desk is awful. What do you do, assuming that you're not also a slave of your bath tub? Chair, couch, blanket, footstool, coffee, tea, windowsill, garden, lamp, sunlight, beach or bathroom? Evening, morning, noon, weekends or vacation only? Book club or pioneer? ebook or tree-book?
The opposite of hatred is love; the opposite of tyranny is love; the opposite of censorship is love; the opposite of evil is love; the opposite of politics is love; the opposite of war is love; the opposite of god is love.–– Salman RushdieBroadly speaking, it is held that getting money is good and spending money is bad. Seeing that they are two sides of one transaction, this is absurd; one might as well maintain that keys are good, but keyholes are bad. Whatever merit there may be in the production of goods must be entirely derivative from the advantage to be obtained by consuming them. –Bertrand RussellNever believe a liar. Papa, angry people burn our home.
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You are on spot - it has to be warm. Right now, I have a rocking chair next to the radiator in my room, since it is winter this is my favourite place for reading. In summer I prefer our garden. But I love reading, so I can read anywhere: public transport, waiting in lines - anywhere and anytime.
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In Michigan, in the winter ..I sit by the fireplace in a comfortable chair. My fireplace is a gas one but it looks real and gets off heat. Sorta looks like this picture. The chair is the same. 
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I can't read because a have a form of narcolepsy and I fall asleep when I read. So I listen to Books On Tape. Right now I am reading (listening to) The Wolves of Andover by Kathleen Kent.
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I do my best reading when I'm a captive audience: waiting in airports, on the subway/bus, listening to audiobooks while working out, and my most consistent time/place: just before bed, since I cannot sleep otherwise.
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I can read almost everywhere and at any time. I can, though, figure out two situations not suitable for reading; the other is when I'm fishing ;-)
"A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure." - Czech proverb
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:I can read almost everywhere and at any time. I can, though, figure out two situations not suitable for reading; the other is when I'm fishing ;-)
In which hand do you hold your rod ? When you're fishing, of course. 
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[quote=boneyfriend]I can't read because a have a form of narcolepsy and I fall asleep when I read.
Oddly enough the same condition afflicted me in Law School...
Seriously though, I'll read pretty much anywhere. I read The Red Headed League while having an MRI.
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Ic rede: in trees, in the bath, in the loo, in bed, in bank queues, in swimming pools, on mountain tops, in buses, walking down the street. I read, therefore I am.
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:I can read almost everywhere and at any time. I can, though, figure out two situations not suitable for reading; the other is when I'm fishing ;-)
I don't read when I'm driving, either — except for the tachometer, of course. 
Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Juvenal
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@Excaelis, 
"A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure." - Czech proverb
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awww, c'mon, someone admit it...... 
"you are younger today than you ever will be again - make use of it for the sake of tomorrow"
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In winter, I read in Kotatsu.
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tootsie wrote:awww, c'mon, someone admit it......
Nope. Not gonna do it! My legs fall asleep. I get too engrossed in the reading material....*ahem*
I do my best reading sitting at the table. I have a cushioned chair, a beverage close by, pens and paper if I want to make notes; don't need much else.
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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Tootsie -
I DID admit it...and in BE, too!
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oh, you lot.....  I make a flippant remark and you respond wonderfully... tnanks to afb, I have now learned about Kotatsu. brilliant
"you are younger today than you ever will be again - make use of it for the sake of tomorrow"
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