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reading habits tag
Mar. 19th, 2020 09:27 amdo you have a certain place at home for reading?
sometimes i'll sit on my bed to read, but usually i'm just in my chair at my desk, where i live. i spend 95% of my life sitting at my desk.
bookmark or random piece of paper?
i used to use random pieces of paper, but nowadays i use those bookmarks that i keep getting from book shops. i mean, i have them anyway, might as well use them.
can you just stop reading or do you have to end at a chapter or a certain amount of pages?
i do like to stop at a chapter break, especially in the evening (sometimes i'll even pick up my book one more time just before going to sleep, just to read a few more pages until the end of the chapter), but i'm perfectly fine with just stopping anywhere, i just need to finish the paragraph.
do you eat or drink while reading?
i recently found out this is controversial, how about that. i wouldn't say i eat while reading, but rather that i read while eating. especially breakfast and lunch, but i even used to read during dinner.
and as for drinking; yes, tea combines perfectly with any sedentary activity, so i absolutely do drink while reading.
music or TV while reading?
i sometimes listen to music while reading. it can be a little distracting, which is why i generally avoid listening to music while doing homework or studying, but it's not a problem for me when i'm reading for fun.
i don't try to read and watch videos at the same time. sometimes i'll try to read with a livestream in the background, but usually what ends up happening is that i watch the stream while uselessly holding a book open.
do you read one book or several at once?
i always have an anthology that i read one story from after each book i finish. sometimes i'll also read more than one novel at the same time. usually that happens when a book is slow reading for whatever reason and i read something else in between.
reading at home or everywhere?
everywhere. i always carry a book with me just on the off chance that i'll have to wait somewhere. you never know. i'll also read a few pages while waiting for class, and i love reading in the train: two solid hours with relatively little distraction, i usually make quite good progress. on a few rare occasions i've gone to a park or something to sit down and read.
i mean... in theory i read wherever i go, but since i never go anywhere, in practice i always read at home.
do you read out loud or silently?
i always read silently. sometimes when i'm reading a German book, i might read half a page or so out loud just to taste the words. because German is a lovely language and no one can convince me that it doesn't sound cute.
do you read ahead or skip pages?
i skip sex scenes, i'm too ace for that shit. i may also skim particularly awkward or embarrassing passages, but usually i read everything.
breaking the spines or keeping books brand new?
i prefer not to break the spine because i feel like that decreases the structural integrity of the book, but i'm not as bad about keeping books in perfect state anymore as i used to be. they're allowed to show marks of use! they're allowed to live!
do you write in your books?
yes! i've always written my name and the year i got the book on the title page or the one before that, but nowadays i've also started annotating books. just underlining stuff i like or that i find interesting and writing thoughts and ideas in the margins. sometimes there's a specific theme, like the translation choices in Défaillances systèmes or identity and social problems in Le Gone du Chaâba, sometimes just my own thoughts and feelings, like i did with La Princesse et le Pêcheur, but often a mix of personal and analytic, like with Frankly in Love and I Was Born for This.
i really enjoy annotating books, it makes them feel more personal and i like the idea that someone would one day read one of my books and see all the notes and know what i thought of it (although let's be real, no one could decipher my tiny scribbles). to facilitate this, i'm being very reasonable and always write my notes in the same language as the book.
sometimes i'll sit on my bed to read, but usually i'm just in my chair at my desk, where i live. i spend 95% of my life sitting at my desk.
bookmark or random piece of paper?
i used to use random pieces of paper, but nowadays i use those bookmarks that i keep getting from book shops. i mean, i have them anyway, might as well use them.
can you just stop reading or do you have to end at a chapter or a certain amount of pages?
i do like to stop at a chapter break, especially in the evening (sometimes i'll even pick up my book one more time just before going to sleep, just to read a few more pages until the end of the chapter), but i'm perfectly fine with just stopping anywhere, i just need to finish the paragraph.
do you eat or drink while reading?
i recently found out this is controversial, how about that. i wouldn't say i eat while reading, but rather that i read while eating. especially breakfast and lunch, but i even used to read during dinner.
and as for drinking; yes, tea combines perfectly with any sedentary activity, so i absolutely do drink while reading.
music or TV while reading?
i sometimes listen to music while reading. it can be a little distracting, which is why i generally avoid listening to music while doing homework or studying, but it's not a problem for me when i'm reading for fun.
i don't try to read and watch videos at the same time. sometimes i'll try to read with a livestream in the background, but usually what ends up happening is that i watch the stream while uselessly holding a book open.
do you read one book or several at once?
i always have an anthology that i read one story from after each book i finish. sometimes i'll also read more than one novel at the same time. usually that happens when a book is slow reading for whatever reason and i read something else in between.
reading at home or everywhere?
everywhere. i always carry a book with me just on the off chance that i'll have to wait somewhere. you never know. i'll also read a few pages while waiting for class, and i love reading in the train: two solid hours with relatively little distraction, i usually make quite good progress. on a few rare occasions i've gone to a park or something to sit down and read.
i mean... in theory i read wherever i go, but since i never go anywhere, in practice i always read at home.
do you read out loud or silently?
i always read silently. sometimes when i'm reading a German book, i might read half a page or so out loud just to taste the words. because German is a lovely language and no one can convince me that it doesn't sound cute.
do you read ahead or skip pages?
i skip sex scenes, i'm too ace for that shit. i may also skim particularly awkward or embarrassing passages, but usually i read everything.
breaking the spines or keeping books brand new?
i prefer not to break the spine because i feel like that decreases the structural integrity of the book, but i'm not as bad about keeping books in perfect state anymore as i used to be. they're allowed to show marks of use! they're allowed to live!
do you write in your books?
yes! i've always written my name and the year i got the book on the title page or the one before that, but nowadays i've also started annotating books. just underlining stuff i like or that i find interesting and writing thoughts and ideas in the margins. sometimes there's a specific theme, like the translation choices in Défaillances systèmes or identity and social problems in Le Gone du Chaâba, sometimes just my own thoughts and feelings, like i did with La Princesse et le Pêcheur, but often a mix of personal and analytic, like with Frankly in Love and I Was Born for This.
i really enjoy annotating books, it makes them feel more personal and i like the idea that someone would one day read one of my books and see all the notes and know what i thought of it (although let's be real, no one could decipher my tiny scribbles). to facilitate this, i'm being very reasonable and always write my notes in the same language as the book.
