I’m aces with a fly swatter.
Grab the swatter, go into a smaller room, and close the door. Take your book into the bathroom and wait for it to join you. You now have the upper hand.
Those damned not-lady-bugs bother me far worse. All my ceiling lights are down bulbs. I go in the bedroom and lay across the bed to read. “Ting!” “Ting!” “Ting!” throwing itself against the light-bulbs. They stink like the devil if you crush them.
I frequently comment that we need a TV light. We always had one on at night when I was a kid and if you looked down into them there was always ½ cup+ of fried critters.
Want a handy not-lady-bug collection tip? A pop or juice bottle and a small step if you need on to reach the ceiling. Leave one ceiling light on central to the house. Every now and then go collect the bugs off the ceiling by tapping the opening over the bug. They fly down, and into the bottle. Rest and repeat and you’ll eventually have them all. Well, all but the one napping in the bedroom waiting to “Ting!” the light when you want to read.
You can put a bit of water with a few drops of dish liquid in the bottle so you don’t have to deal with them trying to get out when you un-cap for the latest victim.