When reading, do you prefer reading with music or reading on a solemn place?

Sometimes I read with music on, sometimes I don't it depends on where I am. If I'm volunteering at the library, it's usually quiet, but if I'm at home I usually have some background noise on.

Hi pretty_ris, I cannot read while listening to music, it seems I cannot concentrate on any of the two things, I must do them separately or I wont do it, so I need peace and solemn while reading.....

Heh, I try to fit the mood of my music to what I'm reading. That is the absolute best. :) I love having music on all the time, and when I read is rarely an exception. Reading and music go hand in hand for me. :) I understand what I'm reading, and it often makes a bigger impact on me when I have that one song that fits just right playing.

I would prefer it to be a silent place for reading. i cant really read in a noisy environment as i cannot focus on the task at hand. So i second whatever you have mentioned in this discussion.

I prefer reading too that listening to music. But unlike you, I can read anywhere when Im bored. like when in supermarket lines, riding in bus, traffics. I had the itch to read esp when Im so bored and when I want to finish what I'm currently reading

I read in two cases .. when I am enjoying a storybook or novel or whateva(any piece of fictional writing) or when I have fire on my tail before the exams. In both cases I like to have calm and quiet atmosphere around me while I read as I want to(or have to) really concentrate on the book at hand. However there is a thing I would like to add, when I was small and mom-dad used to scold when I didn't study properly I used to act as if I am reading and would listen to music on my earplugs instead. Don't tell to anyone :P.

When I read I prefer to read in silence. I don't like having a lot of noise around me while I'm reading. I like to comprehend and understand what I'm reading and I can't do that if there is a lot of noise going on around me.

Personally, I don't mind either. Sometimes, I do prefer reading with music or simply in silence, but I have done both. It does just depend on my mood and how I'm feeling. It will vary from time to time.

Sometimes I like to have some music in the background while I am reading and sometimes I prefer silence. It depends on my mood and the things I am reading. If I am reading something that is difficult to understand (non-fiction books about a topic that I don't know much about etc) I prefer silence, because that makes it easier for me to focus on the things that I am reading. If I am reading fiction is usually easier for me to read and listen to music at the same time.

I can read anywhere, but if it is something for a class or that i really need to learn, quiet is better for me. I am an avid reader, and with a child in the house, you need to be able to read with noise going on, or you never get to read.

No matter how much i love music, when it comes to reading, I prefer reading in a quiet place. I have friends who watch Tv or listen to music while studying, but I for one cant do that at all. I have tried but I just end up singing with those songs. It's really distracting.

Yea right, and I prefer reading in a solemn place. I can easily comprehend when the environment is peaceful. It's so annoying to read with a music, i am not comfortable with that.Yes, all of us has different comprehension skills and whatever it is, it doesn't matter as long we understand what we have read. :)

I don't mind reading light and enjoyable topics and stories with lots of pictorials in noisy places or locations with lots of distraction. But I read the more serious and difficult subjects in a place where it's cool and comfortable, preferably with classics and classical pieces playing softly in the background.

I hate reading with music, It caught my attention..

I don't mind reading with music (as long as it's music I know/like) but unless I'm really engrossed in my book I get distracted by other noises like people talking. Generally, I like to read somewhere quiet, but with music on in the background. I'll stick on something easy to listen to, that I know all the words to (so I won't be distracted listening to the lyrics) and just lose myself in the book. Half the time by the time I put my book down the album's finished and I haven't even noticed it stop! Yesterday we went to the cinema, and I knew I'd probably be early (I was coming from much farther away than everyone else, and I get paranoid about being late) so I took my book, and sat in the car with it and my music. It's my goal to re-read all the Harry Potter books before the film next week and I read 2/3 of Harry potter and the chamber of secret sat in my car yesterday :) I had to keep the windows closed though or I got distracted by cars starting/people walking past etc.

Reading as you nod to the beats is better. I'm always like that- through my schooling time till now.