Best Atmosphere for Reading?

[Linksquest]

In your opinion what is the best Time (and time of the year!), Place, Environment (including sounds and smells... and tastes!) To read a book?

[Slater]

listening to OCR, sitting down in a comfy chair. No food nor drink

[starfire]

A rainy winter day in my room. Maybe a cup of herbal tea. That would be the perfect time to read for me!

[rii namuras]

(Anytime, anywhere.)

(Seriously.)

[Locke]

(Anytime, anywhere.)

(Seriously.)

Ditto, I bring a book everywhere I go.

[~Natsumi Lam~]

Time: anytime i am awake and not groggy and ate already. Any time of year.

Place: In a large egg/ poppa san chair.

Environment: me against my chair with my back to the window so the natural light shines in. Liquid inscents burning flower pedle smell.

No music because i was raised around it so i think about the music when i read... so i cant do both.


~NL~

[Mr. SmartyPants]

school... walking around the hallways reading "Mere Christianity"

[Scribs]

A lazy summers afternoon, at my grandmother's house.

[Linksquest]

I love it in the winter time when It has snowed, a day off from school, listening to bach, or other piano. and/or celtic music in the background. I get so into stories then. Yay! Winter is coming!

HOt cocoa/ and/or tea on the side... with some sort of incense somewhere in the house. ^^

[Kkun]

Mine is good for any time of the year:

It's a small room, I can hear the sound of an air conditioner running, a low...gentle...relaxing hum. On the right is a shower. On the left, a sink. The smell? Let's not go there. While I dare not name this location by name, it is, indeed, the greatest place to read on earth.

[Maledicte]

Curled up in my bed, under my lamp. Preferrably with a tray of unfinished breakfast claws at my side.

Or at the dining room table after dinner. I read there a lot.

[Alice]

In bed.

[TurkishMonky]

Either:
in my room at night (w/ or w/out music)
or in a vehicle (even if it's not moving) READING IN A VEHICLE ROCKS!
or in the living room when the tv's on or the radio's on (don't ask me why) and everyone running around and i'm in a corner of the room in a big chair ignoring the chaos and reading.

I Never read outside.

Food: none, or else i'll forget to read and eat it all

Drink: 2-3 liters of water or any other random beverage beside me. (i'll serously drink it all in < half an hour though)

Atmosphere: i like to read while listening to soundtracks of movies/videogames with rain and/or night being a definate plus

[ShiroiHikari]

Mine is good for any time of the year:

It's a small room, I can hear the sound of an air conditioner running, a low...gentle...relaxing hum. On the right is a shower. On the left, a sink. The smell? Let's not go there. While I dare not name this location by name, it is, indeed, the greatest place to read on earth.

YES!

I read mostly at night, in my lovely bed. No music...too distracting.

[uc pseudonym]

I can't say that the time of year matters for me. However, I prefer to read without noise, or music played at a reasonable volume if anything. For more academic literature, I seek silence and solitude, but I can read a light novel in front of a television if necessary. Similarly, I prefer to sit when I need to focus on my text, but I read in basically any position otherwise.

[Wild Eagle]

Lying in my bed, with my lamp on and the blinds are closed, before going to sleep. That's the best atmosphere for me to read. It is also a good time to play on my GBA .

I also like to read on a bright, sunny, weekend, afternoon, when my parents are asleep and it's so quiet and tranquil.

[mitsuki lover]

Basically any time and place there is a chance to read.
However perferably on rainy or snowy days when there's nothing to do outside or else on nice sunny days outside under a tree.

[Kaori]

I don't have any great preferences for atmosphere as long as I am somewhere well-lit and relatively free of distractions. Being able to distinguish individual conversations (as opposed to a general background hum) is distracting, as is any music with lyrics that I can understand.

I generally find my concentration level slightly higher in the winter than in the summer, but the weather usually does not make much of a difference to me.

[Kaligraphic]

I have a very particular atmosphere that I like for reading. I like a lot of Nitrogen (~78%), a good bit of Oxygen (~21%), and a handful of Argon and other seasonings. Of course, others may prefer other atmospheres, but that's my favourite.

[Arnobius]

I have a very particular atmosphere that I like for reading. I like a lot of Nitrogen (~78%), a good bit of Oxygen (~21%), and a handful of Argon and other seasonings. Of course, others may prefer other atmospheres, but that's my favourite.

BLAST! I was going to post that one. You beat me to it...

[Godly Paladin]

At night, dim ambience, cool Autumn breeze through an open window. Total silence unless it's nature.

[SilverFang]

I like to read in Air! sorry could not help my self.

but realy I like to read laying back on my bed a night, with my lamp shining down on me.

[steelbeliever]

i like to read in the middle of the night with my windows wide open...i really like to read when its rainging...

[Mave]

Sitting up on my bed, wrapped up in my cozy blanket on a rainy/relatively cold day with a warm drink by my side XD

[Starfire1]

a mug of chai tea, a quiet room with soft, comfy seating/lounging area, and the less electronics on, the better. i have a habit of always reading near a window too.

[Spiritsword]

A cool fall or spring day in the park by my house (old 1800's park with big trees surrounded by old homes, with *no* gaudy orange and yellow plastic playground equipment).

[GundamGeek]

Love to read anywhere, but if I had to choose my favorite place and time, I'd probably say any winter night in front of the fire with lots of comfy warm pillows and blankets and a cold Mountain Dew. Ahhhhhh, perfect!

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

I read almost anywhere but the easiest place to concentrate and fully immerse myself in a book is either in bed or sitting on the sofa when there are no other noises around, (doesn't happen too often).

[Espoir]

In your opinion what is the best Time (and time of the year!), Place, Environment (including sounds and smells... and tastes!) To read a book?

Fall, crisp but not cold outside. In the middle of a big quiet expance of land, like a park or something. Sun, but not noon time sun.

Or, in a busy little cafe, with your favorite drink and the buzz of people all arround you.

Or, at home on a cold winter night, with your music in the background, a quiet house and warm blanket.



Of course, I will read any where, any time, regardless of my surroundings.