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The Bookshelf: A Potpourri of Stories | The Bookshelf Writers
580 posts | 5 read | 7 to read
The authors: Alice Ann Ross Karen Saxon Loretta Walker Albert E. Farrar Jr. Beverly Anderson Margaret Watland Barbara J. Bina
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Pogue
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Got a new game today. I can‘t wait to play it.

iread2much That looks amazing! 1mo
Pogue @iread2much Goblin Brothers opened a bigger store in Santa Rosa this weekend. They told me that it was a lot of fun. 1mo
iread2much @Pogue that‘s so awesome!!! If I get to go back anytime soon, I will be looking for this game 4w
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Kshakal
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Eggs Delightful 💚📚❤️ 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it! 😍 2mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🤩👍. 2mo
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Cheshirecat913
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My brother got me one of those bookshelf diorama kits. It was a fun build and I love that it has lights. So cute. 😺

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Mitch
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Of course - I live in a house with books everywhere! This little shelf is my plant department! Care to share something for #nationalshelfieday ?

Chrissyreadit 😍😍😍😍😍 3mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
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jen_the_scribe
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Each day this week I‘m tackling a different area or two for decluttering/organizing. Today I did my bookshelves (also one in my room). I had stacks overflowing here and stacked on top of each shelf of books. I have a box to donate and a few I had to toss because they were pretty beat up. I had these color coordinated before and it bugged me. It‘s organized chaos but it‘s the way I like it. Grouped by genre, series, and size. I‘m happy with it 😁

Leftcoastzen Looks beautiful! 4mo
jen_the_scribe @Leftcoastzen Thanks! 😊 4mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
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Kenyazero
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For years, I haven't had enough bookshelf space and just made due in creative ways. Today my husband found this big ol' bookshelf for free on Nextdoor. It's a little dinged up and I need to buy shelf pegs for one shelf, but is in good enough condition. I'm super excited to get my overflow books off the floor and clean up my creatively stacked main bookshelf! #Shelfie #Bookshelf

LiteraryinLawrence A blank bookshelf waiting to be filled is a beautiful sight! 😋 8mo
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TheBookHippie
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Still organizing but I‘d thought you‘d like my OY VEY pillow 🙃

AmyG Love it! 8mo
IndoorDame 👏👏👏👏 8mo
TrishB Very cool 👍🏻 8mo
Leftcoastzen 😍 8mo
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Susanita
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1. Yes
2. It makes sense to me!
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing along!💙📖📚 9mo
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LittleBowBook
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Look at my new bookshelves! 🤩
So much room for more books!

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Kshakal
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Summer project #1 done… got rid of most of my movies and made room for more books!!! 🤓

BookmarkTavern So pretty! 🤩 11mo
julieclair So nicely composed! 👏 Looks great! 11mo
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Alisnazzy
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I just moved in with my BF. It‘s been a crazy 4 years. Thank you @Lynnsoprano for all you‘ve done for me these last several years. If I‘m half the mom I am to my son as you and dad have been to me, I‘ll consider myself a great parent. So here are 3 of the 4 6-foot tall shelves for my books. I might have a problem 😅

Lynnsoprano Yes, but it‘s genetic 😂 11mo
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Meshell1313
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Finally got a new bookcase for my Franklin Library Collection. Every time I go to a used bookstore or thrift shop I‘m always on the lookout for a piece of this collection. I love having one book type to look out for where ever I am. All it needs now are some awesome bookends and maybe a fancy globe? Does anyone else collect one published set of books?

Texreader This is wonderful!! Just lovely!! My husband has several different publishers that he seeks out—some very valuable. It‘s always fun to check out his library. We built him an office/library in our backyard since he works from home and he has as many or more books than me. 13mo
Meshell1313 @Texreader ooh that‘s awesome! I bet he has quite the collection! It‘s so fun- like a treasure hunt! 13mo
Texreader @Meshell1313 I agree!! 13mo
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jen_the_scribe
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Beginning to rearrange my bookshelves… Going with color coordinated now and I kinda like it. But it‘s a work in progress. I want to get a rotating bookshelf to go where that stack is on the floor. My books are overflowing even after donating a bunch. 😬

britt_brooke Pretty! 🤩 My shelves are in desperate need of a clean out and reorganization. Maybe this‘ll motivate me! 14mo
jen_the_scribe @britt_brooke Yes, I‘m just getting started! I have another bookshelf in my bedroom and the one in my son‘s room needs some tending to as well. My daughter does really well with hers, so it‘s pretty organized. She‘s actually the one who inspired me to go with color coordinated lol 14mo
britt_brooke @jen_the_scribe Sounds like my kids, lol … one son‘s books are meticulously organized, the other one has toppling stacks by his bed. 😂 14mo
Meshell1313 Love the color coding!!! 14mo
jen_the_scribe @Meshell1313 Thanks! The only ones I didn‘t organize by color are the ones that are part of a series (the top two shelves in the bookshelf on the right). But they mostly seem to be similar colors anyway lol. 14mo
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JennAndrew
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I‘ve recently moved back home to the UK after going away and giving away most of my books and other possessions! I‘m rebuilding my collection and feeling utterly delighted by these shelves. Just need to read them now!

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MicrobeMom
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My handsome son loves to organize. He and I spent the morning organizing my books shelf into TBR and Read. Unfortunately, I ran out of room for my read paperbacks. I guess I need a new book shelf. Oh darn! ♥️⭐️#shelfie #mybookshelf

Oh, there is also a how other books shelf filled with classics! 😂😂. Behind the reading chair!

Ruthiella Fantastic! What an asset he is to his bibliophile mom! 👍 1y
britt_brooke Love this so much!! 🤍✨ 1y
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Susanita
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Continuing the tour of my library. I had help putting this one together! #shelfie

RaeLovesToRead Kitty! 🥰🥰 1y
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Maggie_Reads
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A little weekend book humor…🤪😂

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 1y
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Susanita
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I already made a little adjustment and moved the bobble heads up, because I kept knocking things over when I walked by the lower shelf. While it‘s true that I‘m not very graceful, it‘s also true that the walking space between bed and bookcase isn‘t very wide.

Until I can find a better home for my beading supplies, I don‘t expect to do another reorganization for a while. Famous last words!

#bookloversday
#novembernarrative
#shelfie

Sleepswithbooks Love, love, love this!! 1y
Chrissyreadit You have very fun shelves??? 1y
Eggs Cool shelves!! 1y
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Susanita
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Bottom shelf. History books and the fat reference books. Bartlett‘s and the dictionary are a bit out of date but have sentimental value. #shelfie

Leftcoastzen My family had that Bartletts ! I need to find it . I think it‘s in my moms library. 1y
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Susanita
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Moving on to the top of the next bookcase. #shelfie

Leftcoastzen Love your Maris card! 1y
Susanita @Leftcoastzen My hubby got it for me many years ago for my birthday ❤️⚾️ 1y
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Susanita
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Bottom shelf. Except for the orange photo album on the left and one other book that didn‘t fit on its “correct” shelf, these are all TBR. Bonus shot of my sneakers on the floor next to the bookcase. #shelfie

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Susanita
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The tour continues! These are two of my favorite shelves. They‘re mostly books I‘ve read in the respective formats, with a few TBR mixed in with them. The artwork on the top shelf is a hand-drawn farewell card from one of my coworkers when I retired, and on the bottom shelf it‘s Van Gogh‘s Almond Blossom. #shelfie

kspenmoll Love the tea cups! 1y
Susanita @kspenmoll Thanks! I wanted to have them out on display instead of tucked away in a cabinet. 1y
EvieBee Gorgeous! 1y
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Susanita
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The Yankees are driving me crazy, so it‘s a good time to continue the tour through my library.

Thomas Jefferson‘s head fell off, so I relocated the bobble heads from the bottom shelf to the safer top shelf and let his alma mater represent. Behind them are mostly read books with a few TBR, and old planners/journals.

Second shelf holds some small books, my husband‘s anniversary card that I couldn‘t find last year, and travel books.

#shelfie

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dariazeoli
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Thank you to those who gave advice on whether the cardboard backing makes a difference on cube shelving! I‘m giving it a go without. I moved mostly read books to the shelf yesterday. Don‘t ask how many unread books are still stacked elsewhere 😬 #shelfie

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dariazeoli
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For those of you who don‘t follow my bookstagram, I‘m looking for bookshelf advice! Can I get away with no cardboard backing? It‘s a 12 cube shelf.

vivastory I have wondered the same thing 🤔 2y
psalva I have what looks like the same shelves. I have some cubes with cardboard and some without. I have cats so I set them up like steps and I have attached them to each other with brackets and also bracketed them to the wall. I have double stacked books on them as well. But I think they would be safe without the extra brackets and the cardboard as long as you put heavier books on the bottom and don‘t have too much on them. Hope that helps. Good luck! 2y
psalva Just to be clear, the brackets are because we have cats and they climb on them. So, if you have pets or young children they might need that extra support. 2y
Laughterhp I have these (not 12 cubes) and I think we have some that have cardboard but not all. I don‘t think they‘re there for support. I have a 9 cube and a 6 cube and have never had an issue. 2y
Liz_M The backing does not provide support per se, but it does provide rigidity and keeps the unit from parallegramming. If the shelves are moveable you should borrow a hammer and attach the backing. 2y
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Susanita
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Long story short, I redid my bookshelves AGAIN after just doing a little tweak upon returning from my trip to Gladstone‘s Library.

This bookcase used to hold a set of Encyclopedia Brittanica! This contraption on top was for the annual “supplements.” There‘s also a slot in the back for the atlas.

There‘s nothing special about these particular books other than they‘re more or less the same height. All are TBR. #shelfie

tpixie Fun to have an encyclopedia shelf! 2y
Cinfhen Cutting for Stone is SO GOOD 2y
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Susanita
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The “after” picture. Notice the Do Not Disturb | I‘m Reading door tag on the left of the top. Reorganizing the bookcase also allows me to store BuJo supplies together on the bottom shelf.

Ruthiella Is this your TBR shelf? 2y
Susanita @Ruthiella All of the books are to be read. The “active” pile is on top of the magazines. 2y
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Amandajoy
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They‘re finally here!

julesG 😍😍😍 2y
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Gissy
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From last week #WondrousWednesday
📚A small picture of my bookshelf, I need to reorganize my books, is a secret shhh 🤫 😉That figure was from @Chrissyreadit
📚I think the most important book I have read this year (my favorite at this time) is The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, and I haven‘t post it yet but also Hamnet.
📚I haven‘t DNF a book yet but I found one book so boring. I haven‘t post my comment yet.
Thank you for the tag @Eggs 🥰

RaeLovesToRead I love the castle! 2y
Gissy @RaeLovesToRead Thank you! @Chrissyreadit has always amazing ideas for bookish items. I think was for last year (2021) #StaycationSwap 2y
LeahBergen What a cute little castle! 2y
Chrissyreadit 😘😘😘 2y
Eggs Well done! 2y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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@Eggs & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Here are most of my bookshelves 📚😬🥰 #LoveMyLibrary #2210Books

robinb 💙💙💙💙 2y
AkashaVampie now let me ask u... how many books in there have u actually read? haha 2y
JuliaTheBookNerd @AkashaVampie I‘ve read over half of them but I‘ll never read them all and I‘ll continue to add because I love books 🤪📚😍 2y
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AkashaVampie @JuliaTheBookNerd That is the right answer.... u are a true bookworm! haha 2y
Eggs That‘s amazing! Thanks for sharing these pix!! 2y
Julsmarshall Lovely! 2y
Christyco125 🤩 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful ❤️📚❤️ 2y
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Ash.on.the.line
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So I put together my Billy bookcase and I knew it was going to be bigger than my last shelf but this thing is almost intimidating in my small room. 😂 may move it to the spare room with my other shelves and keep the smaller one in my room.

TheBookHippie 😂♥️ 2y
Lcsmcat Once you fill it with all your lovely books it won‘t be intimidating at all. 😀 2y
julesG I don't dare to tell you that I have 4 of those big ones in my flat plus two smaller ones. And three more in the basement. I just love Billy shelves. Not all are filled with books though, but I'm working on it. 😁 2y
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Ash.on.the.line @Lcsmcat you may be right! I‘m going to put some books on it and see how I like it! 2y
Ash.on.the.line @julesG Ha! I have been wanting one for so long but they are always out of stock near me. My mom, who got it for me as a Christmas gift, said she had to check everyday to get this one! Definitely going to hold a lot of books and stuff! 😁 2y
julesG That's so strange. You can get a Billy here any time you visit IKEA. But, Germany has a lot of IKEA stores. We have one at the other end of town, not twenty minutes away. Used to meet my knitting group at the restaurant there once a week - we had a lot of candles and paper napkins at home during that time. Just couldn't leave the store without buying any. 🤣 2y
TheNeverendingTBR Ooooooo😍 I love my Billy's!!! 😃 2y
Ash.on.the.line @julesG Oh man! That would be great! My closest is about an hour. Still fun to go on occasion even when Billys aren‘t available. 🤣 2y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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Wanted to read all day...
BUT work messed up my plans 🙁

At least I'm done now and have an excellent evening ahead filled with only books 📚

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Lizthewiz
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Put together this bookshelf for all my BOTM books. I love it! ❤️💙💚📕📚📖

claudiuo That looks so cool! Love it. 2y
Lizthewiz Thanks! It was relatively easy to put together and I love the final product. 2y
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Magpiegem
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My Christmas bookshelf for #wintergames #teamgamesleighers

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maich
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#WishesandBlessing Miracles
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

It was a miracle for me to reorganised my bookhelfs. There are still a few books that I don't know were to put them. #bookwormproblems 😂😂

#WinterGames #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious @Clwojick
#bookshelfie

Eggs Yes I know the feeling…📚📚📚 2y
maich @Eggs 😊😊😊 2y
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maich @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks We all have the same problems😂 2y
StayCurious This speaks to me haha 2y
maich @StayCurious We have the problems😂😂 2y
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fredthemoose
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A colleague turned me on to a coworking space a mile from my office that is stuffed with books and plants. I‘m in love!

wanderinglynn How lovely! 3y
inlovewithmyshelf Wonder-full! 📚😁 3y
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Lissy1
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Had a bit of a shelf reorganisation preparing for the arrival of my 680 book order ? super excited!

#book #books #bookshelf #read #reading #bookhaul #haul #shelf

Pruzy Looks great! 3y
Nute Nice! 3y
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CallMeIshmael
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My wife says I have too many….I also have two other shelves downstairs. I just think I need a bigger one up here

AmyG Can you ever have too many? 3y
RebelReader Too many is very subjective! 3y
WJCintron You definitely need a new one. There's no such thing as too many bookshelves/books. 😃 👍 😂 3y
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TheBookHippie
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Book goal -need to clean up my shelves -redo my book closet … because school is LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY…. Then I can read 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ #awesomeaugust read and cleanathon

Andrew65 Good luck. Yes school is now 3 1/2weeks away for us. 1st September. 3y
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 same here! 🤯 3y
kspenmoll Good luck with cleaning etc. I go back 8/23 3y
TheBookHippie @kspenmoll It is so odd to plan with out a plan from the school. I have 7-12 grade for sure at the alternative school. Have not heard about my K4-3rd graders yet...... 3y
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Lissy1
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Built my new bookshelf today. Because my little one with all my DVD‘s on was overflowing with the books. I haven‘t got many books compared to most people but I only started reading this year. The top shelf is read and the middle is too read. There are 3 more compartments above it for more books! Also put my records on there in the come together box 📦

#bookshelf #newbook #newbookshelf #book #books #read #reading #bookly

GondorGirl I really love the asymmetry! 3y
Lissy1 @GondorGirl Awh thanks. It‘s like that all the way up. I thought it was something a bit different and funky 3y
CaliforniaCay Any sized book collection is a good sized book collection, looks good 🤗 3y
kspenmoll Looks so nice! The wooden boxes you have for albums etc. are beautiful!!! 3y
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Branwen
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One of the fun things I did today was dust all my bookcases and books! Normally I do regular bookshelf dusting twice a month but today I actually took each book off each shelf to get a super in depth dusting! It probably sounds weird, but IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! 😍📚💕

I also took the oppurtunity to count my books as well, and apparently I have 2680 total! 😲 WOW!

vivastory This is fantastic! 📚📚📚📚 3y
CoverToCoverGirl Awesome! Never enough books 😁 3y
Julsmarshall My goodness! Sounds like a great day! 3y
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Liatrek Wow! Love your bookcases❤️❤️❤️ 3y
KyllianUvera I feel like the shelves are holding themselves up with sheer power of will. 3y
Come-read-with-me Wow!!! These are great book cases! 3y
Leftcoastzen I spy with my little eye Virginia Woolf 3y
Branwen @vivastory @Come-read-with-me @Liatrek Thank you, friends! 🤗💖 @CoverToCoverGirl I totally agree! 😁 @Julsmarshall It really was! 😍 @KyllianUvera They totally are! 🤣😂 They have a string constitution! @Leftcoastzen Good eye, my friend! My girl Ginny gets her own shelf! 😍💖📚 3y
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Books88
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Finally getting to unpack my books!! Wish me luck because I am attempting to rainbow the sides. I thought I would try and keep my series ones together in the middle. We shall see. 😅📚

Cupcake12 Love this 😍 3y
AutumnRLS Those shelves are gorgeous! 3y
AmyG Beautiful shelves. 3y
Caroline2 Beautiful book shelves!! 💗 3y
Gissy Yes, beautiful bookshelves!😍📚📚📚👌
Rainbow shelves are so pretty but it doesn‘t work for me😔
3y
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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
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My sister and her wife had someone build them a nice big bookshelf, so I inherited this one! Hmmm my little entrance way still doesn't look like much but I'm sure it will be warmer once the shelves are filled with books. I also got living room curtains today, so a good day for my little home.

Come-read-with-me It looks great! 3y
Cathythoughts It does look great ! And books & curtains to come ... 👍🏻❤️ 3y
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Books88
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My new bookshelves are going up!

BookmarkTavern Love the white against that blue! 😍 3y
Ruthiella How exciting! 😃 3y
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MariaW
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Did anyone organize his/her bookshelf like this??? I would love to see original pictures!!!
I found this picture online (do not remember the source) a while ago and I am definitely planning on organizing my bookshelves like this next year.
😱😱😱

wanderinglynn 😮 that looks amazing. 3y
Ruthiella Pretty! But I don‘t think it‘s quite practical for me. 😀 3y
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jen_the_scribe
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My books were starting to overflow from my bookshelf. We had a sort of portable linen closet in the garage. My husband took the doors and hinges off, spruced it up a bit, and voila! A "new" shelf for my books. And now I have an excuse to get more ?

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Tianarose
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Reorganized my old book collection

Bits 🤤😍🤤 3y
Pricel101 😍 love it!! 3y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm This is absolutely gorgeous! 😍 3y
Tianarose @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm thank you! I am so happy with it. 3y
Nute Lovely! 3y
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Mitch
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Come-read-with-me I need this help! I reorganize my shelves regularly to try and find the right system! 3y
ebensalah Subject > Author > Year it was written by the author (old to new/L to R). That works for me for the most part as I have very specific subjects in my library. (Subject being, e.g., Psychology, Philosophy, Novels, Metaphysics, Fortean, etc.) 3y
Leftcoastzen I‘ve got them in clumps! It‘s a space thing.would like to do another reorganization. 3y
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Mitch @Leftcoastzen I agree - space and different shelves certainly play a role! 3y
Mitch @Come-read-with-me @ebensalah I‘ve got a system that works for me but isn‘t very scientific! I like series all together in reading order and I like themes together.....I also have things that I‘ve bought at the same time together - sort of memory linked rather than scientific! I do know though where every single book is! 3y
Hooked_on_books Mine are mostly split along the fiction/NF line, but after that, they are simply wherever they fit! And I‘m fine with that. 😆 When I was a kid, my books were alphabetical by author, but my current system works better with the space I have, since I have so many more books now. 3y
Amandajoy For nonfiction I had them by categories (some only made sense to me) and then by color. Fiction done by color. Unread books are kept separate and done by color only. Sometimes I‘ll break my system because series should be together & so should some editions. Right now I only have two shelves of unread books done by color and priority. Basically I have a hodgepodge system that makes perfect sense to me. 3y
Mitch @Hooked_on_books I agree! The only thing I‘m religious about is separating F & N/F 3y
Mitch @Amandajoy I‘ve got categories that make sense to only me as well! And ones that make sense to me but I‘m not sure I could articulate why! 🤣 3y
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Susanita
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The bottom shelves aren‘t ready for prime time, but top ones are done...for now. #shelfie

Texreader 🎉🎊🎆 3y
Ruthiella Nice! I like the narrow shelf at the top for CDs/DVDs too. 😀 3y
Susanita @Ruthiella Yes! Let‘s hear it for adjustable shelves! 3y
kspenmoll ❤️ 3y
Chrissyreadit Those look great! 3y
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Magpiegem
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Apart from putting on handles my work/TBR bookshelf is finally finished. This was a dark brown unit from my grandmother in laws house. She sadly died from Covid in March. My mother in law was really pleased someone in the family wanted to keep it. Lots of elbow grease and time but I‘m very happy with it

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Looks great! Sorry for your loss. 3y
BookishMarginalia She would be proud 💜 3y
LiteraryinLawrence It‘s really gorgeous and a great way to remember her. 💗 3y
Chelsea.Poole It‘s lovely! 3y
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