Bookcase Showcase: Mel from Mel's Random Reviews

Joining me today at The overflowing Library is Mel from  http://melsrandomblogs.blogspot.com/

Hello all, I’m very excited to show you all around my bookcases. But first I have to confess something...I double shelf my books. I know, I know, each book should be on display, but my flat just doesn’t have the room. One magical day I will have my own library and I can see all my books at the same time, but until then I make do with deep shelves and two layers of books on each shelf.  So what do my shelves look like?

The very top shelf has a mixture of books ranging from some light non-fiction on the left through to literature into YA and into fantasy on the right. While in general I like my books have all author books together and then a vague genre relation, this shelf is probably my most mixed. The second shelf down is mostly fantasy driven with Maria V Snyder (one of my personal favourites), leading to Jacqueline Carey. The eagle eyed among you might recognise some Tom Holt & Jasper Fforde books in the row behind – both are great reads!

The fantasy theme continues with Traci Harding, who is an Australian author very difficult to get hold off in the northern hemisphere. I discovered the Ancient future while travelling in Australia and loved the mixture of time travel, magic, science fiction and philosophy in these books. The books then start to move into Urban Fantasy with Karen Chance and the shelf below has my favourite UF series – otherworld by Kelley Armstrong.

These shelves are a mixture of series that I love and are all on my must buy list. The Dresden files, Felix Castor, Mercy Thompson, Kitty as well as my first ever vampire love – Lestat. I loved Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles as they first introduced me to the vampire as an anti-hero.

This is where I keep some of my hardbacks and anthologies. And by the way, the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness – brilliant. Everyone should read them. You can also see some of my DVDs on this shelf as I enjoy the same type of program as books I read – supernatural and vampires. J

I have a problem with buying books faster than I can read them and actually have a whole bookcase dedicated to my TBR pile. This is a bit messier and less ordered than my over shelves – and I hide it in my bedroom rather than in my living room! The books actually on the shelves tend to books I’ve had a long time, while the books stacked on top are more recent acquisitions. I really want to read my way through all these books, but there are so many and I have a bad habit off picking up the top book to read next.

One selection of books that are missing are the Harry Potter series...I don’t own any of them. I have read them all and enjoyed Harry, Hermoine and the rest but have never got round to buying the books for myself. Maybe one day, when I can get my TBR pile onto one shelf...

Thanks Kirsty for having me – I’ve had fun! 

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