Do you like to read a bit before going to sleep?

@marguicha (223720)
Chile
September 6, 2019 9:22pm CST
I have my night routines and although some have changed with mylot, mostly I do about the same since I live alone. Now I mylot with the TV on (just in case there´s something I get interested in). I end my mylot day saying goodnight to all of you. It is a sort of wrap of the day. Then, if nothing very good is on TV, I take whatever book I´m reading and read a few pages. Now I´m rereading a book by Jorge Amado, the Brazilian author. Before mylot I read a lot more. Even with the TV in my bedroom, when my husband was alive he watched TV while I read. Part of it was because he was in charge of the remote control. How about you?
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Sep 19
It depends on what I am watching. Currently, I am into CSI Las Vegas and if I watch until I get tired then I go to bed and just go to sleep. However, I watching something does not keep my attention then I go to bed and read for about an hour or so.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
On Friday nights, we have some CSI Miami reruns. I have them on while I mylot although I know some of them by heart.
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@velvet53 (22534)
• Palisade, Colorado
9 Sep 19
@marguicha I haven't seen that in years. It would be fun to watch it again.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
9 Sep 19
@velvet53 It is fun. I like them better than the new shows.
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@velvet53 (22534)
• Palisade, Colorado
7 Sep 19
It depends on my mood but I do read some night. It does help to relax me, well unless I get into the book real strong.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
Some books do not relax.
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@velvet53 (22534)
• Palisade, Colorado
7 Sep 19
@marguicha No they don't. I have been reading some books that I don't want to put down.I would like to read the whole book at night but that isn't possible.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
@velvet53 Once, many years ago, I even forgot that I had children. I was reading 100 years of solitude and suddenly I looked at my watch and it was way past the girl´s lunch and I had done nothing.
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• United States
7 Sep 19
I don't read a book. I do read local news app to stay in the loop.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
And do you use a TV?
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
9 Sep 19
@infatuatedbby I don´t like to watch movies in my laptop or phone. My eyes don´t like too small screens.
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• United States
9 Sep 19
@marguicha Sometimes I do. But I just watch on my phone or laptop . I don't use an actual tv much
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
7 Sep 19
Reading before I go to sleep is a favorite thing for me to do. It is so relaxing.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
It is. I enjoy it better than any other thing.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
@HazySue I have read all my life a lot.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
8 Sep 19
@marguicha It allows you mind to focus on something other than your own life and relaxes you.
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@Starkinds (32712)
• India
7 Sep 19
Not much but yes sometimes
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
@Starkinds I always have a couple of interesting books on my night table.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
So what is your routine?
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@Starkinds (32712)
• India
7 Sep 19
@marguicha I am working, so late night I would prefer to spend my time online mylot or if don't mood to come online then prefer to book reading.
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@Alianess (18)
8 Sep 19
Before I call it a day and dive on my bed, I always read something or watch a documentary. Rarely, I watch a movie before going to sleep.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
What sort of documentaries do you prefer?
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
9 Sep 19
@Alianess That´s a lot. I watch sometimes those and other times documentaries about wildlife.
9 Sep 19
@marguicha historical/archaeological, animal, mysteries (solved and unsolved), conspiracy theories and technological/scientific documentaries.
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@kareng (61152)
• United States
7 Sep 19
Why is it that the men think they *have to be* in charge of the remote?? Mine is the same way and oh when the batteries start to get weak it is like a major disaster until new batteries are put in. I like to read before bed too. I usually turn the computer off and then read until my eyes droop.
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@kareng (61152)
• United States
8 Sep 19
@marguicha I have to agree.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
@kareng Most of my woman friends have the same problem if they have a partner.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
I am completely sure that it is a genre thing
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@mayka123 (16604)
• India
7 Sep 19
I usually am watching tv before I go off to sleep. When the television was not there in my life I would read a book before going off to sleep. Since I have a full-time job I don't get much time to catch up on the tv programmes.
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@mayka123 (16604)
• India
7 Sep 19
@marguicha I have the Amazon Fire stick so I can watch what I want and when I want. I like crime based series so watch some of them on Netflix or Amazon Prime.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
@mayka123 Some of those are fun.
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
I don´t watch new programs on TV. Most of them are not interesting for me.
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@stringer321 (5644)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
7 Sep 19
I used to read book when I was a child or sometimes when I had books I got to read. Now it is only mylot and news. What book of Jorge Amado have you been reading lately? Many of his books got translated to Hebrew. Jorge Amado also got a respect title from my country.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
The name of the book must be something like "How the Turks discovered America". This is my translation of the title; I am reading it in Spanish.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
@stringer321 The title is a funny one. They came as immigrants centuries lates.
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• Kiryat Ata, Israel
7 Sep 19
@marguicha ok, thanks, it must be interesting how they did it. I mean, before anyone had known about other continents, they needed a lot of courage to sail far to the unknown...
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• Bridgton, Maine
8 Sep 19
I don't need to read to make myself sleepy just before going to bed. Instead, I practically always get sleepy just before 9 pm anyway. Then at nine, I go to bed. Sometimes I'll listen to music after I go to bed. Then, I sometimes wake up at two in the morning and find that my radio is still on.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
I have to be ill to be sleepy at 9pm. But I do take a nap after lunch.
• Greenwood, Indiana
8 Sep 19
I read before I go to bed.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
I like to read too.
@psanasangma (7281)
• India
8 Sep 19
Depends on my mood.. I end up staring at computer.. Once I am on bed ultimately my eyes also closed
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
I like to rest in my bed lately. My legs and feet hurt less.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
7 Sep 19
I always read a few chapters before sleeping. I do this since I was a young girl, my husband always did the same.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
I used to read a lot more, but I still read a lot.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
8 Sep 19
@marguicha We both love to read, we have so many books.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
@LadyDuck I often say that it is good that many of my books have been stolen by my closest friends. If not, I would have had to go to a bigger house
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• United States
7 Sep 19
No because I fall asleep reading, so try not to read before bedtime.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
What do you do then?
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
8 Sep 19
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• United States
8 Sep 19
@marguicha When I get to the point I am tired, I just lay down.
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@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
7 Sep 19
My TV Arial broke last winter in stormy weather. I am planning to get a new one fitted soon as I still pay for a TV licence. In my lounge I have a lot of books. I often take a book from there to read in my bedroom. I have to bring them back into my lounge. I sometimes watch TV programs on my laptop.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
I was a book worm since I was little. Maybe you remember that the second floor of my house is full of books.
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
7 Sep 19
I do enjoy reading a bit before going to bed. Usually I'm just reading in bed.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
I always have a couple of books to read at night.
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@ptrikha_2 (47062)
• India
7 Sep 19
I have been away from reading since last few months, owing to many reasons. But I plan to resume book and novel(s) reading in the coming months. So how is the weather now in your place?
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
It is much better as we near the spring.
@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Sep 19
We haven't been watching TV apart from the news at 7pm which is usually when we're having dinner.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
I have my TV in my bedroom. So that when I get into my bed I turn it on.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Sep 19
I will watch a few minutes of tv before dozing off. Clears my mind usually. Sometimes I just go to sleep without tv. I rarely read any more.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
I read less no as my eyes are worse. But I still read a lot.
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• Sonora, California
7 Sep 19
I love to read before bed, I usually have several books going at once!
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 Sep 19
Me too.