I was recently thinking about how we all have different reading taste - not just in the books we read or even the formats we read them in, but also the way we like to experience reading. Are your best reading moments first thing in the morning or right before bed? Do you cuddle up with a hot mug of tea? Read while driving (AUDIOBOOKS that is!!!)? What is the most quintessential you way of reading, both in book and in reading environment? How can I read like you?

My “read like me” experience would be recreating one of my most visceral reading moments with one of my favorite books. Pick up a paperback (it’s my favorite, I’m sorry other formats I promise I love you too) copy of Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield and head to a cottage on/near a beach, but wait for the sun to go down and the wind to whip up so the waves are crashing loudly. Sit up in bed with a window cracked open so you can hear the lake (or ocean or whatever you’ve got) and read for as long as you can with just a small lamp on. Because I think the most “me” reading is an atmospheric book and an atmospheric reading setting. Enjoy!!

Okay now your turn 🫣 if you want but like no pressure 🫣🫣 AHH hi pals.