The books you read

[123everton]

I saw a book advertised about learning about people from the books they read, what are the basic ideas behind it?

[naomi24]

What was the book called?

[123everton]

My mistake, it's an amusing article on abebooks.co.uk.

[blackeyed]

that's something i would really like to know too.I quite doubt it.
but you never know.

[tamborine]

have all Jeffrey Archers (incl signed first editions) & Jilly Coopers. They're hidden from my kids, as they're busy emptying & booting my stuff.

I'm sad, so wot !

[blackeyed]

and i am usually trying to keep my brother away from my sidney scheidons!
I have one jeffery archer too my cousin asked me not to read his books when i was around sixteen and that was exactly when i bought it!!

Well that sure shows one thing we both are woman!! lol

[China Doll]

God I hope not... I have a liking for crime thrillers involving serial killers... :-/

[daffy654]

I read mainly crime fiction and true crime (serial killers) books. I wonder if that means i'm a closet criminal/serial killer?

[China Doll]

It wouldn't suprise me daffy... You've always struck me as quite sinister, I'm going to start avoiding you... ;oP

[Ankou]

i can certainy tell that when i go round peoples houses their bookshelves tend to have your classics, dickens, tolstoy, hardy etc in full view for visitors. invariably this is pretentious snobbery as they have never usually read them and are trying to project a false vision of academia and worldy knowledge. i find most people who rattle on about the 'great works' they have read are bores, what do they want? a biscuit?

so even though i do have these books, i hide them behind them behind my beano annuals and tom sharpe collection. i am a pretentious snob, but i don;t want everyone else to know.

http://kyusireader.bl...f-your-bookshelf.html

[seadogg]

What about the people whose houses seem devoid of books? Have they tidy minds or empty heads?

[daffy654]

We have so many books in our house that we ran out of room on the shelves for them, we have literally hundreds just lying around in boxes.

[MrsT]

The downing street years, that's a good read!

[blackeyed]

so did you mail him ankou?

[Ankou]

no i've got to rearrange it first so that the bible, birth of tragedy, war and peace, viz top tips 2008 and book of mormon are at the front.

[blackeyed]

and beside the bible and the book of mormon also add some Danielle Steel, Jackie Collins and see what he comes up with.

[jomifl]

'scouting for boys' says a lot

[jomifl]

Thanks ankou I'd overlooked the tolstoy

[chakka35]

Like daffy we have run out of space in which to put more shelves.

As for the idea that anyone could tell what sort of people we are from our extraordinary collection (about 2000) of fiction, non-fiction and reference, I wish them luck. For a start they would reasonable infer from my many books about the bible and the Jesus story that I am highly religious, whereas I'm a positive atheist.

[naomi24]

I agree Chakka. Our bookshelves are positively groaning under the weight of a vast array of titles and genres - and the largest section is dedicated entirely to religion.

[RATTER15]

I keep my Bible in the homour or fiction sections, sometimes after reading the Bible I will sometimes return to the horror section.