Ed Lynskey's Blog: Cracked Rearview Mirror - Posts Tagged "spare-time"

Reading nooks are those places you can chill and read a book. They may not be your favorite spot, but you make do just the same. For instance, I used to eat my lunch inside my car and read because the office was so noisy (i.e., ringing telephones, etc.). The coffee bistro at Borders was another stand-by. Sadly, that won't be the case any longer, will it?

Recently, I've seen a lot more readers using their Kindles, Nooks, or whatever. The subway platform and car are popular reading spots. A guy at the National Art Gallery whipped out his Kindle while his wife used the powder room. (It wasn't me because I don't own a Kindle!) A neighbor lady walks her dog while reading a book she holds up in front of her face. I'd say hello, but I don't know who she is.

Waiting in airport lounges make for a good time to get in some reading. Any plane trip taken begets a paperback read. I always schlep a book along to the dentist or doctor's office. Nothing miffs me as much as sitting there twiddling my thumbs when I could be buried in a book.

I also like to keep a downstairs book in the kitchen, and an upstairs books that I read in the bedroom. We should also touch on vacation reads. Or do you just give yourself a break from everything, including reading, when you go on vacation? Not me. I gotta have a book to read all the time.

Happy reading to you and yours!

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
"Definitely recommend you take a fictional journey to Lake Charles."
Elizabeth A. White's Musings of an All Purpose Monkey