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Shelf-esteem
Shelf-esteem | Sandra Kitain
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You can use the emotional power of books to help young readers develop strength, happiness, and confidence. Author Sandra Kitain has identified many of the best books that deal with the tough topics kids face in today's world, including divorce, death, moving, sibling rivalry, fire, substance abuse, friendship, multiculturalism, separation anxiety, and more. Each entry includes: - A booktalk to engage young readers - An activity to help them understand and personalize the topic - Discussion questions to aid in the emotional development of elementary school readers Kitain also encourages involvement with dramatic arts, movement, and music to build student confidence and a lifelong love of reading. Shelf Esteem fills two critical library needs. It's a valuable reader's advisory resource to help you connect children with the right books at the right times. It's also a powerful resource for collection development and programming for both public and school libraries.
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ravenlee
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Now that kiddo‘s new shelves are in place, I‘ve installed one old bookcase in the guest room (middle grade series so far), and this one is now in my room. I‘m trying something new, and these are all books I want to read in the foreseeable future (work in progress!). I‘m working on some series re/reads, want to increase my NF, and up my diverse author inclusion. Top will be for #bookspin stacks, which apparently it‘s time to do for January 😳.

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MicrobeMom
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Needed to reorganize one of my bookshelves. Finally got it done today. Not sure anyone understands the organization but me. 😂😂 #shelfie

Eggs Your own personal organization is all that matters!! Great job!! I worked on my shelves today but I feel like I didn‘t accomplish too much🤔 5y
Megabooks Awesome!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
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wellreadredhead
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My new beginnings included a purge of my TBR bookshelf. In this #shelfie I‘ve gotten rid of many TBR books that I don‘t think I‘ll ever get to. I purged my shelf until only the books I REALLY want to read are left. I‘m hoping I can stick to my resolution of reading mostly from this TBR shelf and paring it down before I move in a little less than six months!

#anewchapter #newbeginnings @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Way to go!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y
Leftcoastzen Sometimes you just have to get real about it .I‘m overdue. 6y
MaureenMc 👏👏 6y
vkois88 You got this!!! I'm with you. I need to go through my shelves... I don't have room for all my books. And even the books that I love and will reread may be packed away for a while (except for HP ) 6y
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Wannabe_Quijote
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tessavi
Shelf-esteem | Sandra Kitain
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Moved my books to a different shelf 😊
#shelfie

Soubhiville I spy some Jacqueline Carey in there! ♥️🌹 6y
tessavi @Soubhiville I have been stuck half way through Kushiels Dart for 2 years 😅 I enjoyed it, but I got a large hardback version that is too heavy to carry with me. And it's in Dutch. I prefer to read in English. 6y
tokyoseg Looking good! I‘ll borrow those Robin Hobb books when I get to it 👍 (and some others) 6y
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Purrsistently
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I couldn‘t choose a favorite shelf. #riotgrams 4) Shelfie

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Megara
Shelf-esteem | Sandra Kitain
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Seen on #GoodReads ‘ Facebook 😂

Tamra 😹 6y
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MicrobeMom
Shelf-esteem | Sandra Kitain
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My work bookshelves need some help. I hope to get to them organized before the fall semester. #shelfie

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ElleSkel
Shelf-esteem | Sandra Kitain
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Finally put my life, uh... I mean my books back in order! Still need to decorate and shift a little but there are no more piles in my home! Next stop Amazon for a fun switch plate for that naked light switch. Moving right along! 📚🤓♥️

#shelflove

wanderinglynn Looks great! 🙌🏻 6y
Scurvygirl Love it!!💚💚 6y
BookaholicNatty Love it!!! I have got to get some more book shelves for mine! 6y
ElleSkel Thanks @wanderinglynn @Scurvygirl @BookaholicNatty ! I weeded like crazy so now I have so much room for new books. The shelves are mismatched but I‘m ok with that. Someday I will have my dream setup! 6y
BookaholicNatty @Elle_Skeldon I would be okay with most matches shelves too. Honestly I kind of like it! 6y
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TK-421
Shelf-esteem | Sandra Kitain
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I've spent the last two days or so playing library tetris to try to make the most of my shelf space. So far, so good, as far as the library goes, but I have an awful lot of books I'm still trying to find places for on the "overflow" shelves in my living room. ?#bookishproblems ???????

hufflepuff-ish That is a great collection!! ♥️ 6y
DebinHawaii Fabulous! 📚📚📚💚 6y
TrishB Gorgeous 💕 6y
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radhikeey That's one fabulous collection 😍 Am so freaking jealous of you ❤️❤️👌👌 6y
JMEdwards Amazing! 6y
Bookworm22 That looks so nice!!! Love all the penguin stuff too! 😉 6y
tammysue Awesome! 😍 6y
Ddzmini ❤️😍 6y
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underthebelljar
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Can an ebook reader play #shelfiesunday? 😝 I read A LOT on my Kindle paperwhite and the Kindle app on my phone. I‘ve tried organizing my ebook collection into “collections.” The picture is page 1 of my TBR sorted alphabetically by author.

Oh my.. apparently there are 265 books on my Kindle TBR.. yikes.. 😅

@Syndelle777

AWahle I thought I was bad with 76 books on my phone! All those $1-3 deals are too hard to pass up when the book is already on your TBR. 🙂 7y
Tadams4 I‘m at 310 new unread books thanks to bookbub on my phone! Life is good! 7y
BeansPage Yes it can & ❤️💕 it!!! Thanks for sharing 🤗 7y
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Mdargusch
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A little part of my shelves. #shelfie #marchinbooks

Cathythoughts Great shelves. Tastefully done ✨✨💕💕💕 7y
LeahBergen I always love having a peek at your shelves 😍 7y
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Mdargusch Thanks @Cathythoughts and @LeahBergen I didn‘t realize how messy they were until I took the photo. I guess it‘s time to organize. 7y
Reviewsbylola You‘ve got awesome shelves!! 7y
Kalalalatja Lovely! They make me want to browse 😍 7y
emilyhaldi Love a slightly messy shelf! 7y
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Magpiegem
Shelf-esteem | Sandra Kitain
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My ever growing counselling book shelf!

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JazzFeathers
Shelf-esteem | Sandra Kitain
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#Riotgrams #shelfie

I don't have many shelves in my house. Certainly not as much as l'd like... or need. I've already posted this in the past, but it is one of my favourite. Especially when the sun shines on it like today

amvs1111 Nothing like books and plants living side by side. 7y
Kalalalatja 😍😍😍 7y
Daisey Lovely! 7y
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erzascarletbookgasm Pretty pic! 💚 7y
JazzFeathers @amvs1111 True, eh? 😆 7y
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Lizpixie
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#Riotgrams #day1 #Shelfie It‘s getting harder to find a shelf that you guys haven‘t already seen.Looks like I‘m going to have to talk the Hubby into putting shelves in the bedroom as well! These are my series/boxsets/SpecialEditions shelves. Top shelf is ThroneOfGlass,Narnia,FridayBarnes,BloomsburyModernClassics & a few special editions.Bottom is my TerryPratchettSignatureEditions,ACOTAR & more SpecialEditions,behind them are Children‘sClassics.

Isierranichole What is the Throne of Glass series?! 7y
Kalalalatja Looks great! 7y
ScorpioBookDreams I really want to start collecting the hardbacks of Throne of Glass! I only have Queen of Shadows and Tower of Dawn so far. 7y
Zelma I love the you need more shelves so we can be entertained with new shelfie photos. That is Litsy commitment! 😂👏 7y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag I love Friday Barnes ☺️ so sad the series has now finished 7y
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Eggs
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1 top shelf in LR that shows my itty bitty books
2 history
3 Cabernet Sauvignon
4 brown
5 Music Shop and Manhattan Beach
@MinDea
#HumpDayPost

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2BR02B
Shelf-esteem | Sandra Kitain
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This isn't a recent #shelfie because I'm currently reorganizing, but it's how my main shelf has looked for the past year. In a fit of annoyance over how few of my books I've read, I turned the unread spines towards the wall. I decided it was symbolic of the fact that I hadn't taken the time to get to know them yet and their contents were a mystery... I swear I wasn't high at the time.

#riotgrams @bookriot

CrowCAH Good idea! 7y
TheLibrarian It's a neat idea but I would be even more depressed at how few I've read. Right now I can pretend seeing all the spines. 7y
Zelma Your comment about not being high made me laugh out loud. That would certainly be a great reminder to make time for your books and an inventive way of choosing blindly. 7y
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emilyhaldi LOL- ❤️this idea!!! Might have to give it a try 7y
2BR02B @CrowCAH @emilyhaldi Thanks! I wish I could say it proved an effective deterrent from book buying. 😖 7y
2BR02B @TheLibrarian It is a little depressing I suppose. But one of the reasons I did it was so I couldn't pretend- before, when guests would ask me about a book I hadn't read, I had to choose between embarrassment and lying, which I hated. This feels a little more honest at least. 7y
2BR02B @Zelma I also have a TBR jar on the left side, which I love for choosing random reads. 7y
Libby1 Amazing. 7y
2BR02B @Libby1 Thanks! 7y
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stargazerblue49
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But first, let me take a #shelfie#riotgrams #day1 #nofilter @bookriot

silentrequiem Ha. I think @bookdrunkard78 may need that plaque. 7y
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ingredientx
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Day 1 of #riotgrams: Shelfie. Made the hard decision to pull books off the shelf for donation. Plus sides: local community center gets more books, I have room for more books! 😁📕📗📘📙

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Kristy_K
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A quick #shelfie break while trying to tackle my huge #tbr for the #24in48 readathon!

#readathon

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smccallum
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After a short break here's back to reading, and why not have a #shelfie while you're at it! #24in48

MemoirsForMe Stunning bookcase! 😍 7y
smccallum @UwannaPublishme Thank you! I love it 7y
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Megabooks
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But first, let me take a shelfie!

My DVM letters (doctor of veterinary medicine because I am one) live with my TBR shelves as do two favorite 80s pictures of my grandparents and my Scottie book ends. They are organized by size.

My have-read shelves are in chronological order because I'm obsessed with knowing when I read a book. My rabbit bookends that live on that shelf.

Anal, much? 😉 #24in48 #shelfie

rockpools No - I love seeing this level of organisation! Totally can't do it myself, but love seeing it 😃 7y
BarbaraJean I love the idea of chronological have-read shelves! It would drive me crazy trying to find books later, though! I keep obsessive annual have-read lists instead. 😊 (edited) 7y
LauraBrook I love this sort of stuff bc I do the same kinds of things! 💖 7y
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Megabooks @RachelO Thanks! I just like looking at my shelves sometimes. I know I'm not weird here on Litsy! 7y
Megabooks @BarbaraJean it's just how I think. It's easier for me to think, "oh, I read that in March," than any other way. It's just how my brain works. ??‍♀️ 7y
Megabooks @LauraBrook Yay!! 💜💜 7y
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Robothugs
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Because I don't trust myself trying to get in a photo with the shelf... you're just getting the shelf. 😂 Current holding house for some books while other shelves are made! #24in48 #readathon

heikemarie You won 🙌 7y
Robothugs @inwhichHeikereadsharder my PBC informed me! 🎉🎊😄 Yay 7y
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stargazerblue49
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Putting together my new reading and craft room shelf. Top 2 shelves are rainbow 🌈 organized, third shelf is (hopefully) next-up in the reading queue, fourth shelf is series, and bottom shelf is medical text books and hardcovers. 😻😻😻

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hlgreenfield
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#riotgrams Day 1 - Shelfie
So first day of the challenge and I miss it! 😂 Here's a parcial pic of my shelf ( couldn't get it to fit in the pic). This looks even more of a mess then usual, because I started reorganising a part of it and had to stop half way through! ( Also just noticed it's super dark and you can see my unmade bed 😂 oops! Was half asleep when I took this!)

Kalalalatja So. Many. Books. 😱😍😍 7y
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Broke_Girl_Reads
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Hi littens! I've been MIA for a few days because I was moving. I've always lived in apartments that were too tiny for a real bookshelf, but my new home has built in shelves! So I present for your viewing pleasure, my very first #shelfie (feat. ghostly reflection of yours truly)

LiteraryinPA Congrats on the move and on your beautiful built ins! 7y
Hobbinol 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
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LisaJo
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So this is one book case. Organizing and culling in process. #shelfies #bookriot

LauraBrook Ooooh, looks like fun!!! 7y
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I-read-and-eat
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And #shelfie of bookcase nr 2 (I don't know how a collage works on here) Now it's time for coffee!

Zelma Doesn't get much better than a morning shelfie and coffee. 😋 8y
Kalalalatja I love that Dumbledore figure 😄 8y
I-read-and-eat @zelna I know right! @Kalalalatja I used to have glasses but then my cat took a living to pushing him off the shelf 🙈 The glasses were not seen again. 7y
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Josie
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Sometimes, you just gotta post a shelfie.

Kalalalatja 👌👌👌 8y
Born.A.Reader I adore #shelfies! They make me really happy! 😄😄 8y
Josie @Born.A.Reader me too!! I was just passing by my office and noticed how full and beautiful it looked. I had to share ❤️❤️ 8y
Born.A.Reader @Josie 😍😍 8y
Gayan ❤️❤️❤️ 8y
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Robothugs
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I only own one bookshelf 🙈 working on the rest. Oddly I took this photo before I reorganized the shelves (I had to hide Bourdain's head 😂). The rest of my books don't have a cozy home, but I promise they will soon! #shelfie #aprilbookshowers

sisilia Have you read Crime & Punishment, @Robothugs ? 8y
Robothugs Yes I have 😊 @sisilia 8y
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shawnmooney
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#shelfie
Not mine. I wish. I am far too ashamed to post my own shelfie but shameless enough to want to describe it: there are tottering piles of books on every possible surface, including my desk chair, and three little Ikea shelves packed randomly with ESL work-related books as well as for-pleasure books. Unphotographable, and probably dangerous living in an earthquake zone… ;)

MrBook I like the one pictured and I like the one described 😉👍🏻! 8y
Libby1 I agree, @MrBook ! No shelfie shame allowed, @shawnmooney ! 😃 8y
saresmoore I think yours sounds cozy! The library pictured looks like it would get drafty in the winter. 8y
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CherylDeFranceschi We've all been there! 8y
LeahBergen I like the sound of your shelfie! 💗 8y
8little_paws ❤❤❤ 8y
Suet624 I sympathize with you 8y
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Yamich49
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My #Shelfie for #RiotGrams. Please excuse the mess and disorder. I'm in the middle of creating a bookshelf wall and still need to add a few more shelves and paint my bookcases! This was taken from my bed as I am tired and too lazy to get up, turn on the light and take a proper photo before going to bed. 😬 Despite the mess, I still love looking over and seeing an entire wall of books! 👌🏽

DebinHawaii Wowza! This is amazing!! 📚📚📚👍 8y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻 8y
Elisa Oh my god that's awesome 😍😍😍 8y
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BookishFeminist Holy moly!! So this is what happens when you keep getting 20-book orders from Book Outlet 😂😂 I love it 8y
Yournewfriendsams So awesome! 8y
hlgreenfield That is one awesome bookcase! 8y
LazyOwl This is awesome 😄 8y
TrishB Fab 😀 8y
Suet624 Gorgeous!!!💕💕💕 8y
Yamich49 @DebinHawaii @LeahBergen @Elisa @Yournewfriendsams @hlgreenfield @LazyOwl @TrishB @CherylDeFranceschi @Suet624 Thanks everyone! It's a work in progress but seeing all these books from my bed makes me so happy! ❤ 8y
Yamich49 @BookishFeminist 😂😂 Yep. This is the result of my book hoarding. And most of these have more books behind them. 😬It's a problem. 8y
Gissy Pretty! Big! ❤👌🏼 8y
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Kerouacthedog
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Here it is! Day 1:#shelfie #RiotGram

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Josie
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Some time ago, everyone was posting shelfies and my office looked like it had been burglarized. STUFF. EVERYWHERE. However, I cleaned a bit today (I just picked stuff up, I'm not about dusting right meow) and I took a #shelfie. It's not much, but it's my baby (not to be confused with my actual human baby). Also, my Stephen King hardbacks have their own dresser. Post to follow.

Gayan Amazing. ❤❤❤ 8y
Alfoster Nice!! 8y
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[DELETED] 1409720085 Beautiful! I have the same desk! (Or at least one that looks the same, mine I from IKEA.) I love it! 8y
Suzze Very nice! 8y
LeahBergen Lovely!! 8y
Josie @emilydecato it's the same one!! I remember when I saw it and I thought "those are bookshelves. Yep that's what I need." 8y
Josie @Suzze @LeahBergen thank you ❤❤❤ 8y
BookBabe 😍 8y
[DELETED] 1409720085 It's the best! So much space! 8y
haileybean Not much?! 😍😍 I keep saying people are going to find a random wild Hailey just perusing their bookshelves. 8y
Josie @haileyhugsbooks you are welcome any time!! 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess 👍🏻❤😍 8y
night_shift Love it! Wish I had a dedicated book area. Mine are all over the place haha 8y
Josie @UnidragonFrag my house used to look like that, too! And then I went and got pregnant and had a tiny human who hasn't learned to gently love books yet. She eats them. So, I had to make a space lol 8y
Josie @emilydecato I know!! There is like a drawer unit you can buy to go underneath and I keep saying I'll get it, but I never do because I like to slide back and forth in my rolly chair. 8y
night_shift I have two bookcases, but they're on different sides of the house. Plus piles everywhere 😖 I'm glad my kiddo grew out of the book destroying years! She's got a bookcase all her own now :) 8y
Josie @UnidragonFrag it's been a tough road that's for sure lol I have a few paperbacks with their covers taped on! Toddler tornado! 8y
Gissy What is imp is that you have a space for your books 👌🏼I don't I live in a tiny apt! 😳 8y
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Keyoung
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Our bookshelves have been an ongoing project for a couple years now. Picking the project back up today in the hope of actually FINISHING them this month. #shelfie

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Kerouacthedog
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My major decorating inspo is books and foxes. #shelfie @Liberty

JoeStalksBeck ❤❤❤❤❤ 8y
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KVanRead
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Having major shelf envy today. This is one of my two (yes, just two!) bookshelves. For many years I've been trying to pass on books unless I just can't part with them but there is something so divine about walls lined with books, I think I might be changing course. #dammitLitsy! #shelfie #funfridayphoto @Liberty

JoeStalksBeck 📚📚📚❤📚📚 8y
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