Where is your favourite spot to read at home? What makes it such a good reading corner?
My favourite place to read at home is on my bed, propped up against a ginormous pile of big, squishy velvet cushions. I have the comfiest bed in the world so there really is no better place to luxuriate with a new novel, or whatever book I am reading in preparation for my next interview. However, this cosy reading corner may soon be usurped by a mustard velvet reading chair I’m buying for my new house. It’ll be tucked away in my walk-in wardrobe upstairs, where no one can find me and I can read alone, undisturbed, for hours (most likely buried under an avalanche of clothes, so jam packed is said dressing room at present).
What time of day is sacred reading time for you?
I wish I was one of those people who had a dedicated hour before bed to read, but unfortunately, my forever-moving schedule does not currently permit this. Instead, I carry a book, sometimes two, wherever I go and try and read whenever, however I can. It means I’m never annoyed when someone is late for a date because I take that time as delicious bonus-time in which I can cram in a bit of extra reading. I always love reading on long train journeys too.
"Because reading allows me to live all the lives I fear I might not have time to live in my one lifetime; it allows me to travel whenever and wherever I want to go; it allows me to relish solitude rather than fear loneliness; and gives me a portal into every and any world or mind I feel curious about."