The time I handed a two page list of books I had read recently to the first one and she said I had read more than she had - I admitted this did not surprise me. The second one reads more than the first and asked me if there were any on the list I thought she should read. But the second one is better read than the first just in general. The first has suggested non-therapy texts for me to read or therapy-like-light (Brene Brown and book written by someone who had been kidnapped and one other) but when I asked what the purpose of me reading them would be - she refused to explain and so I did not (I had read brene brown prior to meeting the first one - and am not a fan of her writing -but I love her voice and sometimes fall asleep listening to her speak)

Neither displayed any dismay nor did they openly discourage it. Whether from lack of interest in what I read or from knowing I would not count their opinion in deciding what to do - I do not know.