Oh is it Gassy in here?

Gass says that book are always on. A screen turns off at the end of the day. He also talks about having a book shelf and what that does for you and everyone who interacts with it. He talks about how in a shelf they are visible to be seen by other people. "Unlike the love we've made or the meals we've eaten books congregate to form a record around us of what they've fed our stomachs and our brains. These are not a hunters trophies but the living animals themselves." In relation to books being on the shelf. He also says " because every real book is a mind, an imagination, a consciousness" He seems to be saying is that books create this other person by sharing what they have to share, when they are together, not only are they multiple people but multiple utopias or complete dismay. He also talks about the interactivity in a book. The way the pages turn, what cover looks and feels like or even what the persons name was who rented the book before him.  I tend to agree with Gass. Books have a spirit to them, they live and breathe, they have a smell, the more used book the better. Its been through some rough times. There is also this idea that a book recommends a person. I can see what you're reading, a stranger I don't even know.