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“I find that so many readers are also stationery junkies,” says Bogel, so she often gifts a pen and notebook for logging books or general writing. “This caddy tray has seen me through many a laborious workday, and there’s honestly no better feeling than decompressing in a steamy lavender-oil bath with a good book - sans the anxiety of water damaging its pages.” “I do all my best reading in the bathtub, even more so than in bed,” he says. She loves how it expands to fit her tub and makes “reading a real pleasure.” Close is also a fan. Daisy Buchanan, host of the Y ou’re Bookedpodcast, uses a similar tray. Which, yes, I have done, both as a child and as an adult.” Strategist contributor Verena von Pfetten says this tray has “the naturalistic appeal of an expandable Danish secretary desk.” Adjustable to the size of one’s tub, it’s also designed to hold a stemmed wineglass and has a circular spot for soap - or a favorite candle - making for the best bath ever. Temple says, as a kid, she “dreamed that one day someone would invent a machine that would hold up my book and turn the pages for me so I could submerge completely while I read.” In the meantime, she’d love if someone gifted her one of these trays: “They may not turn the pages for you, but they at least keep you from dropping your brand-new hardcover into the water. Reading in the tub is one of life’s better luxuries, and this water-resistant teak tray makes it easier.