Let me break it down a little for you... When I lived at home with my mom and dad, I only had the small bedroom, and that was okay with me, however, it was pretty much all bookshelves. There was obviously my bed, which was only a small single due to the size of the room, and a chest of draws which I kept clothes and what not in. Other than that, there were two decent sized bookshelves, and two shelves on the wall! Doesn't sound like much? Well, you'd be surprised what I could fit in there, I'll tell ya.
The smaller of the two bookshelves sat behind my bed and had books on it that I liked to show off. You know the ones, series' where the books all match, my favourite authors, collections and pretty books, and of course, my multiple copies of books like Alice in Wonderland, and the Grimm Tales! The likes of Tiffany Reisz's entire publishing history, Kelley Armstrong's many different series and Nalini Singh's Guild Hunter Series took up residence on the shelves with the best views, and then there were the odd small trinket and book related ornament on there too!
The larger of the two shelves had double rows of books! The back row was books that I had read a long time ago and probably wouldn't read again, or books that I hadn't gotten around to reading yet, but weren't exactly high up on the to-read list either. Then the front rows were books that I had read and wanted to keep in case I'd read them again, and the books that were on my to-read pile, but weren't linked to a series that put them on the other shelf!
Then there were the shelves on the wall that just had small series or trilogies on to make the shelf look good, but wouldn't be too heavy and pull the shelf down from the wall. For example, my Twilight books looked great up there!
Now, let's bring things forward a few months - I moved in with Simon in January... I used moving (and packing) as a good reason to fettle my stash, and was very proud of myself when I nearly halved my collection at the time. As a Book Fairy, I found a way of recycling books that I had either read and would never read again, or had bought on impulse and would probably never get around to reading. I was brutal, and by the time I moved in with Simon, they fit great in the smaller space I had to shelve them.
I brought with me the larger of the two bookshelves from my bedroom, which is now in our room, and still has a double row of books. The back row are stacked on top of each other, and the front row are displayed. But that was where I came a cropper. There is a beautiful bookshelf downstairs in the living room - you know the type - bigger than me, wide and deep shelves... The only problem? I can't keep the best part of two thirds of my books on there because of their content. We have two young girls in the house and I don't want to be responsible for corrupting their tiny minds!! So downstairs in limited to children's books, and a selected few YA books that I have deemed appropriate for the older of the two, should she be interested enough to pick one up. So far they haven't really paid much attention to them, but the last thing I need is for them to come across Sylvia Day's Crossfire series for example!!
So the upstairs bookshelf is slowly overflowing! There is an ever-growing pile on the floor of new books I have bought from work, plus a read pile that is stacking up in front of the bookshelf because there is no space on it to put them!! What is a girl supposed to do??I hear the answer clearly - I need another bookshelf!!! The next problem is where to put said new bookshelf though; oh the problems of a bookaholic are never ending!
(The piles in this photo are post sort out, when I tried to shelve them and tidy them up - but literally didn't have the room >>>)
I'll keep you posted on the new bookshelf - I'm going to go run it by the man of the house and see what initial reaction I get :)
V x
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