My wife reads in bed a lot and she loves this little light.  It's got two settings on it, low and high and the low setting is really enough light for her.  She doesn't even use the high setting for anything.  This little light is pretty bright.  Best thing is the light is LED so it's not going to burn out any year soon and the batteries are 3 AAA which are inexpensive and commonplace and power this little light for months before needing replacement.  Excellent product!