Where to Read, That Is The Question　本をどこで読むのか問題

plum_mei

Sept. 8, 2025

Where to Read, That Is The Question　本をどこで読むのか問題

As a bookworm, I'm dissatisfied that I don't have a chair suitable for reading. I love being able to read in a relaxed posture, with my neck and arms comfortable. A dining chair or a desk chair can do the job, but they are far from perfect. Reading in bed is cozy, but it often leaves me with a stiff neck or makes me sleepy.

Ideally, a sofa would solve the problem. However, I haven't seriously considered buying one because it could be expensive and it might get in the way when I vacuum.

For now, my favorite solution is reading in the bathtub while using the lid as a makeshift desk. Surprisingly, I can concentrate really well for short periods, though my books do end up a little wrinkled.

読書は好きなのだが、読書に適した椅子が家の中にないことが不満だ。首や本を持つ手をリラックスさせて、楽な姿勢で読みたい。ダイニングチェアや勉強用の椅子でも読もうとすれば読めるのだが、少し物足りない。くつろいだ気持ちで読むためには、ベッドで読むのも好きなのだが、首が痛くなるし眠たくなってしまう。
理想的に言えば、ソファーがあるといいかもしれない。しかし、高い買い物になるし掃除の邪魔になるしと考えると積極的に買う気になれない。
結局、一番好きなのはバスタブで読むことかもしれない。バスタブのふたを机代わりにして読むのだ。これは短時間ならかなり集中できる。しかし本がシワシワになる。

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Where to Read, That Is The Question　本をどこで読むのか問題

As a bookworm, I'm dissatisfied that I don't have a chair suitable for reading.

I love being able to read in a relaxed posture, with my neck and arms comfortable.

A dining chair or a desk chair can do the job, but they are far from perfect.

Reading in bed is cozy, but it often leaves me with a stiff neck or makes me sleepy.

Ideally, a sofa would solve the problem.

However, I haven't seriously considered buying one because it could be expensive and it might get in the way when I vacuum.

For now, my favorite solution is reading in the bathtub while using the lid as a makeshift desk.

This is perfectly correct no need to change it. But someone from the US may ask you what a bathtub lid is. Made me chuckle.

Surprisingly, I can concentrate really well for short periods, though my books do end up a little wrinkled.

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As a bookworm, I'm dissatisfied that I don't have a chair suitable for reading.
I know someone who was just complaining about this a week ago LOL

Dynamo

I love being able to read in a relaxed posture, with my neck and arms in a comfortable position.

Made it a little smoother by making the first clause and second clause have the same cadence, but a small change overall.

A dining ~~chair or a~~or desk chair can do the job, but they are far from perfect.

In English, when you list several types of the same noun, the noun can be omitted except for the last item in your list. This is something that stands out more the more things in a list you have. For example: "I like chocolate cake, vanilla cake, strawberry cake and ice-cream cake." VS "I like chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and ice-cream cake." The first version feels redundant.

Reading in bed is cozy, but it often leaves me with a stiff neck or makes me feel sleepy.

adding "feel" here again helps the flow. It "LEAVES me with a stiff neck or makes me FEEL sleepy". I'm struggling to come up with a better explanation for this one

However, I haven't seriously considered buying one yet because it could be expensive and it might get in the way when I vacuum.

I think the reason that yet feels right here is because when you have "seriously" it implies that in some form or fashion, you have considered it and then having the yet makes it feel less absolute. If you felt strongly that you wouldn't buy one a sentence like: "However, I won't buy one because it could be expensive and it might get in the way when I vacuum." I would probably tweak another word or two in this version, but I didn't to illustrate my point more clearly. Which is, it doesn't feel like it would need a yet.

For now, my ~~favorite~~preferred solution is reading in the bathtub while using the lid as a makeshift desk.

Using preferred here keeps the more formal tone of the overall entry. Favorite sounds a little more casual in which I would write something like "For now, my favorite place to read is in the bathtub while using the lid as a makeshift desk."

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Please don't take my corrections in a negative way. Overall your grammar, spelling and construction are excellent. You should have no issues conveying what you want to in English based on your entries I've seen thus far. But that also means that at the level you are writing at, I think the only real room for improvements are on the flow and cadence to the language that comes naturally to a native speaker. There are grammatical reasons for these, but they tend to be internalized by a native speaker in a way that make it hard to explain. And even then, preference, writing style and individual skill with the language between native speakers can vary to the extent that someone else might disagree entirely with me. That's why I try to give detailed explanations instead of just making changes and moving on.

plum_mei

Sept. 10, 2025

Thank you so much for your kindness! Your points are all very valid, and I understand that paying attention to these small details is what leads to more polished writing. I realize that even among native speakers, language intuition can vary, but your suggestions made perfect sense to me and were very instructive. They’ve motivated me to keep improving.

Where to Read, That Is The Question　本をどこで読むのか問題