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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:02 am

Use this thread to post what books you currently have or have had in the past on your personal bookshelf.
List your favourites on your shelf
And the top 5 books that you would recommend to other users.

Be as creative as you like with how you show your book collection.
We look forward to seeing all the wonderful books!!

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:14 pm

These are my main bookshelves.
On them I have:

Top shelf
The Curious incident of the dog in the night time - Mark Haddon
A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
Why don't penguins feet freeze? - New Scientist
If Nobody speaks of Remarkable Things - Jon McGregor
Spies - Michael Frayn
Boy A - Jonathan Trigell
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Moths - Karl Manders
The QI book of General Ignorance - Stephen Fry
It is just you, everything's not s*** - Steve Stack
The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold
Dead until Dark - Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
Club Dead - Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris
Paris Enigma - Pablo De Santis
City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
Graceling - Kriston Cashore
The Magicians' Guild - Trudi Canavan
Acheron - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dictionary?
Thesaurus?
Poems of the Great War - Various war time poets
Negima! Volume 1 - Ken Akamatsu
Love Hina Volume 1 - Ken Akamatsu
Dears Volume 1 - Mineko Ohkami
Dears Volume 2 - Mineko Ohkami
A Woman of No Importance - Oscar Wilde
High Windows - Philip Larkin
The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare

Middle Shelf

Harry Potter series 1-7 - J K Rowling
Cardcaptor Sakura 1-6 - Clamp
Tsubasa Volume 1 - Clamp
Chobits 1-8 - Clamp
Immortal Rain Volume 1 - Kaori Ozaki
Immortal Rain Volume 2 - Kaori Ozaki
Tokyopop Manga selections
A poet a week collection
Blarnia: The Lying b***h in the Wardrobe (parody) - Michael Gerber
If You Could See Me Now - Cecelia Ahern
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

Lower shelf

The Mighty Book of Boosh - Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding
Stephen Fry in America - Stephen Fry
Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern
The Gift - Cecelia Ahern
A Place Called Here - Cecelia Ahern
Angels - Marian Keyes
Anybody out there? - Marian Keyes
This Charming Man - Marian Keyes
The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella
Secrets - Freya North
Things I want my Daughters to know - Elizabeth Noble
Rumour has it - Jill Mansell
Before I Die - Jenny Downham
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
No-one you know - Michelle Richmond
The Girls - Lori Lansens
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

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Lower shelf is a bit messy... some of them are magazines ...

The Earth from the air (this was an old birthday present but has some amazing photography in it ...)
Pop Hits for Professional Singers (this is for my vocal training haha)
The Marmite Cookbook
Ray Mears goes walkabout - Ray Mears
Vanishing world - Ray Mears
The Great Ship of Knowledge - William Bailey
White Rose Rebel - Janet Paisley
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy collection (all 5 books in 1) - Douglas Adams

I have other books ... but they're in a box under my bed (due to lack of room) and in other bookshelves mixed in with my parents' books.
These books include:
Let it Bleed - Ian Rankin
One good turn - Kate Atkinson
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
And some others that I can't remember right now ....

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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:59 pm

I have 800+ books on my shelves, so I'm not going to list them all, but next time I'm home I might take some pictures to put up. I will list the books I have on my bookshelf that I brought with to college though. If anyone cares to browse my whole library I have a shelfari page: Here

Top Shelf Manga:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 1-3
Strawberry Marshmallow 1-4
Welcome to the NHK 1
Youtsuba&! 1-5
Azumanga Daioh 1-4
Sunshine Sketch 1-3
S.S. Astro
Strawberry Panic 1-2

Rest of my top shelf:
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Wastelands by Stephen King
The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison
Atlantis by David Gibbons

Second shelf:
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Bellwether by Connie Willis
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Slant by Greg Bear
Eon by Greg Bear
Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
Excession by Ian M. Banks
Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling
Virtual Light by William Gibson
Idoru by William Gibson
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Stargate SG1: Sacrifice Moon by Julie Fortune
Stargate SG1: A Matter of Honor by Sally Malcom
Stargate SG1: City of the Gods by Sonny Whitelaw
I Sing the Body Electric! by Ray Bradbury
Driving Blind by Ray Bradbury

Third shelf:
The Price of the Stars by Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen
Chindi by Jack McDevitt
Omega by Jack McDevitt
Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
Fools by Pat Cadigan
Synners by Pat Cadigan
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
A Maze of Death by Philip K. d**k
Ubik by Philip K. d**k
Counter-Clock World by Philip K. d**k
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
Firestar by Micheal Flynn
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish by Douglas Adams
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Desolation Road by Ian McDonald
Nova by Samuel R. Delany
Software by Rudy Rucker
To your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
Darkover Landfall/Two to Conquer by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Beyond Flesh edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
Future Crimes edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
Futures Past edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Fourth shelf:
Emma by Jane Austen
The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison
The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Night Shift by Stephen King
The Dunwich Horror and Others by HP Lovecraft
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Something from the Nightside by Simon R. Green
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

On my desk:
Orfe by Cynthia Voigt
The Metamorphoses by Ovid
The Illiad by Homer
Sandman Vol 6: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:08 am

I have to say, I think this is my favorite thread. I love the pictures and seeing what everyone who's posted so far has in their mini-libraries heart Vogue, your books are so neat. Mine are a mess right now. I need another shelf.

Later, I'm going to have to find time to take pictures of my bookshelves. Some of my/my husband's books are still in boxes though, so I can't take pictures of them.

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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:27 pm

glorybaby

I have to say, I think this is my favorite thread. I love the pictures and seeing what everyone who's posted so far has in their mini-libraries heart Vogue, your books are so neat. Mine are a mess right now. I need another shelf.

Later, I'm going to have to find time to take pictures of my bookshelves. Some of my/my husband's books are still in boxes though, so I can't take pictures of them.

Haha.
Yeah, some of my books are in boxes because they won't fit on the shelves.
And others are mixed in with my parents books ><

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:51 pm

I have about 80 something books on my shelves, but I have to say my favorite NON SERIES ones are:
1. Killer Dreams--Iris Johnasan
2.Showdown--Ted Dekker
3. My Sister's Keeper--Jodi Piccouli
4. Double Trouble--Clair Cross
5.Monster--Frank Perettii

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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:30 pm

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I have about 80 something books on my shelves, but I have to say my favorite NON SERIES ones are:
1. Killer Dreams--Iris Johnasan
2.Showdown--Ted Dekker
3. My Sister's Keeper--Jodi Piccouli
4. Double Trouble--Clair Cross
5.Monster--Frank Perettii

Maybe take a photo to show us? smile
I might take a new photo of my top bookshelves.
They've grown considerably since razz I've been shopping wink

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:20 am

Top shelf 1:
Bibles
Frank Peretti's Percing the Darkness, This present Darkness,The Oath, House (radom)
C.S. Lewis's The Cronicals of Narnia (1-7)
Kathlean Marshall's Christy
Highland Legacy
Brides of Emerald Island
Carel Umberger's TheScottish Crown Series (1-4)
Kathleen Morgan's This Highland Hills (1-3)
HighHertals Series
Light of Eden
Donna Fleasher's Homland Heros Series (1-3)
Some Devotionals like (the love dare, perpose Driven life, etc
Dictionary, Dictionary spanish,Italian, and Thusorous
Beverly Lewis"s the Shunning
The outsiders book

Shelf 2:
Christine Fehann's Carpathian/Dark Series (17/19) Dark Curse,Dark Slayers are missing
the Last Unicorn
Marjure M Lui's Derk and Steelie Series (8/9)
and (iron hunt and darkness calls)(?)
Yasmine's (all)(Witchling,Changling,Darkling,DragonWytch,NightHuntress,DemonMystress)
Anne Rice's Vimpire Cronicals (1,2, and 4) and Queen of the Damned)
Star Wars Episodes 2 and 3

Shelf 3:
Sherryln Kenyon's DarkHunter/DreamHunter Series 17/18(all but one mini story)
also her phantom of the night
Karen Marie Moning's Highlander and fever series (1-8 and 1-3)

Shelf 4:
Temera Pierce's The Lioness and Immortal Series (1-4 / 1-4)
Elizebeth Kerner's Dragon Series -song in the Silence (1-3)
Klause's Blood and Chocolate
Crimson City Series (1-7/ cool
Kristen Brooks Green Rider Series (2/4)
Don't Die My Love
Shana Abe's Smoke and Dream theif (2/3)
My Immortal Promise and Immortal Protector (2/?)
Hannah Howl's Highland fire, Vampire, Sinner
Rosmary's Sword of Madian's Tears (1/?)
Dark Enchantment
Genea Shalter's Lords of the Underworld Series (1-4)
Forgotten Realms Drizzt Series (all)
Night Angel Trology (2/3)
Eragon,Eldest (2/3)
The Alchemist, The Magican, The Socceress by Scott (3/?)
Twilight by Stephane Myers (all but have not read them yet -debating)1-4

Last shelf 5 :
albems and scrap books, year books and drawling and encyclapidas
Dragonology book

Sorry no pictures it is really bad looking like v for vendeta looking sweatdrop

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Above Top Shelf: My Care Bears collection ^^

Top Shelf: Manga
Brain Powered 1
Cardcaptor Sakura 1-3
Ceres Celestial Legend 1-2
Chobits 1
Dramacon 1-2
Fruits Basket 1-23
Full Moon wo Sagashite 1-7
Juvenille Orion 1-2
Kill Me, Kiss Me 1
Land of the Blindfolded 1
Love Hina 1
Magical Pokemon Journey 1
Moon Phase 1
Oh My Goddess! 1
Sailor Moon 1-11
Sailor Moon SuperS 1-4
Sailor Moon StarS 2-3
School Rumble 1-3
Swan 1
The Dreaming 1
Tokyo Mew Mew 1-6
Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode 1-2
Wedding Peach 1-3

Middle Shelf

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
It's Perfectly True: Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Go Ask Alice
The Teahouse Fire
The China Garden
The Last Summer (Of You and Me)
Honolulu
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
The House on Mango Street
The Wish List
Bass Ackwards and Belly Up
In the Cards: Love
Now and Zen
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
The Goose Girl
Enna Burning
River Secrets
Princess Academy
Soul Surfer
Pardon My French
Catch 22
Olive's Ocean
The Kite Runner
Warriors: The New Prophecy 1-6
Warriors: The Power of Three 1
13 Little Blue Envelopes
Howl's Moving Castle
Ella Enchanted
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (aka The String of Pearls)
Sixteen
Evening
Song of Solomon
ttyl
ttfn
l8r, g8r
m or f?
the dead and gone
The Queen Geek Social Club
Malka
Ex and the New Girl
A Break with Charity
Drama! The Four Dorothys
The Social Climber's Guide to High School
The Almost Moon
Peony in Love
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Plum and Jaggers
One of Those Horrible Books Where the Mother Dies
The Devil Wears Prada

Missing: The Lovely Bones (borrowed by a friend), Angela's Ashes (borrowed by my mother)

Third Shelf: Movies

Fourth Shelf

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Book
The Bible
The Art of Fushugi Yugi
My Diary
My sketchbooks
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 1-3
24 Italian Arias
Arias for Soprano
The Nightmare Before Christmas Vocal/Piano Book
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Vocal/Piano Book

Other Books

The Master and Margarita (I borrowed this from my English teacher. It's sitting on my dresser)
Beetlejuice #2: Lydia's Scream Date (I bought this from Amazon and it's sitting under my keyboard with the rest of my Beetlejuice collection)

I think I'd die if my house caught on fire because I'd be trying to lug my bookcase out xD

I don't remember most of the author's names so I didn't bother putting them ^^;;

My Top 5

Peony in Love by Lisa See
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi
Lydia's Sceam Date by B.J. Spencer (xD)

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:11 pm

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Above Top Shelf: My Care Bears collection ^^

Top Shelf: Manga
Brain Powered 1
Cardcaptor Sakura 1-3
Ceres Celestial Legend 1-2
Chobits 1
Dramacon 1-2
Fruits Basket 1-23
Full Moon wo Sagashite 1-7
Juvenille Orion 1-2
Kill Me, Kiss Me 1
Land of the Blindfolded 1
Love Hina 1
Magical Pokemon Journey 1
Moon Phase 1
Oh My Goddess! 1
Sailor Moon 1-11
Sailor Moon SuperS 1-4
Sailor Moon StarS 2-3
School Rumble 1-3
Swan 1
The Dreaming 1
Tokyo Mew Mew 1-6
Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode 1-2
Wedding Peach 1-3

Middle Shelf

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
It's Perfectly True: Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Go Ask Alice
The Teahouse Fire
The China Garden
The Last Summer (Of You and Me)
Honolulu
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
The House on Mango Street
The Wish List
Bass Ackwards and Belly Up
In the Cards: Love
Now and Zen
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
The Goose Girl
Enna Burning
River Secrets
Princess Academy
Soul Surfer
Pardon My French
Catch 22
Olive's Ocean
The Kite Runner
Warriors: The New Prophecy 1-6
Warriors: The Power of Three 1
13 Little Blue Envelopes
Howl's Moving Castle
Ella Enchanted
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (aka The String of Pearls)
Sixteen
Evening
Song of Solomon
ttyl
ttfn
l8r, g8r
m or f?
the dead and gone
The Queen Geek Social Club
Malka
Ex and the New Girl
A Break with Charity
Drama! The Four Dorothys
The Social Climber's Guide to High School
The Almost Moon
Peony in Love
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Plum and Jaggers
One of Those Horrible Books Where the Mother Dies
The Devil Wears Prada

Missing: The Lovely Bones (borrowed by a friend), Angela's Ashes (borrowed by my mother)

Third Shelf: Movies

Fourth Shelf

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Book
The Bible
The Art of Fushugi Yugi
My Diary
My sketchbooks
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 1-3
24 Italian Arias
Arias for Soprano
The Nightmare Before Christmas Vocal/Piano Book
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Vocal/Piano Book

Other Books

The Master and Margarita (I borrowed this from my English teacher. It's sitting on my dresser)
Beetlejuice #2: Lydia's Scream Date (I bought this from Amazon and it's sitting under my keyboard with the rest of my Beetlejuice collection)

I think I'd die if my house caught on fire because I'd be trying to lug my bookcase out xD

I don't remember most of the author's names so I didn't bother putting them ^^;;

My Top 5

Peony in Love by Lisa See
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi
Lydia's Sceam Date by B.J. Spencer (xD)

How do you fit that much manga on one shelf??!! o.O

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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:10 am

I have to layer xDD My shelf is quite deep, so all the manga from Brain Powered 1 to Fruits Basket 16 are on my front layer, and then everything else is on my back layer. I do the same with my books and movies.

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:35 pm

I finally took some pictures! These are my books and my husband's books (what's his is mine twisted ). We also have a box or two full of books. Most of the books are my husband's actually. I tend to borrow from the library unless I find some books I really like (The Thief Trilogy and Mark of the Lion trilogy). My husband used to buy them with his lunch money and starve.

Bedroom Shelf
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Living room shelf
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The books

The other shelf
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My favorite books, which I suggest people read, are:
1) Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
Summary:
Rusty-James is the number-one tough guy among the junior high kids who hang out and shoot pool at Benny's, and he enjoys keeping up his reputation. What he wants most of all is to be just like his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy. But by his own admission, Rusty-James isn't a particularly smart person, and he relies more on his fists than his brains. Up until now he's gotten along all right because whenever he gets into something he can't handle, the Motorcycle Boy bails him out. But Rusty-James' lack of direction, his longing for the days of the street gangs and his blind drive to be like his brother eat away at his world until all come apart in an explosive chain of events. And this time the Motorcycle Boy isn't around to pick up the pieces.

2) The Client by John Grisham
Summary:
In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. And Reggie will do anything to protect her client -- even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom... or cost them both their lives.

3) Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staple (Book 1 of 3)
Summary:
Shabanu is an eleven-year old girl growing up in present-day Pakistan. She and her family live in the Cholistan Desert where they raise camels. Life is hard but happy as long as Shabanu can tend to her camels and spend time with her family. Of course, Shabanu knows life will become more complicated once she and her sister marry brothers within the next year. Shabanu is at first uninterested and unwilling to grow up, but she is comforted by the thought of always being close to her sister and gradually begins to accept her fate. All seems well until a conflict with a local wealthy land owner ends in tragedy. Now the sisters'plans are ruined, and Shabanu must become the fourth wife of the land owner's brother. Shabanu is determined to live her own life, but she also understands that in order to do what is best for her and her family, she must mature and marry.

4) The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (Book 1 of 4 of the Thief Series)
Summary:
Although the time period is somewhat similar to ancient Greece, this fantasy story takes place in a Byzantine-like civilization that includes more modern inventions such as rifles, glass window panes, pocket watches, telescopes, cannons, and printed books.

The story takes place in the countries of Sounis, Eddis, and Attolia and is told in the first person from the point of view of Gen, a young thief who, despite his considerable talent for thievery (his own tag line is "I can steal anything"), is languishing in the King of Sounis's prison for the outrageous crime of having stolen the King’s Seal and bragging about it in a wine shop. Gen is released from prison by the king’s scholar--his magus. The magus finds Gen filthy, uncouth, and insolent, but he needs Gen’s skills as a thief. Without telling Gen where they are going, he takes him out of the city.

NOTE: After the first book, the series really takes off into war and schemes. In book two, Eugenides (Gen) gets his hand cropped off by the queen of Attolia and has to learn to cope and become super awesome in a world of war and politics. He has to learn how to be the Queen's Thief of Eddis with one hand.

5) A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers (Book 1 of 3 of the Mark of the Lion Trilogy)
Summary:
It is the story of a young Christian-Jewish slave named Hadassah living under the Roman Empire. When Hadassah is captured by Roman soldiers, her entire family is killed. She serves as a slave to a spoiled young Roman woman named Julia. Although Julia initially dislikes Hadassah because of her plain appearance, she comes to trust her. Hadassah is faithful and kind but afraid of many things. As the story progresses, she gains the courage to tell others about her faith and the God that she serves.

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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:03 am

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I have to layer xDD My shelf is quite deep, so all the manga from Brain Powered 1 to Fruits Basket 16 are on my front layer, and then everything else is on my back layer. I do the same with my books and movies.

Haha, fair enough.
That's A LOT of manga though.
I had to get rid of some of my older ones so that I could fit everything on my bookshelves.
I'm getting new bookshelves soon though... the backs coming off mine and things keep falling down the back razz

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:05 am

glorybaby

I finally took some pictures! These are my books and my husband's books (what's his is mine twisted ). We also have a box or two full of books. Most of the books are my husband's actually. I tend to borrow from the library unless I find some books I really like (The Thief Trilogy and Mark of the Lion trilogy). My husband used to buy them with his lunch money and starve.

Bedroom Shelf
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Cute Kitty laying on a bible calendar 4laugh
User Image

Living room shelf
User Image

The books

The other shelf
User Image

My favorite books, which I suggest people read, are:
1) Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
Summary:
Rusty-James is the number-one tough guy among the junior high kids who hang out and shoot pool at Benny's, and he enjoys keeping up his reputation. What he wants most of all is to be just like his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy. But by his own admission, Rusty-James isn't a particularly smart person, and he relies more on his fists than his brains. Up until now he's gotten along all right because whenever he gets into something he can't handle, the Motorcycle Boy bails him out. But Rusty-James' lack of direction, his longing for the days of the street gangs and his blind drive to be like his brother eat away at his world until all come apart in an explosive chain of events. And this time the Motorcycle Boy isn't around to pick up the pieces.

2) The Client by John Grisham
Summary:
In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. And Reggie will do anything to protect her client -- even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom... or cost them both their lives.

3) Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staple (Book 1 of 3)
Summary:
Shabanu is an eleven-year old girl growing up in present-day Pakistan. She and her family live in the Cholistan Desert where they raise camels. Life is hard but happy as long as Shabanu can tend to her camels and spend time with her family. Of course, Shabanu knows life will become more complicated once she and her sister marry brothers within the next year. Shabanu is at first uninterested and unwilling to grow up, but she is comforted by the thought of always being close to her sister and gradually begins to accept her fate. All seems well until a conflict with a local wealthy land owner ends in tragedy. Now the sisters'plans are ruined, and Shabanu must become the fourth wife of the land owner's brother. Shabanu is determined to live her own life, but she also understands that in order to do what is best for her and her family, she must mature and marry.

4) The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (Book 1 of 4 of the Thief Series)
Summary:
Although the time period is somewhat similar to ancient Greece, this fantasy story takes place in a Byzantine-like civilization that includes more modern inventions such as rifles, glass window panes, pocket watches, telescopes, cannons, and printed books.

The story takes place in the countries of Sounis, Eddis, and Attolia and is told in the first person from the point of view of Gen, a young thief who, despite his considerable talent for thievery (his own tag line is "I can steal anything"), is languishing in the King of Sounis's prison for the outrageous crime of having stolen the King’s Seal and bragging about it in a wine shop. Gen is released from prison by the king’s scholar--his magus. The magus finds Gen filthy, uncouth, and insolent, but he needs Gen’s skills as a thief. Without telling Gen where they are going, he takes him out of the city.

NOTE: After the first book, the series really takes off into war and schemes. In book two, Eugenides (Gen) gets his hand cropped off by the queen of Attolia and has to learn to cope and become super awesome in a world of war and politics. He has to learn how to be the Queen's Thief of Eddis with one hand.

5) A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers (Book 1 of 3 of the Mark of the Lion Trilogy)
Summary:
It is the story of a young Christian-Jewish slave named Hadassah living under the Roman Empire. When Hadassah is captured by Roman soldiers, her entire family is killed. She serves as a slave to a spoiled young Roman woman named Julia. Although Julia initially dislikes Hadassah because of her plain appearance, she comes to trust her. Hadassah is faithful and kind but afraid of many things. As the story progresses, she gains the courage to tell others about her faith and the God that she serves.

Nice Pikachus razz
And Batman ...

You have LOADS of books ... my collection is still growing really rapidly now though. I don't have enough space sad
I was so tempted to buy more yesterday, and I got The Witching Hour by Anne Rice in the post this morning razz

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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:43 pm

My bookshelf is not worthy. xD

I must get a job to support my book habit.
Having no money = taking out library books constantly and not having a worthy bookshelf.

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