/lit/ - Literature

I can't read with people watching me.
That's my only condition, really.

I read on the bus, if I've got time to kill between classes(and no schoolwork), at home when I've got a little free time, and sometimes outside.

I used to read right before going to bed, but I don't anymore.

No rituals to speak of.

It depends on how absorbed I am in the book. "Catch-22" read me reading in class, on the bus, and even fighting the urge to read while driving.
"The Wind-up Bird Chronicle" forced me to sit in my chair at home in order to stay focused. Jesus christ that book wanders around.

>>666907

First of all I don't think /lit/ would question your sexual orientation, it is /lit/ after all...We welcome everybody.

Second, I prefer to make espresso with my french press and dim my lights. I turn on a desk lamp and listen to www.rainymood.com and smooth jazz. Then I read.

I spend most of my time reading in a comfy sofa with my dog or in a desk to perform my said ritual.

>>666920

To prevent questions on my breaking of all the laws of physics, I meant to say BY my desk, in a chair NEXT to my desk.

As long as there is no clear conversation around me I can read anywhere. Otherwise i just can't help to focus on what is told.

>Are you a coffee bar kinda reader?

Yes

>Do you ... like to read on the commute (bus/train) to work?

Yes

>Do you ... simply read in bed, before you go to sleep?

Yes, and also as I wake up.

>Out in the sun, in your garden?

Not the sun. I stay away from the sun.

I like to read qasi-recumbent on a couch with a cup of tea (the couch has a straight, wooden arm). That's the ideal setting. I'll also read on the bus, in class, and outside while I'm eating lunch. With summer approaching, I'm going to try to take my book and my tea out into the sunlight more.

>>666925

I though maybe you hid under your desk, or something.

>>666920
That is a great link... one thing I forgot to mention is, when it rains, I always get the urge to read, haha.

>>666907

I like to read on your mother's tits, OP.

>>666949

Have fun with her decomposing corpse.

Commute reader, a total of 3 hours in public transportation everyday. Sometimes I read while waiting for something (doctor's appointment, class to start, etc.)

I started by reading before sleep but I would get bored of it and watch tv.

Man am I gonna get crucified for saying that.

>>666960
Erm, that's not OP haha. Better comeback than I had though

>>666965
Nah, sometimes I just love to lie in bed and stare mindlessly at the TV. Overall though, reading relaxes me more, and I can focus better on it in bed, than at any other time in the day

>>666965

/tv/ is that way --->

Just kidding, bro.

>>666920
> www.rainymood.com
thanks for reminding me about this :)

>>666975

No problem ;)

>coffee bar reader
You see, I never understood this. When I read I spend a good 3-4 hours reading. I just can't see myself spending that much time at a coffee bar. I'd order a drink, finish it in 20 minutes and then what? Do I have to keep ordering drinks? Do they give me the evil eye for three hours?

Just makes more sense to do it from home.

>>666975
It goes so well with a band I like called Velvet Cacoon...
Mind you I suppose it goes with everything. Certainly, it will now be part of my ritual though.

>>666985
Coffee bar culture has changed and people just seem to lurk in them pretending to work/read/whatever. Ordering 1 item per hour is seen as a minimum IMO.

>>666985
Haha I just don't know. Maybe it depends on your location... where I live, I just can't see myself doing it.

In a bar in Paris, London or Portland or something... maybe I can see it

I nearly have to read something before going to sleep. Reading help me to be in a "sleeping state of mind". Even complitly drunk I often read about 10 min before sleeping.

I read on the can.
I often try to read in bed, but 4 - 5 pages into it, the relaxed position just gets me, and i fall asleep.

Generally - big armchairs are my favorite reading-spot, but my apartment these days is too little for that luxury.

>>666995
Paresian here. Nobody reads in bars. Some people read in cafes but the waiters usually want you out and it's just too busy. Most people read in the public gardens.

>>666993
>1 item per hour
That's reasonable I guess, but it would still be cheaper to read from home.

>>667010
>Paresian

unforgivable typo...

>>667012
yes of course, but some people prefer it as there are fewer/different distractions.

I read on buses and planes, and on breaks at work.

At home, I read in my room because my roommate is annoying and loud... so usually in front of the computer.

At home in the evening, when I'm in the train without company. I don't take my books wherever I go.

I read at school, no other time really to read. having to drive siblings around and deal with sports. finding the time to read is hard these days. plus why study math when reading leaves you more room to think =)

I loves reading on the subway, it's great white noise.

>>666913
Couch or outside on the patio. Tea is always nice. I need to make sure I'm not seated too comfortable so that I don't get sleepy and want to take a nap.

These days I pretty much only read on the train. In road vehicles I tend to get sick and throw up.

Usually in bed or on the couch. I've recently started reading in my back yard though since I'm pale as fuck and it's the only way I can get sun.

I feel most comfortable reading in bed. But i love to read out in the park when the weather is nice. Its just really peaceful and relaxing.

Really depends.
Nausea was a great cafe book, hunch over on a table and read with a steaming cup of tea in one hand and the book in the other. Awesome.

But usually I just curl up in a ball and read. During the point in time where I read the dune series, I would make myself a self-enclosed couch fortress and live in "dune" (Awesome part was that it was all sand-coloured as well).

Earlier than that, I recall reading young-kid survival books while hungry. It made the text seem like a life-and-death struggle

i can read almost anywhere. waiting for my car to get worked on. in my car. at work. i don't know. i don't like music playing while i'm reading. i can hear random noise but GOOD music distracts me. i also can't hold a conversation and read at the same time either.

coffee shop or bed. but if it's the coffee shop I have to get my leather seat.

My ideal way to read is being shut in alone in my apartment alone with my book. Nothing else. No music, no sound, nothing to drink or eat. Just me and my book. If a chapter had a lot of things to keep in mind I might go out for a smoke, collect my thoughts then go back in and continue.

Alone, bed, and quiet. Preferably with my Kindle, since the next book will always be within hand's reach.

I like to read on a couch, I guess. I will also read in bed sometimes but I haven't done that in a while since I usually go to sleep late. I also like to read outside sometimes if the weather is nice.

I can't have a television on nearby or people talking, it's too distracting - I can still read but my speed slows down to a crawl

I tomb my self in blankets and lie on the hammock I've set up on my porch. Every 100+ pages or so I take a cat nap and I usually have a dream influenced by the chapters I've read. That is when I'm home - I'm not home often. Only two or three months out of the year. While traveling I read in bed when the mood strikes me.

I love to read outside during the spring or summer, from 5-8 PM, laying on my hammock. It's so peaceful due to that I don't have to worry about anything around me, and I can just read.

But that's just me.

>>668960

winrar

I'll read pretty much anywhere, as long as it's quiet, or as long as I have my headphones with me. My favorite places to read are in bed in the evening, and outside when it's nice out.

>>668962

Wat.

>>666920
Lit has /b/tards. Plenty of "faggot" gets tossed around here. Usually (god I hope) not in a literal/homophobic sense, more in a "I don't understand the nature of connotation so I use uneducated colloquial language without thought as a minor form of rebellion."
inb4 I'm a faggot.

>>669004
yeah, I never got why the damn thing caught on. Bunch of rednecks

Maggot is the gentlemens alternative, if you will.

>>669027
You're a scumbag, a maggot,
A cheap lousy faggot.

>>668984

winner.

>>669004

faggot :3

>>669042

I am aware of what winrar means, I am just confused of what I won. Unless the person was agreeing with me, I still have no idea what they were referencing.

>>666920
You wouldn't have had any time for reading when I was around. You've let things slip man.

Also, how's that Collectivisation going?

As long as I'm not being actively distracted by friends or other people around me I'll read whenever and wherever.

I love reading in train, with my earphones on. Most people don't understand, how can I read and listen to music at the same time.

>>666920First of all I don't think /lit/ would question your sexual orientation, it is /lit/ after all...We welcome everybody.


except people who read ayn rand

I'm a bed/ lounge chair reader. I can't read anywhere. I get too distracted

>>669084
im pretty sure doing both at the same time affects your ability to read. and being able to do both seemingly at the same time implies some sort of attention disorder on your part

>>669157
Well, attention disorder. Music is really just background, if I am reading in silence, I just can't "get in" the book so much.

>>669181
Again, it really does affect your comprehension and all that jazz. If I actually had the study on-hand, it'd explain it better, but regardless, needing music to read or "get into it" is not a good habit.

Honestly it depends on the book I'm reading; if it's a difficult prose I read it at my house with nothing distracting me. But if it's an easy read I read it anywhere and everywhere

Bed, patio, coffee shop, bus, etc. Wherever I can

It's normal for me to read in my bed.

Typically I don't take a book with me when I leave the house unless I know I'm going to be sitting around for a while(road trip, doctor visit, what have you), in which case I'll read anywhere I'm sufficiently bored. Some people tell me they get sick reading in cars, but I never had such a problem.

I used to read all the time in school. In every class. Apparently it made me one of the more memorable students, since having to tell me to put down my book every five minutes lodged itself in their collective memories.

I like to read out in my yard while my dogs run around.

I really like reading while traveling. Though that's only novels and short stories, and with headphones in.

I like reading in bed, or at least reclining. I don't like sitting up straight and hunching my neck over while I read, its uncomfortable.

I only rarely read in the car because it makes me carsick sometimes, but I do read on long trips.

I don't like reading in public because I feel like it cuts me off from the rest of the world and I'm not as aware of my surroundings (I generally can only read in a place I'm used to).

How do you guys read in bed? I can never find a position I can hold for more than 10 minutes.

The best is outside in the sun. Bird noise is the best background. The feeling of the sun warming up your skin is like nothing else. Reading two or three pages and then looking around at the vivid green grass or clear blue sky. These conditions and a good book are when I am most content.

For reading in bed, I put one pillow horizontal, one vertical, and half sit/half lay against them. Then I listen to music that suits the book. Right now Shostakovich with The Master and Margarita, for the frenzied dreaminess of it.

Depends what i''m reading. If it's crappy pulp fiction anywhere will do, if it's a 19th century classic by the fire in the evening with a Scotch, if it's an academic or scientific paper or journal then probably at my desk.

>>669317

I have the same problem. I either strain my neck or my arms, depending on how I lie, but I can never get comfortable.

Also, that is a brilliant invention.

I read on the toilet.
everywhere else, mostly in a sitting position.
I lie on my stomach in an effort to straiten out that posture.

>>669374

It's actually a terrible idea. I guarantee you'll fall asleep after 10 minutes of reading like that regardless what you're reading.

>>666907
Almost only on the subway on my way to work. When I'm at home, my computer is demanding my attention (or craving it...) and I need books to cope with the boredom of my 45min commute. I get a shitload of books read this way, which is a good thing.

I also read maybe a page or two before I go to sleep.

>>669317

please tell me where you got that.

I desperately want that for reading while reclined on a sun lounger.

god what is it even called. what do i google?

>>669381
I googled something like 'reading in bed position' and found that image. I don't actually own such ridiculous stuff.

>>669417

oh man, i have found some stands but they're all like £180 minimum.

guess I'll be going back to try my old plan of propping up a sheet a perspex with some twigs, putting the book face-down on it, putting a brick on top of the book and lying underneath my invention.

odds of brick falling on my face? dunno. gotta be better than getting tired arms though!

I only read in cafes. I sit in the back corner and order shot after shot of gin, then finish off with a whole pot of coffee. I make sure the cover of my book is clearly shown. It is always Ulysses.

I read on the shitter and while walking to work. Also if needed for class.

>>669492
Good call, anon. This gets me laid 9 times out of 10.

>>669317
>>669374

yea, and every one on ten times i get hit by a random brick:)

>>669571

Only when reading Finnegans Wake.

>>669492
Bitches don't know how stately plump Buck Mulligan rolls.