My Top Six Reading Accessories

To many who are outside of the "bookish community," it can be hard to picture how you can accessorize your books or accessorize reading. However, it's a very simple thing to do, and just like anything else you'd accessorize.

I personally differentiate between "reading accessories" and "book accessories." For me, this is mainly because while most of my book accessories can overlap with my reading accessories, not all of my reading accessories can overlap with my book accessories. However, this is my personal opinion and differentiation. You don't have to differentiate like this, and if you do, it doesn't have to be the same way I do.

Today, I'll be focusing on my top six reading accessories.

Tomorrow, I'll be focusing on my top eight book accessories.

Reading Accessory One: Background noise.

Whether it's music or a movie I've seen at least a hundred times, I personally prefer to read with something playing in the background.

Reading Accessory Two: Comfortable reading position.

Mine tends to be lying in bed, but one of my favorite reading positions after that is in my rocking chair and under a blanket.

Reading Accessory Three: Reading journal.

This is a recent thing for me, especially since getting A Clockwork Reader Reading Journal. But I personally think that reading journals are good reading accessories, if you can stick to them.

Reading Accessory Four: Pen and/or pencil.

Using a pen or pencil for a reading journal and/or doing marginalia in physical books.

Reading Accessory Five: Earphones or headphones.

This is particularly helpful during quiet hours, or if you don't want to be disturbed, while you listen to background music or cinema (if you do this).

Reading Accessory Six: Phone and/or iPad.

I tend to use these for my audiobooks and ebooks and keeping easy track of my Goodreads information.