Do you find yourself scanning the book shelves of other people when you are in their homes? I do. It's a bit like "trespassing" with the exception that your friends display their books, so I conclude it's fair game. Looking at the titles tells you something about them; about their souls. Looking at someone else's books "offers keys to a particular temperament, an intellectual dispostion, a way of being in the world" wrote Jay Parini.
You have to be a book lover in order to understand. I suggest you follow the link to Al Mohler's blog entitled, "By Their Books We shall know them." You will enjoy this. Find it at: http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_print.php?id=787. From there he will take you to Parini's article, "Other People's Books."
Good reading may start with good snooping!
Bob
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