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What I think about you based on how you organize your books

What I think about you based on how you organize your books

snap judgements and literary neuroses

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Finally, after a few months in our new house, all our books are up on their shelves. It’s gotten me thinking about how I like to look at people’s bookshelves. Like to look at them is perhaps the wrong word. I want to look at them. I am drawn to looking at them. I feel compelled by the desire to look at them and restrained only by my sense of politeness.…

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