Going through a slow patch right now as Im not being really sucked into anything, but I think when you read enough you lose that need to 'settle into' a book. I just open a page and I'm in there. For me its more immediate than film. I usually like to have 2/3 or more on the go at one time as well and I will pretty much read anything.
Timewise - I dunno - havent been to a toilet without a book in about 15 years so I guess that tells you something.
Currently reading:
The Anatomy of a Moment
Cercas, Javier
Dream of Fair to Middling Women
Beckett, Samuel
Are You Ready for the Country: Elvis, Dylan, Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock
Doggett, Peter
The Death of Grass
Christopher, John
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Hochschild, Adam
On the Beach
Shute, Nevil
Cat's Cradle
Vonnegut, Kurt
A Season in Carcosa
Sr., Joseph S. Pulver