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Bookshelves Have Many Stories To Tell
I can gather information about a person by what they read
It’s been said that we shouldn’t judge books by their covers, even though we do, but I certainly pay attention and judge what books are on someone’s bookshelves. I took (with permission of course) Susie Kearley’s idea of showing off my bookshelves.
Every time I have to start working with a new mental health provider, I look at the books they keep in their offices, it’s part of how I determine if they are safe or not.
I never went back to the therapist whose shelves were lined with shit from Focus on the Family, Bob Jones University, and other such places. She was unsafe for me just by the books that informed her practice.
These are just some of the books on my physical and digital shelves. The first shelf is my collection of Bibles. I do not pick up and keep every Bible I see, I only want to keep ones that I will actually use and that hold some value or meaning for me beyond the words themselves. I do not have the space to keep anything and everything, and the text of the Bible is readily available in many apps for free.
