Writer's Block: Airplane reading
Well, first of all, there's the fact that reading on an airplane is kind of difficult. What with your ears popping and the bouncing and the watching flight attendants. Then if it's a night flight they turn off the light and so you have the option of possibly bothering the person/s beside you. And then there's the food that's disrupts things right as you're starting to get comfortable. That kid behind you who keeps kicking the seat, and the two Greek women to your right who keep laughing and, you suspect from their glances, talking about you.
Oh, and there's the in-flight movie/s.
If I'm in a plane I'll usually bring a book though, because I can't really go anywhere without *anything*. But, since when I'm traveling, I'm also usually preparing to spend a week in a hostel where all the space I have is a locker beside or under a bunk I usually pack as light as possible. I'll often bring some pages or a book on the country I'm going to, or a short book that doesn't require too much thinking.
I think that's what the question really asked. Trashy romance novels don't exactly require higher brain function, which is good, because flying isn't really conducive to it. Picture books would also be good. But, no, I don't buy the romance novels they sell at the airport We-Charge-More-Because-You're-Stuck-Here mart. Aside from that I don't bring reading on flights
Trains I bring reading on; stuff to study, fiction, non-fiction, local paper. Trains are easy to read on, as are subways.
Busses. Eh, not so much. If you've memorized your stop than yeah, it works the same, but in a bus you have to be a good bit more self-aware, and you could always get stuck standing up.
But, you know what I really do when I'm traveling on plane or train or bus or boat? I watch out the window, hum to myself, and fall asleep. ;-)
Oh, and there's the in-flight movie/s.
If I'm in a plane I'll usually bring a book though, because I can't really go anywhere without *anything*. But, since when I'm traveling, I'm also usually preparing to spend a week in a hostel where all the space I have is a locker beside or under a bunk I usually pack as light as possible. I'll often bring some pages or a book on the country I'm going to, or a short book that doesn't require too much thinking.
I think that's what the question really asked. Trashy romance novels don't exactly require higher brain function, which is good, because flying isn't really conducive to it. Picture books would also be good. But, no, I don't buy the romance novels they sell at the airport We-Charge-More-Because-You're-Stuck-Here mart. Aside from that I don't bring reading on flights
Trains I bring reading on; stuff to study, fiction, non-fiction, local paper. Trains are easy to read on, as are subways.
Busses. Eh, not so much. If you've memorized your stop than yeah, it works the same, but in a bus you have to be a good bit more self-aware, and you could always get stuck standing up.
But, you know what I really do when I'm traveling on plane or train or bus or boat? I watch out the window, hum to myself, and fall asleep. ;-)