Shelving completed! (for now)

[osprey_archer]

I have all the books I transported to my apartment shelved! Unfortunately there are at least two more boxes of books still back at my parents' house (and probably not enough shelf space for them all here, hmmm...)

Anyway! I thought I would post pictures of my shelves, because who doesn't love spying on other people's bookshelves?





This shelf is the first one you see as you walk in the doorway, and I thought, after all, why not put all my classics there to create a good/imposing first impression? My Austen collection is missing Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice; I ought to correct this at some point.







Lots of books! It is separated pretty neatly into "children's books" and "nonfiction books about travel and the nature of evil," which pretty well sums up my book collection.







These are my books of Australian origin. Okay, not all the Obernewtyn books are physically from Australia, buuuut I couldn't separate them from her other books - I think I own more Isobelle Carmody books than I do from any other single authoror, at least, her books take up more shelf space, because they have ballooned out soooo long in recent years.

I still need to read the final Obernewtyn book. I'm almost dreading it in a way, because I've waited for the end of the series for so very long; I've just got to set aside a day to do it.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

I thought I would post pictures of my shelves, because who doesn't love spying on other people's bookshelves?

Indeed! :-D Thanks for sharing yours!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Whenever I find myself in other people's houses I am always "OH LOOK YOU HAVE A BOOKSHELF. LET ME LOOK AT IT."

This happens even if I've been there before and have already investigated the bookshelf. I just have to investigate it again.

[littlerhymes]

ENHANCE, ENHANCE! :)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Hahaha well, I think you can probably make out a lot of the titles on the two smaller shelves if you squint.

The big shelf is probably a lost cause, though. Maybe once I bring down the final box of books and fill it up, I'll post a few close up pictures of it.

[sineala.livejournal.com]

Those are lovely! So well-organized! (I will not post mine because they are TERRIFYING.)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

This is the good part about moving to a new place! The books can finally be organized.

It probably won't last, but I can dream.

[evelyn-b.livejournal.com]

Aww, your bookshelves are so tidy and small! I'm glad (some of) your books have such a nice home in your new apartment!

(when I have more books than shelves, I just stack them up against a wall. This is Not Recommended).

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I got the white shelves from a friend who moved away, but they work quite well in the space for hand-me-downs. I do like these square shelves that have been so popular recently; they're so versatile!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I thought I would post pictures of my shelves, because who doesn't love spying on other people's bookshelves?
I do, I do! :D Thank you for this post, it was indeed very fun to examine your shelves.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I have a terrible weakness for bookshelf exploration scenes in novels, too. Of course the heroine should sit down to explore her new friend's bookshelf! For five pages! With commentary on the books!

I'm not sure I've ever actually read a scene like this, now that I think about it. This is clearly a loss to literature.

[ladyherenya]

Bookshelves! I'm always fascinated by other people's bookshelves - both in terms of what people have and how it's organised.

I haven't read the final Obernewtyn book either. I borrowed it once from the library, but then realised I wouldn't finish it before it was due back.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I'm quite proud of the fact that these shelves are organized (sort of). For the longest time my new books just got shoved in wherever I could find space for them, and everything was a jumble.