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 Last month we told you about our summer guilty pleasure books. Today we want to share our favorite places to read those and other less guilt-inducing books. Where you read can make a big impact. I can’t read anything but the most engrossing book in a loud place (especially if a TV is tuned into the Food Network—pretty cakes distract me). Here are our picks for the best places to read. Have other favorites? Feel free to share in the comments.

 I'd say my favorite reading spot is in bed. You can cover up if it's cold, sit up, lie down and rearrange more easily than other places. -Shelby

My favorite reading spot is on a blow-up raft in the pool. I learned that this is also my least favorite reading spot depending on the presence of splashing kids. My copy of Good Grief is still wrinkly. -Brittany

 My balcony. I love Saturday mornings when I can sit on my balcony, read a good book and drink my coffee. -Lindsay

My favorite reading spot is definitely in bed, with a view out the window, coffee in hand. I get distracted trying to read somewhere in public like a coffee shop, and the times I'm able to read for pleasure are generally either at the end of the day or on weekend mornings. When I was younger, I was so bad about staying up to read in bed (when I wasn't supposed to) that my mother finally bought me one of those Itty Bitty Book Lights so I didn't have to use a flashlight to see the pages. -Amy

I am immediately picturing myself reading on the beach in Bali, or somewhere on the Mediterranean coast. Hell, anywhere in Europe.

In the meantime, reading at the springs or poolside will do for now. -Megan

I love to read outside, preferably in a place with more trees, bugs and birds than cars and pavement. When it’s really hot, sitting by the pool is my favorite so I can quickly jump in when the sweat gets distracting. If it’s not so hot, pretty much any porch or patio will do. -Peggy