I love to read too and I often read in order to fall asleep.  So mostly I read in bed, but when the weather is nice, I love to be near the water.  I guess some of you already know that.  I'm drawn to it and I feel more relaxed when near it, even if the waves are pounding into the shore.  It doesn't have to be tranquil, just has to be a body of water. 

 

There is a conservation area in our town and parks on both sides of it, I love to take a blanket and a book, go down to the nearest park, spread the blanket under a willow tree near the shore, lie down and read.  Sometimes it calms me so much, I'll actually fall asleep there.