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Where do you usually read?

When I actually get the time to read in the tub, I'm all about it. My father did it when I was a kid and I grew up doing it, I thought everyone did until I was in high school and learned it was kind of weird to some. But mostly I love to curl up somewhere by a window, rain or shine.

Mostly in the bed or curled up on the sofa. However, I love, love, love reading in my tub. It is so relaxing.

I love reading while in a hot bath, also like to jot down plot ideas in a notebook. My theory is the heat relaxes me and the brain cells function better.

Nothing better than a hot bath and a good book to relax :)

YES!

I also love reading in the bath. I'd like to one day have a hot tub but then likely would never use it :)

I love reading in the bathtub, but I rarely take the time to run a bath and luxuriate like that.

Also, my Kindle does not swim.

I love to read in the tub but I no longer take library books with me. It's too expensive when you drop them in.

If I'm filling up a tub, sometimes I'll dunk my feet in and read for a little while and then when it's full, just listen to music or something. I'm just too terrified of being submersed in the water except for my arms and getting water on my precious books, hahah. (:

I have a long history of getting so into the reading I forget about the other reasons I'm in the bathtub ... the relaxing goes okay, but the washing ... I usually end up realizing I'm sitting in lukewarm to cold water and I end up just letting it drain out and take a shower.

I actually do a good bit of reading in the morning ... after I shower I wrap up in a fluffy terry bathrobe and my Turbi-Twist and read in bed until I'm dry.

stormhawk wrote: "I have a long history of getting so into the reading I forget about the other reasons I'm in the bathtub ... the relaxing goes okay, but the washing ... I usually end up realizing I'm sitting in lu..."

I do the same thing!! I save the washing for the end, and even if I've been in the bath an hour the washing takes about 2 minutes and then I'm hopping out after refilling the water to get it hot again lol

I don't have a proper tub to relax in and read or book. Wish I did cause I sure would enjoy it. But I bet I wouldn't have the time if I did have the proper tub to do it in.

I read there sometimes, it's fine. I usually bring in a few pillows, an ottoman and some babaganoush and i'm good to go.

My new house has a Jacuzzi tub so I take full advantage of reading and letting the jets massage my legs. I do miss hearing my music and bubble bath though.

Josh wrote: "I read there sometimes, it's fine. I usually bring in a few pillows, an ottoman and some babaganoush and i'm good to go."

What is babaganoush? I've heard the word before but never knew what it was.

The bathtub is my favorite spot! I do wish I had a jetted soaking tub though. I have a Nook and since I got it, I've been extra careful in the tub, but I still take it in. I recently soaked in my mom's jetted tub, and I put bubble bath in it. I quickly learned why you can't read, have a bubble bath and run the jets! I still want one though....

I do, I just have to be careful not to drop them in the bathtub,especially if they are library books, which I did one time.

Shannon wrote: "What is babaganoush? I've heard the word before but never knew what it was."

A dip made from mashed eggplant, olive oil and some other ingredients. Yum!

I have a bathtub.. with the jets in my bathroom and the bathroom is connected to my own bedroom but I've never actually used it!
It feels as though I'd be wasting too much water just to fill up the thing!

Looks like I have something to do this weekend then ;)
Bathtub, book, wine and chocolate!!

Thanks Jasmine. Great weekend plans too! :)

I don't take many baths, but when I do, I always bring a book! I use a ziplock bag to protect my precious Kindle. ;) I can still work the buttons and see the screen through the plastic bag. (Hope that tip helps some of you.)

My other reading spots: chaise lounge chair (with big fluffy pillows), curled up on the couch, or in bed with an LED light.

I read everywhere! I love the bathtub for reading, it keeps my kids and husband out of my hair and it's so relaxing.

I started reading in the bathtub just a few weeks ago. I don't do it often, but whenever I really want to relax, I take the time to do so in the bathtub with a good book!

I never read in the bath, I don't really know why as it sounds exactly like my sort of lazy activity. I prefer to clutch a glass of beer or sparkling wine in the tub...

I used to always read in the bathtub, from childhood until my late 20's. I never thought it was weird. After having more kids, it became too difficult to get away for a bath. There were a few years I wasn't able to read at all because I was just too busy being Mom.

Once, I loaned a book to a neighbor girl and she dropped it in the tub while she was reading. UGH! One of my favorite books, too!

Someday, when I get a nice tub, I'll read in the tub again. It's relaxing and quite. For now, I read on the porch, in the car while I'm waiting for the kids, or in bed.

Mm, i never tried in bath unless they come up with waterproof books :)

I read everywhere: bed, couch, standing in lines, trips, and every day I take a bath instead of a shower because there is no better way to relax and in a tub of hot water and a good book

I wanted to read in the bathtub when I was younger, but I was so paranoid that I'd get the pages wet :(

I would want waterproof books :D

I read in the tub, mostly in the winter cause frankly it's too hot hot in the summer for that. I've been known to sit in the tub for an hour or more reading, totally forgetting that I'm actually in the water.

Other than that, I try to find any place comfortable. Usually in bed is where I'm most comfortable, but my mother-in-laws couch suffices just fine when I'm here. It's actually rather plushy.

The one time I read in the bath tub, I forgot I was reading in the bathtub, lowered my hand and soaked the bottom half of the book. The book wasn't even mine. It was from the library. Sorry.

there is nothing better for a rainy day then a hot bath and a good book

I ALWAYS read in the tub! It just makes for such an enjoyable experience for me. Hot bubble bath and a good book? = heaven...

I love reading in the tub! Very relaxing to have a book and some bubbles:)

Yes I do. I have dropped a few books in the tub a couple of times. I try to be really careful though.

I love reading in the tub, though I don't get the chance to do it a whole lot. I only take paperbacks with me (the paperbacks I get are usually super cheap, I'm a bargain hunter) so I don't get too worried about ruining them.
I also bring my nook in the tub with me, but in order to keep myself from dropping it, I put it in a gallon size ziplock bag and that keeps it safe :]

If I don't read in the tub, I'm usually either in my bed or if the weather permits I'm outside on my deck.

I love to read in the tub. I even take my Kindle. Although, I do often discover I've pruned up and the water has become tepid. Nothing a hot after-shower can't fix.

I use to befor my eyes went. Now my glasses keep fogging up. Anoying.

I love reading in a nice hot bubble bath. :) I must have inherited that from my mother! She is notorious for spending hours with a book in a bath, running hot water every now and then to warm up.

I love to read me the tub recently I found out I need glasses to read up close. How do people handle steam on their glasses? They are readers so contacts are not an option. Any help would be appreciated

yes but I have to be careful with library books. I've had to pay for a few

Yes, I used to but now, having taken up writing some years ago, my head starts writing instead. The muse takes advantage of seeing me doing nothing much, cheeky blighter.

I have not actually bathed in a tub since I was 18-years-old (many, many years ago). Since that time I have preferred to shower instead. I do not recommend that anyone ever attempt to read in the shower,