slow 0 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I spend a lot of time reading books these days. But I don't want to stay home all day and looking for a cozy cafe where I can be absorbed in a book holidays. Do you have your favorite place to read or write or whatever? Do you read at home? Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Toilet time. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 On the bog, definitely. Although I'm rather enjoying my front step for reading too - before the garden gets full of mozzards. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 What is it with this reading on the bog deal? How long do you sit there? I actually find the idea of it quite disgusting. My grandfather used to be on there for so long reading and I always hated that.... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 My family said that the crap all over the front step was disgusting, that's why I started reading in the toilet. Well, being on the toilet is not very interesting in itself, so it seems sensible to use the time enjoyably. Also, nobody expects you to be folding up laundry or supergluing toys back together again when you're on the toilet - whereas it's more than mozzards that start circling when you sit out on that step thar. Avoid secondhand copies of a book called 'The Battle of Trafalgar' - I once dropped mine down the toilet and then sold it to another history buff - it's still out there somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 bog?? priceless! never heard that one before! Anyone seen the Seinfeld with George and the toilet and the book? Classic! Ocean, you'll never be able to take any of your books back now. For me, I read in my bed (not necessarily before bed). I have a really comfy loft with a futon and some big pillows. I could stay up there all day. I hate reading in libraries or cafes. Seems more of a yuppie 'I want to be noticed for being literate' kind of thing. Okay, I just can't keep my eyes off the women that walk in. I'd rather read in solitude. On 'the bog', it's all about Surfer and Powder magazines My butt goes numb if I'm there for too long. Not good for book reading. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 In bed at night, before sleeping. Link to post Share on other sites
Bowler 0 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 starbucks after school or bed B4 bed! Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 On my balcony. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 The 'bog' library is quite extensive in our house. Definitely a great place to read, but the numb legs get to be a real problem. Got to be a market for an ergonomically design toilet seat, or maybe an arse sling... ummm, they'd work well for a japanese style joint too... Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I generally only read while travelling - flights/trains/buses, and then in the hotel in the evening. Theres too many distractions at home for me to read there. Link to post Share on other sites
which was nice 0 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 evening weekends Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 At school. Get paid to read. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Not convinced, sitting on the bog reading is not a fun concept for me. I want to get off the thing as quickly as possible. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 If I wake up early, I usually have a read. Good start to the day. Otherwise, usually before sleeping at night. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 I like to read at lunchtime. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted March 20, 2004 Author Share Posted March 20, 2004 I'm always reading on the train. Starbucks is too busy to read. I fall asleep as soon as lying down on my bed and can't read... So, on the train (only 15minutes, though) is the best so far. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 I like to read on train. I like to do another thing in bed Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Naughty neko. I don't read anymore. I listen. Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Yeah, I don't like reading in bed either. When I'm in bed, I have a one-track mind...SLEEP!...believe it or not. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 A few years ago I enjoyed a 50 minute train ride to and from work. Sounds bad, but I always had a seat and would read away each morning and evening, 5 days a week. It was a great way to get almost 10 hours of reading time during the working week. Now that I am in Tokyo the concept of reading on my commuter ride has gone out the window. No need to detail the experience here, I am sure we all know it. Dehumanising, dignity stripping zombie trains. If that is a window into the future then I am off to buy a small farm on some forgotten coastal area. I also used to read a lot on the beach, but if the book was a long one it tended to be pretty battered by the end from all the sand and wind and sunscreen and being shoved into a cramped beach bag. Sydney summers would often involve a Saturday 8am breakfast on the balcony, walk 4 minutes to the beach, build lounge chair out of sand (set to very-reclined position), anchor towel with lots of little rocks, swim and body surf, dry off, assume reclined position, read until lunch time, leave stuff on beach & walk home for lunch, eat, return to beach, read until 6pm, go for a evening swim, go home, shower, apply 27 liters of moisteriser, wonder about skin cancer, have bbq on balcony, drink a beer, go to bed, repeat on Sunday. On a good summer weekend I could almost get in 10 hours of reading. I used to read a lot and was not quite as udon pale as I am today. In Tokyo I do not read nearly as much. I suppose my preferred place is on my lounge room couch with my dog, however the risk of snoozing off is very high. But lets be honest, nothing is better than drifting off on the couch each weekend afternoon. This has become my Tokyo thing: maximise time spent in dream world. Snoozing is golden. Link to post Share on other sites
white-void 0 Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 A weekend out in the pow is better, if you can get it. I get real frustrated if I can't sit and read on a train. In fact, I hate trains all together. Link to post Share on other sites
Roger's head 0 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 I don't really read so much. Eyes have a rest from looking at a computer for a big part of the day. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I used to read before sleeping, but recently I just hit the pillow and I'm out. I usually have a book on the train to get rid of the tedious time I have to spend on there. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts