Open Thread: How Do You Use Books?

As a Technology, Books Have Endless Uses. What Are Yours?

Books are extraordinary tools with a fabulous range of uses. We can, for instance, use them to think and feel. We might reach for a novel and discover that it helps us process some emotional difficulty, that it serves as a form of catharsis. During the same day, we might also consult a nonfiction, public-affairs title to help us analyze and argue some f…