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Originally Posted by The Might
I always felt really comfortable in my bed/sofa/armchair while reading about Bag End
And...always when food was mentioned in the book, I felt the need to eat something...especially when the food was good
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Oh, I didn't even bother to mention that. This is necessity. LotR was the first book that learned me to eat when reading. I have to eat something, especially dinner at Farmer Maggot's, at the house of Tom Bombadil (a semi-vegetarian, good, light food), at the Prancing Pony (the paragraph starting with the words "They were washed and in the middle of good deep mugs of beer when Mr.Butterbur and Nob came in again..." - this is one of the places you REALLY HAVE TO EAT, or you cannot read any further)... well... if I think of it, generally every time food is mentioned in Tolkien, it awakes appetite. The Hobbit maybe even more than LotR. From the most significant from LotR I would also mention dinner with Faramir (wine&cheese, the best) and Beregond with Pippin (if you really want to enjoy a simple breakfast, read it from the moment Gandalf leaves Pippin, this is really a very good scene for boosting your appetite, and start eating only at the moment they come to Targon - yes, I remember the name, so you can see I am quite fond of that scene - and you'll feel... well, extatic). And the first time Gimli tastes lembas, I generally also take something crunchy for taste.
...not speaking of the famous rabbits OKAY, I'll stop now.
...not mentioning that I need to bathe when reading about the coming to Crickhillow. Hot water, bath, holding the book. Best after returning from a long walk in the evening.
Oh, and on a non-pleasure note, the beginning of Chapter 2 in Hobbit, whether the sun is shining, whether I sit in comfortable room, I always forget the reality and feel as if my clothes are wet allover and everywhere is raining, raining, water, wet, muddy road I am standing on, oh crap, I might get a cold.