FIR ’11: Reading Question #9

FIR is hosted by Katrina atCallapidderdays.

Every Wednesday this fall, Katrina will be posting a question about reading.

This week’s question: What else do you do while you are reading? Eat? Drink? Household tasks? Or do you usually put aside absolutely everything to focus solely on the book at hand?

When reading, there isn’t much else I am doing, except maybe having something to eat or drink. I love sitting down in the afternoon, all curled up in a blanket with a nice cuppa tea and maybe some cookies and getting in some quality reading time. There have been times when I’ve read while eating my breakfast or lunch, but those days tend to be few and far between. 

Now listening to audio books is a different story. One of the benefits of audio, I think, is that it allows me to do something else – whether driving (I listen to most of my audios in the car) or on the few occasions when I bring it in the house, I am able to bake or fold laundry or clean. 

Do you usually devote yourself entirely to your reading, or is there often something else going on, too?