I didn't often feel a need to do so, but on the rare occasions, he was very open to it and happy to read what I passed along to him. But we were both academics in a university setting, so it seemed pretty natural. There is some validity, I think, to the possibility that bringing reading into a session can triangulate the relationship, or be used to avoid an experience of an issue or feeling or the relationship. But I would be concerned if I sensed any defensiveness in the T about it.