What if books that would grant stat bonuses when read actually took us into a playable adventure that would award the stat bonus upon completion.
What if books of a historical or documentary nature took us into the actual events of the book. Make it so we can move around but not interact with anything or anyone.
When we read the book we could get a prompt that allows us to just skim the book (normal reading mode) or seriously read the book (adventure mode). If it is an interactable story, such as one that grants stat bonuses, when we start, all of our unequipped inventory goes into a special container and all of our equipped inventoru goes into another one. gear and items pertaining to the book would be in containers as well and would be added and equipped accordingly. The only thing that would not be taken out of our inventory would be the book itself. Using it while in adventure mode will take us back to the normal game, swapping gear and items the same way.
Would something like this be enjoyable for anyone?
