Do you get easily distracted when you read?

[obiebookworm]

Sometimes. It's usually when I'm tired or stressed and difficulty concentrating. But for the most part, I don't have any problems.

[arnaleigh]

Depends on how much I enjoy the book. I struggle to concentrate when there's a lot of noise around.

[gali]

Not really. Since my kids were born I can read through all level of noise.

[raidmar]

very easily. got to have almost no noise or else i'll have to re-read what i just read or i'll forget 20 pages later in the book

[Tonya]

Depends on how much I enjoy the book. I struggle to concentrate when there's a lot of noise around.

Me too

[Loveabull]

Not really. Since my kids were born I can read through all level of noise.

Kids will do it for you, you grow so insulated to noise that the smoke detector can go off over your head in the middle of a good book and it takes a couple seconds to register

[SarahBearah]

Nope! Just like when I'm drawing/painting. The roof will have to cave in before you tear me away!

[Mellowxyellow]

I usually read books in my own personal and quiet time, so I have never really been distracted. However, I do notice that sometimes it can be difficult to read if someone attempts to have a conversation in the middle of your paragraph. I used to listen to soft classical music while reading. I think it would be hard to read a book if there was loud music blaring, or something such as a vacuum running. However, sometimes, when you get your hand on a book that just pulls you into the world, you can easily disregard your current environment.

[dudeandduchess]

Yes. Even if it's just something dropping or my dog snoring, I find myself reading the same sentence over and over until I zone myself back into the story.

[Aniblast]

If I'm reading when I really should be working on something else, then definitely and very easily.

Otherwise, I always get drawn into the book easily enough that I'm pretty much in my own world. My imagination runs off the fuel provided by the story, and if it can get the characters in motion and all, then it's a sealed deal on me being absorbed in what I'm reading to not get distracted.

[The Bookaholic]

No, I don't I have you be yelled at before I realise that someone is talking to me.

-- 05 Dec 2013, 05:21 --

^ I agree with the above, I am the same.

[K-katastrophe3]

Actually I do not. Sometimes it is hard for me to even notice the things going on around me when I am reading. I have had people who had to call my name a couple times while I was reading to get my attention. That is when you know the book is really good. Though some times, when I cant get into a book, I get distracted by just about everything.

[TrishaAnn92]

If I am having difficulty concentrating, or get so relaxed and comfy reading, or I have a lot on my mind, I will sometimes get distracted and reread the same sentence before I give up and put the book down for a while. Whether the book is good or not.

[d0dridge]

Depends on the book! Some books I could read during Christmas Dinner at my Parents and not be distracted.

Some books I find easier to read with specific background music.

Others I need silence, no distractions and regular breaks to absorb what I have just read.

[Ja5mne]

I'm usually intensely focused on whatever I'm reading so much so that if the book is really good I'll stop hearing any noise around me I'm so absorbed in it! if the book is lagging a little though I can be distracted by the tv or something. So I think it really just depends on the quality if the book