2009.06.26
Reading Snacker?
Here's yet another reason why reading is good for you: it isn't really the easiest thing to do while snacking, so snacking takes a break. That's good if you are watching your weight, or sugar intake, or cholesterol. It makes things a little frustrating if you are really in the mood for some Doritos. 
Handling a book while munching on cheese powder covered chips is difficult, and then there are the orange smudges you leave on the pages while turning to the next or readjusting your grip. I read mostly hardcovers these days so I need two hands to keep it steady. Those with Kindles may have an easier time of it one handed. Small paperbacks are perfect for one handed reading, but my days of cracking a spine for a five fingered read are pretty much limited.
So what is a reader to do? Watch a movie instead? Put the book down with every sip of wine? Sit at a <gasp> table, laying the book flat, so as to have a hand free for eating?
Likely, if you're like me, you'll snack anyway, curled up in the easy chair, snuggled up in bed. A smudge of remnant snack isn't the worst thing found in a book.
What's your reading-eating pleasure? Oreos dipped in milk? Popcorn?
I can eat and drink easily with my Kindle. Another reason to love it.
Comment by Nona Nelson — June 26, 2009 @ 10:46 am
Nona, you have a Kindle? My cousin said she bought one and loves it.
I don't snack when I read. I don't want to mess up my book and don't want to stop to think about anything other than the book... that is when its a good book.
Comment by Dana — June 26, 2009 @ 11:26 am
I love my Kindle. It's so easy to purchase books, it's easy to read with one hand, and it's cool. At least to me it's very cool.
Comment by Nona Nelson — June 26, 2009 @ 12:54 pm
Nona,
Which version do you have?
Comment by Dana — June 26, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
My favorite reading experience is sitting in my writing room, in the 50-year old overstuffed leather chair that came from my wife's mother's estate, in front of my fireplace, sipping on a glass of madeira and munching cheese.
Comment by Jerry L. Haynes — June 27, 2009 @ 6:24 am
A delightful image Jerry!
Comment by Heather Froeschl — June 27, 2009 @ 10:21 am
I guess my ability to juggle a bag of something in one hand and a book in the other could be considered a skill. But there are days (usually while trying on clothes or even a swimsuit) that I wish I wasn't that coordinated. The key is, is to have a paper towel handy to wipe that orange, powdery goo off your fingers. And wine will usually balance nicely on a window sill or a deck railing. Thank goodness.
Comment by Amy Hanek — July 2, 2009 @ 3:45 pm