Big thank you for having me
Kirsty and allowing me to share my strange order of books.
So, my bookcase isn’t arranged
alphabetically, but kind of chronologically. So, my top shelf is the
books I read when I was a
teenager, and a little after too. Darren Shan (One signed copy sitting on the
shelf there) and Charlie Higson were a bit later, when I got to Uni, and really
want to write horror for teens. This carried on, where I wanted to be the best
horror writer ever. So, I started
collecting as much Stephen King
as I could. I haven’t read all of his tomes yet. But I will. I keep the
Stephen King’s together by their
covers. So, old tatty ones I’ve picked up in charity shops/library
sales at the front. Then nice
colourful ones.And then his serious ones.
So, I really really got into
horror. Horrible disgusting horror, like Brian Keene and Richard Laymon. It
was probably them who turned my
stomach to think, maybe I should write something… a bit more
fun. So, I went back to my roots,
and looked what I really enjoyed, chose to like when I was younger,
and then re-got into
Steampunkyness and science fiction. So, I keep these all together. My Kindle
has
a lot of classic science fiction,
like the collection of Orwell and Verne. And a lot of free ebooks that I
have picked up, and will read, at
some point.
Then I keep all the miscellaneous
kind of books and hardbacks that I haven’t got round to arranging in some kind
of order. This includes a few copies of my own books (The little ones before
Making
Mone), I had made thanks to Lulu.
And on the bottom, I have a little corner of comedy writing and
jokes. And then all my
nonfictiony stuff, like a lot of how to’s and writing guides.
Now.Bookcase two.
So, apart from my collection of
books, I also read tons of manga. These are all sorted alphabetically
and numerically. A proper order.
They’re all arranged from going bottom to top in piles, otherwise I
wouldn’t have the room for them
all.
And the last two bottom ones.
More manga.But not nearly enough. At the bottom I keep my writing
magazines. And the empty space is
usually reserved for library books, but I figure I better catch up
with what I have before I go back
to that treasure trove again.
You can find me blogging about
steampunk and writing on my website: www.joshstanton.com or
follow my thoughts on twitter
@joshuastanton
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