What your books say about you

Have you ever gone over to someone’s house and snooped through their bookshelves? (of course you have, admit it! You’re a reader). Do you ever make assumptions about your friends, acquaintances, and boyfriends/girlfriends by what’s on their bookshelves? I admit that I do. I also wonder what my friends think of me when they come over to my apartment and see all my books lined up (sorted alphabetically for easy reference). I read here that a person’s bookshelves say a lot about them as a person. Although it deals primarily with dating, I think that the same principles can be applied to pretty much everybody who reads or doesn't. Each book on my shelf has a certain significance to me. According to the article, my interest in fiction means I “tend to claim that that there is more truth, beauty, and understanding about the world and human psyche can be derived from make-beliefs.” Some people claim that all of this is bunk; but I believe that in some respects this assessment is true.