Lust for life - You said "However, my H would probably be disgusted and annoyed to see that book in our house or that I was following her hypocritical advice." Would your husband really try to control what books you read? If this is a serious reason not to bring home a book I would be questioning how free and equal you actually are.
Oh Martelo, let's not make assumptions here. No where did I say he would "control" me and not let me bring it into the house. All I'm saying is if he doesn't respect the book and I don't respect the book, why bring it into the house? If I wanted to I would. See the difference? There are plenty of things I do that he probably doesn't like but I like it so I do it, including posting on this board, eating certain foods, listening to certain music, you get the idea.