The Reading Habits Tag 📖
⁕ Do you have a certain place at home for reading?
~Yes. I would confidently say that the majority of my reading at home is done at my desk. However, I also read in bed every night for at least an hour ;)
⁕ Bookmark or random piece of paper?
~I use bookmarks typically but if there’s none around, I will just stick a random thing, sometimes a piece of paper, where I left off for the moment until I find a real bookmark.
⁕ Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a chapter/a certain amount of pages?
~I always try to read at least 50 pages at a time, so I can stop at an even amount of pages (50, 150, etc.). So yes, unless for some reason I have to suddenly put down my book, I would say that I usually have to stop after a certain amount of pages.
⁕ Do you eat or drink while reading?
~Sometimes…if I have something to eat or drink and don’t want to put the book down :)
⁕ Multitasking: Music or TV while reading?
~I occasionally will listen to music while reading, but never TV. I read best with no sound at all.
⁕ One book at a time or several at once?
~I definitely prefer to read only 1 fiction book at a time and mostly do, but sometimes I’ll read a fiction book and a nonfiction book at the same time.
⁕ Reading at home or everywhere?
~I like reading at home, but I definitely never leave the house without a book! I would estimate that a good 40-50% of my overall reading time is done in the car on the way somewhere, and I have also been known to read at birthday parties, family gatherings…and even at a movie theatre (I kid you not).
⁕ Reading out loud or silently?
~Silently- it’s way faster!
⁕ Do you read ahead or even skip pages?
~I always try to not read ahead or skip pages, but sometimes I kind of have. For example, if I’m reading a missionary biography and the author is describing something really stomach-turning, I might skim those paragraphs, but in fiction I rarely read ahead and will only skip pages under certain circumstances.
⁕ Breaking the spine or keeping it like new?
~Uh…I certainly don’t try to break the spine!
⁕ Do you write in your books?
~I do, particularly in nonfiction, where I’ll highlight, underline, and occasionally write little notes in the margins. I don’t think I’ve ever actually written in a fiction book though, just underlined.
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Bookishly yours,
Lottie M.
