I have often had trouble holding a book while I am reading it. Either my neck is crooked or my fingers hurt or the pages flare up. Most of the time it is so annoying!
But there is a sweet spot in a book, usually around the middle where you can safely set the book on a table or the bed and the pages will rest perfectly still and I can read in peace. That sweet spot only lasts for 5 pages or so and then it is back to the great literary struggle.
I am just happy to be reading.