Top Ten Tuesday: Rewind

 

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Favorite Places To Read

Oh, am I going to have fun with this one! :)

1. Sitting on a fallen log, a nice, tall, fat one. It's lovely atmosphere. Unfortunately in the east the experience is quickly ruined when you're bitten all over by chiggers and ticks and mosquitoes and biting flies. Best to do it out west, where it's drier. It doesn't rain much at all in the summer in the Northwest, contrary to popular belief, and the trees are bigger.

2. I used to like to read in the car much more than I do now (I'd usually rather look at the scenery, honestly). But if there's nothing to look at but cornfields, then reading in the car is awesome! (While someone else drives. . . er, duh!) If the other people in the car are introverts and happy to be quiet, the car is a great place to read. The only other thing you could be doing is looking out the window or listening to the radio, neither of which stands out as especially useful, so no one can scold you to stop wasting your time, and spoil all your fun.

3. Reading while you wait for your laundry to finish is also good, for the same reason.

4. Under a weeping willow. They're so beautiful, and shady, and quietly breezy, and you feel as if you've already one foot in Faerie before you even sit down.

5. Inside a tent on a rainy day. The somber, cool light, the lulling patter of rain, and the cozy feeling of being outdoors in the wet and still staying dry I love.

6. In the desert, in the shade under the palms near a river or spring, while you wait for the heat of the day to pass. Pour water over your head if you like, only try not to get your book wet.

7. Sprawled on the floor. I don't know why reading on the floor is so much more fun than sitting in a chair, but it is.

8. In bed, in the dark, while everyone else is sleeping and no one knows what you're doing. If they're blissfully asleep, they have no reason to disturb you.

9. At a shady picnic table in a quiet corner of a public botanic garden, like the one in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

10. I've never had a window seat, or a tower-shaped room, but I think it would be really cool to combine them. It would be a really romantic place to read.