I read when I am in the stand, but I am kind of like cptleo1. I get settled in for a few hours. My eyes start going goofy if I try to stare off into the distance for too long. Usually I try to bring something that I won't get to involved in.

As for a good book to read, I just finished "The Last Season". It's a non-fiction account of backcountry Ranger Randy Morgenson. He was a Ranger in the high Sierras who disappeared while on patrol. Excellent book, and has a lot of accounts of the wilderness.