I don't live in a grand house with the kind of home library you see in magazines and movies. Every part of my home seems like a good place to read a book—a comfortable chair by the window, a side table with a cup of tea, the couch in the living room or even my bed just before I fall asleep. Looking back over the decades, I have realised that it isn't the furniture or floor-to-ceiling bookshelves that matter. It's the simple and delightful habit of settling down with a book,