[asdj;; why do you gotta throw a biting book at people, huh?

She catches it, but the instant it lands in her hands, it snaps viciously and she drops the thing anyway. Cursing under her breath as the book attempts to scuttle away, she gives the book a solid kick towards the tree trunk and picks it up in the few seconds that it seems dazed or ... whatever's going on with it.]

Do you think you've gotten everything you can out of this... thing or do you plan on sitting on it for a little while longer?

[Perhaps literally sitting on it, who knows.]