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Originally Posted by BethRags
I am bluntly honest with my therapist, in general. I've thought this one over though, and initially I was going to tell her that I deeply appreciate that she loans books to me, but that the books she's asked me to read are just not my style. And assure her that I truly do appreciate her kind intention (I do).
But I've chickened out. I am afraid of hurting her feelings. It's clear to me that the books she's loaning to me are treasures for her. Probably, the best thing I can do is make a quick, short comment about the book and move on to another subject. When she does give the books to me, I might just be stuck with skimming them and reading reviews online so I can comment a sentence or 2 about the book.
And, I keep hoping that one day she'll share a book that really does capture my attention 
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Your initial idea sounds absolutely fine, its sensitive to your T's feelings whilst being true to your own and your T is unlikely to take that badly, unless she has really serious issues that she needs to address elsewhere!
But I completely get how hard it is to actually say that in reality. I'm not sure if I could. Ideally therapy should be the place where we can say such things without fear but it doesn't always work out that way!
Either way, I hope you come to a decision you're at peace with.