In this thread I invite my fellow writers to list the books in their bathroom and pontificate on their appeal and purpose.

Charlie Brooker's "The Hell Of It All" - cathartic, provokes gales of laughter, alerts other members of the household that the latrine is taken.

Andy Nicholls - "Scally" - Everton football hooligan has a wander down memory lane. Packed with lies thinly disguised as first hand accounts of lurid violence. Assists in getting me up and off the pot in a hasty fashion.

Michael Chabon - "Wonder Boys" - Current book of choice. Requires a degree of concentration, hence it's position on the top of the pile

Kerouac - "Sartori In Paris" - An old family favourite. Useful for late night drunken reverie

Stephen King - "The Shining" - A hand held laxative for those "difficult moments"

I currently have a stack of West Wing scripts piled up in the bathroom. They are most definitely not toilet paper.
8 down, ~140 to go.

No Books in Bathroom. I never understood the concept.

I agree with Jem. I see no point. They can only be a distraction and why waste even more time over the performance?

Furthermore, although I wouldn't class myself as particularly fastidious, when visiting I find the mags and books in other people's establishments especially unappealing - it's the thought of the circumstances of their handling over the previous weeks and months, I suppose! Books deserve better...

Chris

Books deserve better?

Perhaps.

Never been that precious about em meself ... paper bricks with writing on them. Some of them more deserving than others.

As regards the bathroom being a suitable venue for reading, personally, it's often the one room where I can get a bit of peace and quiet ...

No books here.
I will not touch something that others have touched while they were doing a poo. No way. No how.
HBx

You have a separate loo roll for every member of the family?!??

LOL!!!!!

No. But I just grab a bit of paper and get out of there. Reading would involve sitting there, turning pages...that others have turned. With their hands...shudder.
HBx

Also, my bowels are so healthy that the whole performance is over in seconds. Hardly time to find the page I'm on.

God, yet again I think that you and I were separated at birth, Jem. Same here - no time to get comfy with a book in there. Plus I don't like the germ element of all that (uh-oh, I'm becoming Zelah again).

No books in our bathrooms either. They would end up being wanged in the bath on the pretext that 'they need a wash mummy.'

Helen, don't you think people read before wiping their bottoms, rather than after?

Personally I don't usually take a book into the loo, but if I feel the need to relax, then I do, and it speeds things up so I only get to read half a page! He he! Bet you all wanted to know that! <g>

Deb

Thanks for sharing, debac!

Deb