Tell me you read Nicholas Sparks, Sidney Sheldon or Nora Roberts and I may not want to
speak to you again. Tell me you worship the likes of Marquez, Chekov and
Joyce and I will respect you forever. For sworn bibliophiles around the
world, books can be major deal breakers (or makers).
The books we love often reflect all that we believe in; all that we think is beautiful in the world. It may have a character you closely relate to or a plot that reads like your own life. So the kind of books we read say a lot about us.
Accuse me of narrow mindedness but when it comes to knowing people, I judge them by their taste in literature. Going into someone's house and seeing a wall plastered with books excite me, perusing the titles on somebody's shelves is like opening a window on their psyche.
I am aware of the fact that an individual is more than the sum of his bookshelf but I also believe that books are an extension of one's self and so for me a person is as good the books he reads.
P.S. My apologies to the people who love Sparks, Roberts and Sheldon but seriously, you need to give Wilde, Dostoevsky and Marquez a shot.
