4 Tips for Reading in the Bath

Over these last couple of days in May, I plan to post some tips for reading in locations other than the comfort of your home. Some of these locations may be related to your home somehow, or close by, but hopefully these will help you out with reading in these locations.

For many of these reading locations, you can use any book format. However, I will note if there is a better book format to use in a specific location in that specific post.

This is probably the most controversial reading locations: reading as you take a bath or shower. However, I do think it can be done, given the right precautions and set up.

Today's post will focus on 4 tips for reading in the bath.

Tip 1: Use an audiobook,

Unless you're taking a soak and can keep your hands dry at all times while reading, use an audiobook. This way, you can set your phone or iPad on a counter far from the tub. You're also taking out the risk of dropping your book, phone, iPad, or Kindle into the bathwater.

Tip 2: If you're going to use an ebook or a physical book, have a bath tray of some sort.

You can find bath trays almost anywhere, and it's an easy search on Amazon. This way, you have some barrier between your book and the water in the tub.  And, as mentioned in Tip 1, only use an ebook or physical book if you're soaking and plan keep your hands dry at all times.

Tip 3: Choose a book you have both a physical and audiobook copies of.

This way, you don't have to risk taking the actual book into the bathroom with you. And you can gauge where you are in your physical copy so you can pick up there in your audiobook (or vice versa if you start with the audiobook).

Tip 4: If you're using an ebook or a physical book, have one spot that is for sure dry, and won't be too exposed to water, where you're book will go once you're ready to get out.

This way, you're not risking your book getting wet - or even damaged - by the water. And you'll know to keep that area as dry as possible for your book.