I love doing this as it takes me into the world I am reading about. Definitely no speed reading here.

and drew a diagram of the hotel floor, to better picture it.

I've been lucky to be in all sorts of homes, buildings and so on, and I can remember details. I was thinking of a series of books I read set in Maine. The main character is a game warden named Mike Bowditch. There are several descriptions of his small house, and between the description written, and memory of small cottages I've been in, I imagined what it might look like. It was a blend of details the author had included and memories that came to mind.

Reading the Book theif a few years ago was just perfect as she including a vivid description each chapter.
I love that.

novel ways. That's what imagination is.

directing a play.

I asked: Don’t you have a little movie running in your head when you read a book?

He said: No.

Or maybe they just read orthodonists' manuals.