... or sit with curved back and one's legs drawn up close to the body （躺或坐）蜷作一团 *curl up with a book 弯着身子看书 * The dog curled up in front of the fire. 那只狗蜷伏在火炉前面.
The bed seemed the perfect place to curlupwithabook in the evening (the suites are blessedly sans televisions), but the dim lighting, which so added to the cabinlike feel earlier, and the weak bedside lamp made reading a spine-curving challenge (my only complaint about the suite).