The Reading Habits Book Tag!

Hello everyone, today I’m sharing the Reading Habits Book Tag! I love tag posts and I definitely don’t do them enough. I first saw this on Lois’ blog and it was created by TheBookJazz. Although I haven’t been tagged, I really wanted to do it, so here we go!

My Answers

Do you have a certain place at home for reading?

If I’m reading at home it’s usually either on the sofa in the living room or in bed. We do have a room that’s kind of like a library/gaming room, with my bookcases and my boyfriend’s Xbox in, but I haven’t bought a reading chair for in there yet!

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Bookmark, dog-earring or random piece of paper?

I either use a bookmark or keep track of the number of pages on Goodreads. Whatever the method, I definitely don’t dog-ear.

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Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a chapter / a certain amount of pages?

In an ideal world I like to read in batches of 50 or 100 pages, depending on the length of the book. I don’t know why, it’s always just a little goal! But if I know I’m not in for a long reading session, I’ll usually stop at the end of a chapter.

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Do you eat or drink whilst reading?

It’s not something I make a conscious choice to do, but I more often than not have a drink nearby.

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Music or TV whilst reading?

Usually I’m downstairs when reading so I’ll probably have the television on quietly for some background noise, though I can be easily distracted so it has to be something I don’t actually want to watch!

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One book at a time or several at once?

90% of the time I’m “properly” reading, and by that I mean actively reading and not just sat on my currently read shelf on Goodreads for 9 months, only one book at a time. But I have occasionally had a couple on the go. I do prefer one at a time though.

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Reading at home or everywhere?

I do most of my reading at home but sometimes (when I was in the office) would read at my desk on my lunch break. While I can’t read in the car because of travel sickness, I’ve found that I’m usually okay on a train. If I can block background noise out, I can read more or less anywhere though!

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Reading out loud or silently in your head?

I always read silently in my head, unless I’m reading something out to someone.

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Do you read ahead of even skip pages?

I have SUCH a bad habit of letting my eyes wander down a page, especially if we’re at a scene I’m really anticipating. I try my best not to do it though. I definitely don’t skip pages though.

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Breaking the spine or keeping it like new?

This kind of depends on the book for me, I guess. If it’s like a super special edition I try my best to keep the book in pristine condition for displaying on my shelves. I’m a pretty careful reader though anyway so even if I’m not actively trying to keep it like new, I never really damage them. I do also really love that cracked spines show how many times a book has been read and how much it is loved, so some of my faves definitely don’t have perfect spines.

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Do you write in your books?

It’s not something I really do, but I have started to underline or make notes on a couple of things in my favourite books as I tab and annotate during a re-read. I’m also taking part in a travelling book project with some pals and the whole point is to write your comments on the page so I’m excited!

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The Questions

Do you have a certain place at home for reading?
Bookmark, dog-earring or random piece of paper?
Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a chapter / a certain amount of pages?
Do you eat or drink whilst reading?
Music or TV whilst reading?
One book at a time or several at once?
Reading at home or everywhere?
Reading out loud or silently in your head?
Do you read ahead of even skip pages?
Reading out loud or silently in your head?
Do you read ahead of even skip pages?
Breaking the spine or keeping it like new?
Do you write in your books?

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There we have the Reading Habits Book Tag! I love finding out more about my favourite bloggers and how they read so I hope this was fun. I’m going to tag:

Lauren, Bec and Angharad, Lauren and Beth

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