Right now, in the room we call our office, there are books. A shitload of them. They aren’t all mine. Aren’t even MOST mine. And they don’t confine themselves to the office. They are everywhere. Here are just a few examples.
Mine:
His:
Ours:
and Theirs:
And maybe that wouldn’t be so bad, but there are three full bookcases I didn’t even bother to feature, plus another one that is empty. And then there are the boxes. Boxes and boxes and BOXES
of the exact same thing.
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I’m linking this up with The Lightning Bug’s “Flicker of Inspiration” #27, “Here with Me”.
Jester Queen 
Ha!
we have the same problems, except we have book shelves, CD shelves, and movie DVD shelves
Yes! I think we writers have a ‘hoarder’ gene that is fairly media specific!!
Looks like a nice copy of ” IT ” in your bookshelf!
Oh yes. Oh yes it is. It is, to be precise, the one Nanny sent out in a box of books a few years before she died, along with a kickass copy of The Talisman, which is also buried around here somewhere, and a first edition of Danse Macabre.
Might be time to donate some books. And I know getting rid of a book is like losing a limb. Why I have moved mine 2K miles and back again.
I’m ready to surrender my beloved books and nearly everything else to have a house again. We’re turning into hoarders.
Look on the bright side – so far they are all contained (shelves, boxes) – but watch out for when they escape onto the floor, stairs and every flat surface.
Oh – they’re doing that, too. Just they share the space with our other hoarder-clutter, so I opted to focus on the ‘positive’ of the bookcases! I do love my books, though.
Trust me…it’s not just your home.
I would comment more but I’m busy organizing my bookshelves.
Guess I can’t interest you in an original “The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge”?
Thought so….
Wai… Did you say original bobbsey twins? The books my mom read me from birth? Now that’s different…
Have you ever noticed that there is no elegant way of starting REALLY LARGE quantities of books? All the bookshelves with fun designs are meant for you to put two or three books on, angled artistically. I have been struggling to figure out a way to make my collection look decent for a couple of years now.
Maybe someday!
I fear that the longer I wait, the more unlikely ‘someday’ becomes!