Today is the start of what I hope will be a regular feature here at The Overflowing Library called Bookcase Showcase. On Saturday's for the foreseeable future I will be inviting other bloggers to show off their book collection (be it showcased on their bookshelves or otherwise)
I for one am really excited about this because I love looking at other people's book collections and how they arrange them.
So today for the first Bookcase Showcase I am leading by example and showing you my own shelves.
My book collection is housed in our Library which is very much Overflowing. I love our Library because even though it is quite small it is a room with a huge comfy chair and it is full of books. I used to have only one bookcase but I nagged and made Hadley move some of his stuff around so I had more space.
I currently have two YA book cases which look like this ....
The books on these shelves are kept in alphabetical order and are mostly ones I have read (there are the odd few where I haven't read the first in a series so that is on my TBR shelves and the later books are on here).
As well as these shelves I also have a TBR bookcase which is next to my bed. It currently looks like this ...
There is no particular order to these shelves really. Currently they are grouped together by publishing house but I change them around a lot so I don't know how long they'll stay that way.
The final shelf I have is this one ....
This is my favourite one because it has all my review copies on. Currently it doesn't have an awful lot on it at the moment because I made a real effort over half term to get through all my outstanding review titles but the books I do have on there I am really really excited to read!
So that's it - the first bookcase showcase - If you would like your collection to be featured on a future bookcase showcase at The Overflowing Library please email me at kirstylouiseconnor (at) hotmail.com as I would love to feature your shelves. I need a picture (or link to a youtube video) of your collection with a little bit of explanation to go with it.
I for one am really excited about this because I love looking at other people's book collections and how they arrange them.
So today for the first Bookcase Showcase I am leading by example and showing you my own shelves.
My book collection is housed in our Library which is very much Overflowing. I love our Library because even though it is quite small it is a room with a huge comfy chair and it is full of books. I used to have only one bookcase but I nagged and made Hadley move some of his stuff around so I had more space.
I currently have two YA book cases which look like this ....
The books on these shelves are kept in alphabetical order and are mostly ones I have read (there are the odd few where I haven't read the first in a series so that is on my TBR shelves and the later books are on here).
As well as these shelves I also have a TBR bookcase which is next to my bed. It currently looks like this ...
There is no particular order to these shelves really. Currently they are grouped together by publishing house but I change them around a lot so I don't know how long they'll stay that way.
The final shelf I have is this one ....
This is my favourite one because it has all my review copies on. Currently it doesn't have an awful lot on it at the moment because I made a real effort over half term to get through all my outstanding review titles but the books I do have on there I am really really excited to read!
So that's it - the first bookcase showcase - If you would like your collection to be featured on a future bookcase showcase at The Overflowing Library please email me at kirstylouiseconnor (at) hotmail.com as I would love to feature your shelves. I need a picture (or link to a youtube video) of your collection with a little bit of explanation to go with it.
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So are the rest of your books! I love seeing other peoples bookshelves! :D I can't believe youve managed to organise them alphabetically! That must have taken some time!
I'm very much looking forward to other peoples shelves! :D awesome idea for a regular feature! :D x
Every once in a while I come across posts about personal bookshelves, and the envy monster stirs inside of me. I want a bookshelf so bad! All of my books are stashed in BIG and unglamorous cardboard boxes.
- Jackie
thanks for sharing!
Harry Potter bookends are awesome :D :D
When I did my tour the other day I totally forgot to include the ones I have on my Kindle (umm, all 80 of them) and as I have the software on my computer it'll also show the covers - so like a digital bookcase tour.
I want to ask though, as I was looking at the books on your shelves I saw some by Scott Westerfeld - 3 books that made a picture of a clock on the spines. I couldn't read the titles though. What were they?
So many great books =o
Your so lucky to have so much room for shelves!
I've no idea how you have the patience to organise them all alphabelically. That must have taken some determination!
Love the Harry Potter bookends :D
So many wonderful books on your shelves. I adore the HP shelves with matching HP bookends. I love fun bookends like those. We have a lot of similar books on our TBR shelves as well :)
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