Bookshelves

So I've been finding all kinds of interesting bookshelves on the internet. Thought that I'd post a few of them here for everyone to pine over (or just look at funny) the same way I have been.

Have you all found any interesting bookshelves?

My Bookshelf Tour

Hi! Just wanted to let you guys have a look at my book shelves (I know you were just DYING to see them :-P).

Top shelf has my vintage cameras (first one is from the 60s and the name escapes me at the moment, second is from around 1910 and is a Kodak Jr). Then on the right of the shelf are my Harry Potter mugs from back before the first movie ever came out.


Next comes shelf number two. It has my Harry Potter books (number one is currently being read, which is why it's not there), the books I have from the Inheritance Cycle and a cute little owl statue. The hardcover books are first and then come the paperback. I know it's out of order that way but I can't help it. I'm weird like that.

Shelf three has some books on tape, some Christmas gifts, books I've bought, and books I've won...  

Shelf number four... Don't you love the Harry Potter bookend?? Got it from Spencer's before the first movie ever came out.

Shelf five... yes, that is Norbert sitting on top of that little treasure chest (my mom brought it back from Haiti).

Shelf six... a dragon "lamp" (I say "lamp" because it's actually a candle holder). I love the little owl statue! There are two signed bookmarks from Courtney Allison Moulton, a note from Meg Kerr (who wrote Experience, the P&P sequel I LOVE), an Eternal Ones book mark, and Brisingr on CD.

Shelf seven... some more books on tape (got one from the library for next to nothing!) and some great books I've read (and a couple I haven't). Then there are some books I've had for small groups at church, the girls bedtime Bible stories, and an LSAT practice test book (I wanted to take the test at one point).

Shelf eight... another couple books I haven't read on there, other than that, more that I love and probably will read again.

Shelf nine... this one belongs to my girls. All their Junie B. Jones, Dork Diaries, Magic School Bus... all kinds of stuff. Even some books I had when I was around my oldest's age.

Shelf ten... more of my kids books (yes... that one is called Walter the Farting Dog).

I have one shelf full of notebooks and stuff and a couple other kids books.... but I feel like I've miscounted. Like I'm missing a shelf. Hmm... Oh well.

Oh, and I'll leave you with another Christmas present I got!

Hope you enjoyed the tour through my bookshelves! This is about as good as I can do because I don't have a video camera and I'd have no CLUE how to edit videos (I'm a photographer, pictures I can do... videos I cannot).

Ladies & Gentlemen

I would like to introduce you to my BOOKSHELVES.

 This Harry Potter bookend was originally purchased before Harry Potter was a movie I believe. So, we've had it for a while. My mom was big into HP stuff so we got it for her. :-)

These owls are just cool. And reminded me more of Harry Potter. I'm weird. What can I say.

So I don't have ENOUGH books to fill my shelves. I know. Horrible isn't it? And You see Elvenblood by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey there... I have the 2 other that have been published SOMEWHERE. Still wish they'd publish the final book... even though Andre's not around anymore. Next to that are some things from Angelfire signed by Courtney Allison Moulton! And next to THOSE is the note that came along with Experience written by Meg Kerr!

More HP memorablia. That little dragon right there is Norbert. :-)

And the bottom shelves have my daughter's books. It looked like she had more than that, but I didn't realize how skinny some of her books are. That's all Junie B Jones and Magic School bus etc.

And... courtesy of my brother, lol, Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog.

This... I am sad to say.... does not fit on my bookshelves. :-( This is Hagrid... and another Norbert. Hagrid sat watch over all my books while they were stacked up on the top of my chest of drawers. Now, I don't know where to put him. Makes me sad.

And there you have it folks. A quick look at some of the things on my shelves. There are more shelves than what's pictured, of course. But They're kind of bare, so I'm waiting until I have more on them to show them off. :-) I have other books upstairs, I just have to go through boxes to find them. But I'm wicked excited to finally have somewhere to put them!

Paper or Plastic

I don't know why, but I don't believe I will ever invest in a Kindle. Or a Nook. Or any other E-Reader that they can come up with. Not that they aren't fantastic. They're compact, easy to carry around and travel with. You get books a whole lot quicker than having to wait for the time to go to the store. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with them at all. So please don't misunderstand.

They just aren't for me.

I'm a tactile person. I NEED to have the book in my hands. I want to be able to see it. To turn the pages. To be able to put it with so many other books that I have or that I'll be getting in the future.

One of my goals in life (don't laugh, I'm serious) is to have wall to wall bookshelves. Ideally I'd love my own library. But.... baby steps. One wall full of books would satisfy me for a while. As most of my books have been lost in the 3 moves that I've made in the last few years, it would take me a while to fill them up. But reading is such a passion you'd see me with a smile on my face the whole time (unless of course I was reading a book that made me cry....).

I've read a few books online on my computer. And it's fun. And easy. But I can't carry my laptop with me everywhere I go. So, seeing as how some of them aren't published works yet, I await them extremely impatiently, to come to a bookstore near me. :-)

What do you prefer? Hard copy? Or are you an E-Reader?