That's also how I read, the immersion...except not totally, because when I want to go back and look at a passage again, I remember where it was on the page (upper right, second para down on left page, etc). Kindle, and Kindle for iPad, BITES for that. The pagination flows differently as you move forward and backward.

I've started habitually checking the progress slider, also.

Hey, Raq, the books came! That was quick. I'm hoping to get to the post office tomorrow.

Raq, I've found that with the Fire, I'm able to find what I want that way (because I, too, remember things by page location).

because when I want to go back and look at a passage again, I remember where it was on the page (upper right, second para down on left page, etc)

I do that, too, so I'll flip through the pages glancing at , say the middle of the right hand page to find whatever. But e-books I can just do a search for text, which I love, especially for names because I am bad about keeping track of characters.

I am all about the percentage-of-book read. Even with paper books, it's a calculation I do in my head when I am, for example, convincing myself to stop reading and go to sleep. "You're exactly 5/6 of the way done," I'll say to myself, "that's a nice round number, pick it up again tomorrow."

The immersion and snapshot descriptions of reading are interesting. Either might be what I do, my process is pretty opaque to me. I definitely have trouble with my eyes sliding off of stuff they aren't glued to, or I can suddenly realize I've "read" several pages and yet that last sentence (much less the many previous) actually said.

Cool. I got the DH a Fire for Xmas (since he's an Amazon Prime member), so I'm in the process of figuring how to make it usable overseas. I may swipe either it or his old Kindle for reading, as Kindle for iPad has some limitations.

"You're exactly 5/6 of the way done," I'll say to myself, "that's a nice round number, pick it up again tomorrow."

Ha. Me too. But I'm not good at convincing myself to put it down. I need more self-discipline.

the story, if it's a good one*, just starts to happen around me, and the pages disappear. When I'm finished, I can quote from the text and seem to have most of the story in my head. (*some stories, my eyes just slide right the hell off, and I can't finish them at ALL. And some I feel the urge to take a red pen to instead of reading.)

Does anyone else read like that?

Yeah; I don't notice turning pages, hard copy or e-readers, and I don't care about pages, because I pretty usually read a book at a gulp.

And I binge-read. Like, two days in bed, nothing but novels and tea and cigarettes; if I wore something more flowy, I could be in fucking Bloomsbury. And you know, wasn't using Nook.

Yup, I'm a binge reader too. When I should be sleeping. The iPad hurts less than a hardback when it thwaps me on the nose when I fall asleep reading, fwiw. My eyes don't deal as well with the glare after 3am, though.

I love hearing about how people read.

Raq, how's R liking the Fire?

Does anyone else feel a little hungover by a reading binge? A little headachy and nauseated?

depends.