Can you do multitask while reading

britt1125 · Post by **britt1125** » 10 May 2015, 12:07

I tend to watch tv while I'm reading, or cook dinner. I can read while doing Almost anything.

BGillilan · Post by **BGillilan** » 11 May 2015, 02:08

It depends on what I'm trying to do but usually I can. It's easy to watch television and read. Or if I'm picking up a room I can read with one hand and pick up with the other.

Tumi91 · Post by **Tumi91** » 11 May 2015, 03:17

I read to clear and relax my mind, if I am doing other things it defeats the purpose of reading. At the risk of having by book damaged by what ever task I am sharing while reading, I would rather not multitask.

stacihunsinger · Post by **stacihunsinger** » 11 May 2015, 11:58

I have recently joined Audible and I find that I love to "read" while I am doing household chores, like dishes or laundry. It is a great way to enjoy my book, while being productive at the same time!!!

MariVasiliadis · Post by **MariVasiliadis** » 11 May 2015, 18:21

I feel that if you multitask while reading, you lose the true meaning of the book. If your mind is on something else you miss the minute details that make a good book outstanding. I've tried reading while listening to music, but when a good song comes on, I can't resist all of the head bobbing and singing along. Ultimately I end up re-reading the same sentence a thousand times before I finally give up. Reading is best done where there are no people and no distarctions.

Deee · Post by **Deee** » 12 May 2015, 09:44

I can definitely read while the tv is on in the background. I've also read while listening to music, and eating.

Ealasaid · Post by **Ealasaid** » 12 May 2015, 09:46

Deee wrote:I can definitely read while the tv is on in the background. I've also read while listening to music, and eating.

I can definitely eat while reading. In fact, I prefer to.

Deee · Post by **Deee** » 12 May 2015, 09:51

Lol...

book snob · Post by **book snob** » 12 May 2015, 16:18

Absolutely not!

-- 12 May 2015, 16:29 --

Absolutely not! I get so submerged into the beautiful, scary, or hot, hot, hot, world an author weaves, the outside world is dead to me. I just love picturing the world writers describe that I'm feeling and picturing everything the characters are. I love books so much more than movies because it's my perception of a story not somebody else's. Btw that's the reason the book is all ways better than the movie. Anyways I'm getting off topic, I cannot do anything at all with my nose in a good book, I can barely come up for air. It gets so bad sometimes my wonderful family hides my phone, kindle,iPad,or book. Claiming I ignore them, I just can't help it, then if it's a series we are all in trouble untill the whole things complete.

Cee-Jay Aurinko · Post by **Cee-Jay Aurinko** » 12 May 2015, 16:52

Well, I can do coffee and reading. But anything else--absolutely not.

kooler72 · Post by **kooler72** » 12 May 2015, 20:51

I can't read and do anything else at the same time. I like to visualize what's going on when I read. I can't do that and do something else too...lol. My brain would go into overload if I did that....lol

Myrissam_98 · Post by **Myrissam_98** » 12 May 2015, 22:01

I cannot read and do something else at the same time otherwise i will find myself re-reading the same paragraph over and over again!

vivadolce96 · Post by **vivadolce96** » 13 May 2015, 06:15

I can play video games while I read lol. I do end up getting frustrated sometimes because the game has a cutscene or a number of monsters I have to defeat and I would rather read my book for more than 4 seconds at a time.

But.

Game obligations

Xanthos · Post by **Xanthos** » 13 May 2015, 11:19

I can only listen to music,while reading...

Lovely_Loreley · Post by **Lovely_Loreley** » 13 May 2015, 12:16

I can eat or drink while reading, and I quite enjoy having a snack while I'm taking the time to read. I also like to read while walking around/exercising because that's something I don't really have to concentrate my mind on, you know? Any task that requires mental concentration I usually won't do if I'm reading.