What's on your bookcase?

[Mischka]

wish that pic was clearer so i could see all the books on your bookshelf

I admit to squinting at them a lot.

I too love the bookcases and I feel like a nerd asking if they're built into your wall.

Lit has its priorities straight. Here's a clearer shot of part of one of my two bookcases (which are attached to the wall, but not built in).

So, what's on your shelves? Share, please.

 

[Saint Peter]

Dilbert!

 

[CHNOPS]

The head of Alfredo Garcia.

 

[KRCummings]

Well you got the Dragon Tattoo books so that's a point in your favor. Possibly another point depending on which Follet that is. Some Cormac McCarthy so there's a point.
I think I see Life of Pi so there's one.
Can't read most of the others. Some look sorta iffy. I don't count your Shakespeare or Twain. Everybody has some collection or other of those but most don't read them.

I see no Lee Child or Stephen King. Not sure what to make of that. May have to deduct points.

 

[girlsmiley]

Ermahgerd berks.

Lots of them.

 

[pete]

Lit has its priorities straight. Here's a clearer shot of part of one of my two bookcases (which are attached to the wall, but not built in).

So, what's on your shelves? Share, please.

*gazing over mischka's books...*
catch-22, excellent
heart of darkness, norton edition, very good
barbara kingsolver, blah
john irving, good

but timequake, kurt vonnegut?? omg marry me!

 

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[pete]

one of my shelves, pulled from another thread

 

[pete]

Well you got the Dragon Tattoo books so that's a point in your favor. Possibly another point depending on which Follet that is. Some Cormac McCarthy so there's a point.
I think I see Life of Pi so there's one.
Can't read most of the others. Some look sorta iffy. I don't count your Shakespeare or Twain. Everybody has some collection or other of those but most don't read them.

I see no Lee Child or Stephen King. Not sure what to make of that. May have to deduct points.

ha, points off for no Lee Child? srsly?

 

[Fata Morgana]

A few of mine!

 

[Mischka]

Possibly another point depending on which Follet that is.

The Pillars of the Earth

I don't count your Shakespeare or Twain. Everybody has some collection or other of those but most don't read them.

You can discount the Shakespeare; my grandfather picked up the compilation when he visited Shakespeare's home, and I inherited the book. Of course I've read many of them, but I'm no expert. Twain, on the other hand, is one of my favorites. I'm slowly savoring the first volume of his autobiography right now. It's like having a conversation with the man. I have to pour a glass of bourbon whenever I read it.

I see no Lee Child or Stephen King. Not sure what to make of that. May have to deduct points.

No Lee Child. King's on a lower shelf not included in this shot.

 

[KRCummings]

ha, points off for no Lee Child? srsly?

There has to be entertainment.

 

[KRCummings]

The Pillars of the EarthYou can discount the Shakespeare; my grandfather picked up the compilation when he visited Shakespeare's home, and I inherited the book. Of course I've read many of them, but I'm no expert. Twain, on the other hand, is one of my favorites. I'm slowly savoring the first volume of his autobiography right now. It's like having a conversation with the man. I have to pour a glass of bourbon whenever I read it.

No Lee Child. King's on a lower shelf not included in this shot.

Ok, I'll give you those. Pillars of the Earth is the only good Follet I've read.
Child is not mandatory as long as you have some mindless entertainment somewhere. He's just one of the better ones at that. Incredibly mediocre writer though.

 

[Mischka]

A few of mine!

Gorgeous! And of course you have saucy red walls.

 

[pete]

fata i love how you cram them in there, i'm the same way.
but from the looks of it you're much more organized, sorting them by author and whatnot

 

[Fata Morgana]

fata i love how you cram them in there, i'm the same way.
but from the looks of it you're much more organized, sorting them by author and whatnot

I have to get some of the fuckers out with a shoe horn! Biogs are on one shelf, reference books on another, Charles De Lint pretty much has his own shelf, and the rest are crammed in in no particular order. I have another case on the opposite wall, and piles and piles all over the house. I probably have as many in that pic in my bedroom as well. I need to ditch a couch and get another huge case sometime soon.

 

[KRCummings]

And so far I've seen no Harry Potter. That aint right.

 

[slave_]

A few of mine!

mmmmm... The Pre-Raphaelites

 

[Fata Morgana]

What I would love to get my claws on is a massive coffee table book of Arthur Rackham's stuff. I have one, and there are quite a few out there but they never contain tons. Would love one I could hardly lift with everything he's done in it.

 

[Fata Morgana]

If Ogg posts his I might have to abuse myself, vigorously.

 

[pete]

What I would love to get my claws on is a massive coffee table book of Arthur Rackham's stuff. I have one, and there are quite a few out there but they never contain tons. Would love one I could hardly lift with everything he's done in it.

i've found that coffee table don't fit in well with bookcases, or kids. i had to put all my art and architecture coffee table books down in the basement

 

[bronzeage]

When I sold my house and downsized the living quarters, I sold or gave away a thousand or more books. I had a few collections grouped by subject. The coolest one was the pre-WW2 automotive service manuals. I had about a dozen from pre-WW1. Those are gone, mainly because they were easy to sell.

What remains of my library are a few which have more sentimental value than book value.

 

[pete]

If Ogg posts his I might have to abuse myself, vigorously.

ha, no shit.
his will look more like those library pics in alleyrose's thread

 

[Fata Morgana]

i've found that coffee table don't fit in well with bookcases, or kids. i had to put all my art and architecture coffee table books down in the basement

When I get a new shelf I did the top one to be huge. I have some enormous ones upstairs. I have a Bert Stern of all Marilyn's pics is the size of a small window.

 

[Fata Morgana]

There's a guy on here called Weird Harold who I think might have even more than Ogg. I asked him to marry me years ago but he blew me out.

Cunt.

I love him though. For his book collection.