Call me old fashioned, but I love real books. I spend plenty of time on my laptop, but when I want to read I want a tree sandwich between my hands. I just don’t find e-books/e-readers appealing. So here’s my list of things you can do with books that escape the e-reader’s abilities.
10. Use a couple particularly thick, large books to hold up a broken bed frame (the bed I am currently sleeping in is held up this way. Thank you, Psychology 101 textbook I never used!).
9. Throw at your cheating lover when he/she enters the house at 4 a.m.
8. Wrap up as a last-minute gift.
7. Cut out the insides and store my money/gun/treasure map inside.
6. Rest it over your face to block the sun while you sleep on a lawn chair by a pool/ocean/other large body of water.
5. Arrange on shelves to prove how smart and well-read you are to anyone who enters your home.
4. Use them as a break from staring at a screen.
3. Toss it (unprotected) into a backpack, purse, or other carrying-things device for easy transport and use somewhere other than where you are now.
2. Sell them at a used bookstore when you’re totally broke and in need of food.
1. Feel the pages between your fingers as you turn them, smell the new (or old) fragrance of real paper, and just generally enjoy the reading experience without having to deal with technology.
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