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ITT: We discuss the actual process of reading.

I hate it when you're lying in your bed and reading because lying on your side is the most comfortable reading position but you can only read one side of the book, the other side has to be propped up vertically.

I hate when you're reading in the bathroom abd the book is SO COLD ON YOUR THIGHS.

>> No.537161

>>537159

i only read in the bathroom

>> No.537159

who reads in the bathroom?

>> No.537174

>>537155

And then your hand goes numb from holding up your head and you gotta flip over.

>> No.537175

why can't they invent a book you can read while soakin in da tub

>> No.537179

I hate when my retarded eyes accidentally skip a line and I don't realize until I've almost finished the line

>> No.537190
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537190

I really want to get one of those bathtub book things, but I never have time for baths anymore. Plus, it doesn't look as comfortable as laying on a couch. :( Couches are ideal, for me. Sit on the end, put the book on the couch's arm, have a lamp next to it: Voila!

>> No.537200

>>537179
goddammit, this.

I also hate when I'm done reading for the day, put the book down and notice how my sweaty hands ruined the book a bit. Damn paperbacks.

>> No.537205

>>537175
you can do that with a normal book, you just have to be extra careful about keeping your hands dry and not dropping the damn thing into the water.

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>>537155

>I hate it when you're lying in your bed and reading because lying on your side is the most comfortable reading position but you can only read one side of the book, the other side has to be propped up vertically.

Hehehe... That was one of the main reasons I got one of these little babies.

>> No.537217

I hate the fact that whenever I bring a book to read at work, the phones will not stop ringing long enough for me to finish more than one or two lines.

The day I leave the book at home, the phone rings maybe once all day.

>> No.537221

I love reading in the bus. I can concentrate more in a bus or in a MacDonald's than in any place of my house...

>> No.537231

When I read new books I try to open the pages as little as possible to avoid creasing of the spine.

>> No.537233

I hate when I'm reading late at night and sleepy but into the book and I re-read the same line like 10 times before I realize I've been reading the same line like 10 times.

>> No.537236

>>537233
AND YOU STILL AREN'T SURE WHAT IT SAYS.

>> No.537243

>>537233
Yeah. It happens to me a lot, the fact that I'm sleepy a lot of time makes me a slow reader even though I can finish 50 pages easily in less than an hour...

>> No.537263

>>537221

This. No one ever wanted to sit with the serious kid with the book. Score.

>> No.537268

>>537236
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

I highly agree with you, mister or miss.

>> No.537276

>>537221
our local target has a little starbucks inside of it and i swear to god that is the only place i can read/write. i hate looking like a douche being like "LOOK HOW INTELLIGENT I AM READING/WRITING IN A (fake) STARBUCKS~~~" but it's perfect.

>> No.537283

>>537263
I have wanted to sit with girls that are reading something interesting... If I can't get her attention at least I can read what she is reading ^^

But, well, I'm a boy. It's hard for a girl to do something that someone won't find attractive...

>> No.537298

>>537283

Does my writing make it apparent that I'm a woman or was that just adding to my comment?

>> No.537302

>>537236

Related is when you aren't reading the same line over and over, but you read like two and a half pages and suddenly realized you have no idea whats happened since the chapter started.

>> No.537307

>>537221

This. Same for me.

>> No.537365

If my books are old, I like to stop and smell them.

>> No.537378

>>537365

You know its an old book if there's those small unidentifiable stains on certain pages that are probably the remnants of crushed insects.

>> No.537382

I hate it when I get a book from my library. I open up the book and like 20 pages fall out. God damn inner city kids and there disrespect for literature.

>> No.537386

>>537378

The edition of Cat's Cradle that I have is my dad's and it's from like 30 years ago. Shit smells so good.

>> No.537403

>>537386

>old books
>it's from like 30 years ago

wut?

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>>537403

40, now that I looked it up. It's worn and falling apart now, so it seems old to me.

>> No.537428

>>537418
40?!? I've had girlfriends more weathered than that.

>> No.537447

My copy of Crime and Punishment is a good 60 years old now and is falling to pieces, it suits the book.

>> No.537484

I listen to jazz (without words) when I'm reading, regardless of the book's genre.

>> No.537504 [DELETED] 

I hate when I'm reading in bed on my back and my arms get tired. I end up resting the book on my face and falling asleep.

>> No.537507

>>537298
Nope, I was just preventive in case some femanon read it.

>> No.537526

>>537217
Holy crap, Sarah?

>> No.537665

Best way to read is sitting legs outstretched on your bed, with your back supported on the wall with a pillow. That or a recliner.