1. Stick it in the end pocket of a soft bag when you’re travelling and rest your feet on it.

2. Pick it up off the bookshelf late at night when you just want to re-read a chapter for old times’ sake.

3. Dog-ear a page (and then blog about it).

4. Get deliciously overwrought about bending the spine. Although attempting 1. might have a similar effect.

5. Waft across the pages and breathe in the dusty woodiness.

6. Use someone important’s business card as a bookmark in it.

7. Bend it ever-so slightly to fit in a jacket pocket.

8. Write your name in the front of it, so when someone else buys it in a second-hand book shop they can google you to get a bit of lovely insight into the book’s provenance.