Welcome to Litsy!

Lately, I‘ve controlled my book purchase and then there are days...I‘m just on a books spree 🙂

Happy Sunday xoxo

Thank you @crazycatlady for tagging me!
1.Nope!
2.Bookmark! Or whatever is closer.
3.Yes I can stop wherever!
4.Both!
5.I love listening to music while I read!
6.Several!
7.Everywhere!
8.Both! I like reading to my sister's and brothers!
9.Sometimes I skip but it's rare!
10.Doesn't matter!
11.Nope!
12. I tag @respekt1111

Thanks for the tag @Marmie7
1. Nope!
2. Bookmarks!
3. I have to get to the next chapter!
4. I drink hot chocolate and usually have a snack!
5. I always listen to music!
6. Usually one at a time!
7. At home!
8. Silently!
9. Nope!
10. Keep like new!
11. No!
12. @Nazgul93

Thanks for the tag @tpixie 😁
1. I have a corner in the living room.
2. Usually a bookmark but in emergencies I'll use whatever is near.
3. I have to get to the next chapter!
4. Always drinking coffee or tea. Sometimes a snack.
5. I rarely read without music or television. Unless it's a book that requires most of my attention.
6. Several. Right now I'm listening to an audiobook and reading a book. Sometimes I'll even have 3 going.

Thanks for tag @AndreaReads & @Betty !
1. Bed, living room chair
2. Sticky note, but also bookmarks, & now magnetic bookmarks!! 3. end of chapters
4. Drink coffee or tea,sometimes a snack;if I‘m out eating by myself then I‘ll read and eat
5. No multitasking - but Litsy
6. Several(2-3) audiobook& regular book& an e-book &/or a real book 7. Everywhere 8. Silently 9. Never skip 10. No break spine11. Yes- too much writing, maybe! 12. @Marmie7

Thanks @ephemeralwaltz for the tag!
1. Couches
2. Bookstore bookmarks from
3. I can stop whenever I must
4. Yes
5. Sometimes some cozy jazz if it is really late at night
6. One preferred, but reading on the phone is convenient so an eBook & physical book
7. Mostly home, but my book comes with me everywhere
8. Silently
9. No skipping!
10. Spines of hardbacks and Trades keep well
11. Never!
12. Anyone! Just tag me back so I can read your answers!

Haven‘t been tagged, but I want to play along, lol.
1. Couch, bed, porch or patio in warm weather.
2. Both
3. Life forces me to just stop reading. 😃
4. Yes
5. No
6. Usually one at a time
7. Everywhere
8. Silently
9. Not usually
10. Keep like new
11. Yes, but depends on the book
12. Anyone who wants to play along!

Thanks for the tag @JazzFeathers !
1. Usually the couch.
2. Bookmark
3. Depends on the book- usually a natural break in the story.
4. Warm drinks.
5. Only if the hubby happens to be watching tv.
6. Hahaha - Litsy- enough said.
7. Everywhere- I literally keep books all over: car, purse, work, work bag, various rooms.
8. Silently.
9. When needed
10. 😱my only broken ones are too big to be in trade and they're more creased
11. 😱 no
12. @Yeah_I_Read

Thanks to @CrowCAH for the tag!
1. I tend to wander around when I read. I end up in strange places.
2. I'm trying to use bookmarks. I often use what's nearby.
3. Depends on the book
4. Sometimes
5. Usually music
6. Several, always several
7. Everywhere
8. Usually silently, but I'll stop and read amazing parts out loud to myself.
9. No
10. Keep it like new
11. No, but I'll use sticky notes
12. I tag anyone who would like to join in ☺️

Thanks for the tag @TheKidUpstairs
1. On the sofa which has a reclining attachment so I put my legs up
2. Whatever is nearest me
3. Yes, stop anytime for a quick ZzzzZzz
4. Usually coffee or water
5. Hubby always has the tv on when he's in the room
6. Several many many!
7. Everywhere
8. Silently
9. Often skip pages if book is boring.
10. Gently open it
11. sometimes if it is a #covertocover book that has already been written in

Thanks for the tag, @TK421 😁
1. Usually the couch, with the fire on.
2. Bookmark, but I will use whatever is at hand!
3. I try to find a section/chapter break.
4. Heck yes!
5. Music or sports (Let's go Blue Jays!)
6. At least one physical and one e-book.
7. Anywhere I can catch a couple minutes!
8. Silently for me, out loud with the little dudes.
9. Occasionally at the end of a so-so book.
10. I'll break a spine if I have to 😈
11. For #LMPBC

1. Not really, but I usually read in bed
2. Random scraps of paper or receipts or train tickets
3. At the end of a chapter or I‘m annoyed haha
4. Maybe tea, but usually no
5. Nope, I can‘t focus
6. One at a time or else I get confused about characters/plots or just abandon one of them
7. Everywhere!
8. Silently
9. Never, unless it‘s a boring school book/textbook
10. Whatever happens but I try to keep it like new
11. No
12. Everyone reading this!

Thanks for the tag, @Abby-J
1. Usually the couch, sometimes bed.
2. Bookmark. Always.
3. I have to finish a chapter!
4. Coffee in the morning, water in the afternoon. I don‘t eat because I don‘t want crumbs or stains to mess up my book!
5. Yes, either one. Can‘t stand complete silence.
6. No more than 2 at a time.
7. Mostly home, but public places when necessary.
8. Silently.
9. Nope.
10. Break ‘em!
11. No.
12. @PaperbackReader

1) The Living room or bedroom, but I can read just about anywhere 🤔😂
2) Bookmark
3) Normally I like to get to a chapter before I stop.
4) I tend to drink while reading more than eat, but yes!
5) If a show I've already seen is on it can be my background noise 🤔👍
6) It depends
7) EVERYWHERE
8) Silently
9) I'm not gonna lie. . I *have* skipped ahead before, but not all the time.
10) I want my books to look like they've been lived in!
11) No

Thanks for the tag @GypsyKat
1. I can read anywhere. It‘s my superpower.
2. Random piece of paper. 😔
3. I just stop reading. Usually because I‘ve been forced to.
4. Yep.
5. One fiction book at a time, but I will read a nonfiction book along with it.
6. Everywhere.
7. Silently in my head. Unless, you know, there is a picture book involved.
8. I do rarely skip pages. Usually in nonfiction.
9. I don‘t. Not even textbooks.
10. @OriginalCyn620

Thank for the tag @Mitch 😊
1. Usually bed or the living room.
2. Bookmark
3. If I‘m interrupted I can just stop, otherwise I go till there‘s a natural break.
4. I‘m pretty much always drinking water, but I only eat occasionally and then very carefully.
5. Silence
6. usually a few at a time.
7. Home
8. Silently
9. Never
10. Like new, always.
11. Only textbooks when I was in college.
12. I‘ll tag @Abby-J @kylienoele & @TheWhiteHatter

Thanks for the tag @JacqMac ! #readinghabits

1. everywhere, but prefer bed or tub
2. bookmark
3. I can just stop, but it pains me if it‘s mid-chapter
4. coffee, wine, beer
5. I often read while exercising
6. usually 3 (1 of each: ebook, physical, audio)
7. everywhere
8. silently
9. never
10. like new
11. no, with the exception of Infinite Jest
12. I‘m kinda late, so anyone who wants to participate

1. My side of the couch (my spot!) or bed
2. Bookmarks
3. At random
4. Yes, all of the time
5. No, I get too distracted, I like silence
6. Usually 1 physical book and 1 audio at a time
7. Everywhere
8. Silently, although I do tend to make facial expressions a lot 🤷🏻‍♀️
9. Never, I sometimes have to do the opposite and reread if I‘m distracted
10. Like new
11. Never!
12. @kamoorephoto and @Godmotherx5 thanks for the tag, I tag

Thank you @kamoorephoto @cleoh and @ju.ca.no for the tag!😘
1. Not really
2. Bookmarks
3. Depends...I prefer finishing a chapter.
4. Both!
5. Music sometimes
6. Always several 😂
7. EVERYWHERE
8. Silently
9. I'm guilty of having read ahead more times than I should've
10. I try not to but my spines ALWAYS break
11. No
12. @Ambrosnazzy and @Pruzy !

1. Living room couch wrapped up in a blanket
2. Bookmarks
3. Typically, I have to stop after a chapter
4. Coffee and tea while I read
5. Both. Usually tv with The Office or Friends on
6. One at a time. Otherwise I start mixing plots up
7. At home
8. In my head. But there are times I like to read out loud to the cat
9. Nope
10. Try to keep it like new
11. No way
12. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤗

#myhabits

1. Nope. I read anywhere.
2. Random - scraps of paper, envelopes, magazine pages
3. I prefer to get to the end of the chapter but don‘t have to.
4. Drink
5. Silence
6. Usually several - my own pick, a bookclub book, and an audiobook
7. Everywhere!!
8. Silently
9. Nope - will skim sometimes
10. Not consciously but usually end up doing it.
11. Yes.
12. @chasingom @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Thanks for the tag @merelybookish

Thanks for the tag, @hermyknee ?
1. I'll read anywhere as long as I'm warm
2. I'll use whatever I can find--currently using several Pokémon cards
3. I can just stop, but I prefer to end with the chapter
4. Yep!
5. Not really--tv can be on in the background, but I find it distracting
6. Several at once
7. Everywhere
8. Silently in my head-/but I love to read aloud to my students
9. Never!
10. I love a well-loved book
11. Sometimes
12. @tpixie

1. Not really at this stage, usually a couch but also a lot of Kindle reading done while getting my youngest to sleep on the bed
2. I lose/misplace all my bookmarks. Random piece of paper it is
3. I'm not usually given a choice in having to stop reading 😊
4. Yup, a lot
5. Music yes although not lately. TV not really
6. Several at once
7. Everywhere
8. Silently
9. Never!
10. I break spines
11. No
12. I don't think @Joanne1 has done this!

1. I read everywhere at home... I mean... I will read while blowing my hair dry... so everywhere?
2. Bookmark.
3. On the chapter. Not mid chapter.
4. Drink. Never eat. Hate to ruin a book with food!
5. No sound at all when reading.
6. One book at a time.
7. Everywhere.
8. Silently.
9. NEVER skip ahead!
10. Breaking the spine.
11. NEVER.
12 @MattieH

1. No, I read everywhere.
2. Started using bookmarks consistently a few years ago.
3. I usually pick a spot to read to, a natural break in the story.
4. Yes.
5. No.
6. Several.
7. Everywhere.
8. Silently.
9. No.
10. Crack those spines!
11. Never.
12. Anybody 😁

1. Not yet in this house
2. Both whatever is closest
3. Just stop
4. Yes
5. Only when husband is home
6. Several
7. Everywhere
8.silently unless it‘s Spanish
9. Try not to
10. Keep like new
11. Only for #yreaders
@Avanders @Pogue @downtherabbithole

(oooh I don't know who created this tag, so if you do, let me know)

1. My bed, the recliner, and the swing on the terrace.
2. Both, usually the latter.
3. Definitely at least the end of a chapter.
4. Yup! Usually drink.
5. I can have TV on (if it's cricket or tennis), but I'd prefer not to. Music yes.
6. LOL several.
7. EVERYWHERE
8. Silently
9. Nope
10. Not fussed either way.
11. Yup
12. @WhatDeeReads

1. Mostly my couch, or my comfy chair
2. Bookmarks
3. I prefer to stop at a chapter ending
4. Yep, I have become pretty adept at snacking and reading at the same time
5. Not if I can help it, but my bf sometimes needs something to do while I read
6. Sometimes, as long as they are different types (fiction, audio, nonfiction, poetry etc)
7. Everywhere!
8. Silent
9. Nope!
10. Never. Break. The. Spine. 🤯
11. Only my uni books
12. @ju.ca.no

1) the recliner in the living room. Also sometimes my bed or bathtub.
2) Either
3) end of the chapter
4) Occasionally and very carefully.
5) Nope, I like it as quiet as possible although I have a roommate who hates the quiet.
6) prefer one
7) Everywhere
8) Silently
9) I might peek...
10) I try to keep it looking new, but accidents happen.
11) No, with the exception of some textbooks.
12) to anyone like me who just wants to partake.

1️⃣ Yes, all of the house.
2️⃣ Bookmark, either purchased or made by my kids
3️⃣ I try to get to a natural stopping point...
4️⃣ I think about eating while I‘m already eating, so yeah...
5️⃣ Nah, I can‘t! Rain, though...❤️
6️⃣ Usually several at once...depends
7️⃣ ALL THE PLACES
8️⃣ Silently
9️⃣ Never skip pages! I try not to read ahead but I‘m human...
🔟 Paperbacks get broken. I like my books lived in
1️⃣1️⃣ Some of them, yes! 😊
#readinghabits

1. Usually at the dining table, on the couch, or in bed.
2. Whatever is closest.
3. I like the end of a chapter or a break in the writing.
4. Sometimes.
5. TV is more distracting. Music is usually okay.
6. At least two at a time.
7. Everywhere & anywhere!
8. Silently.
9. No!
10. Try to keep like new.
11. Not too often, but sometimes yes.
12. Anyone who hasn‘t already done this!

✨1. Sometimes, yes.
✨2. Yes.
✨3. I don't have a library card, but yes if I did.
✨4. No!
✨5. Yes. Those are usually my favorites.
Thanks, @Bookzombie ! 💜😆📚

1. Yes
2. Yes, usually weekly
3. Most of the time
4. No
5. Yes, planning to read more of them in 2018

I've found what appears to be a biography of my life in a used bookstore in Tokyo. 😉 Books and Habits 📚🍷

I've found what appears to be a biography of my life in a used bookstore in Tokyo. 😉 Books and Habits 📚🍷