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Old 12-11-2020, 12:50 PM   #10
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I've been told I'm weird for not liking to read in the bath.

Here's the thing - I get the idea of it. You're comfortable and relaxed and you are going to spend some time there so why not combine it with another relaxing thing, reading? It works as an idea.

For me though, it fails in practice. Because as soon as I raise my hands out of the water to hold up my book or ereader, I want to put them back in again. It's like being told you can't scratch your nose. You probably didn't even think about your nose and suddenly all you can do is think about how itchy it is. I just want to dip my arms under the water and out again.

I can't do that with a book. I can do that with a water-proof ereader I suppose but whilst it might not damage it, it doesn't do much for the reading experience.

To read in the bath I need an ereader that projects an image onto the wall and has mind control page-turning.

Or audiobooks. They work.
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