Monday Musing – Reading on the Go

Published on by Margaret

Today’™s MUSING MONDAYS post is about reading on the go’¦


I always like to have a book with me at all times ‘“ call it a nerdy grown-up security blanket ‘“ and rarely do I leave the house without slipping one into my bag (even if I KNOW I’™m not going to have a chance to read it). Do you take a book with you? Do you take whatever book you’™re currently reading, or do you have a special on-the-go book? And do you have a preference for a these types of book (paperback, hardback; short stories; poetry etc)?

This follows on quite well from yesterday’s post about how many books I’m currently reading. I do take a book with me most places I go, as you never know when you’re going to find an opportunity to read. I used to keep a book in the car but as I don’t drive every day I don’t do that any more, but I slip one into my handbag each time I go out, so that limits the size of book I choose. It’s usually a paperback as that is lighter to carry around and if I haven’t got one on the go that’s the right size I pick one that is, which is one reason I often have a lot of books on the go at once. I don’t for example take out Les Miserables, which I’m currently reading!

I don’t have a preference for any particular type to take out, but as I read more fiction than non-fiction it is usually fiction. When I worked I always had a book that I left there to read at lunch-time – I was even known to read a book whilst waiting for the lift, which used to take an age to come. I hated the waste of time.

13 thoughts on “Monday Musing – Reading on the Go”

  1. I can relate to your reading while waiting for the elevator. I’ve been known, on occasion, to do my shopping with a book in hand, reading in all those snatched in between moments.

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  2. I read pretty much everywhere. On lines, in waiting rooms, on elevators, on my bus or subway ride. It’s a great way to get througha book sometimes. Those pages add up.

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  3. Sometimes I loathe the advantages that driving brings when I think of all those hours behind the wheel when I could be reading.

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  4. When I had an office outside my house, I used to leave magazines in my desk. Seemed easier to read short articles when I had free time. And I didn’t have to cart them home again.

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  6. I used to work in a doctors office that was in a fairly old building. The elevator sometimes took between 5 and 10 minutes to arrive (depending on which floor it was on, number of stops along the way, etc.), so I’ve read while waiting for the elevator, too.

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  7. Doesn’t everyone?? I always take whatever book I’m currently reading with me even if I know I probably won’t get a chance to read it. You never know when the unforeseen may happen and you may actually be stuck somewhere. It would be horrible to not have something to read.

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  8. Over the years I have developed the habit of taking travel books with me when I know there will be opportunities to read while “on the go”. I especially like Granta’s collection of travel stories.

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  9. I always take a book in my bag. I don’t mind having to wait in doctor’s surgeries, being stuck in snow drifts, missing buses and trains as long as I have a book!

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  12. I’m lost without a book! I always take one to work so I can read during my lunch hour and while waiting on my rides. Even if I just get in a page or two!

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