Post Pic of your Bookshelf
 

I don't know why it's so blurry...

That's my collection from around 2 years. I used to just go to the library, but now I go to used bookstores and sometimes Barnes and Nobles.

Use flash, or a tripod, or something to keep the camera steady on.

theres about 90 books here, and ive got scattered around the place. Last year was the only year I baught books. I plan on getting some more this summer though, I go to the library a lot.

What type of books are you all interested in?

I read a lot of older books "classics". I have no specific favorite.

I read alot of classics as well.
I really like Vonnegut and Dostoyevsky.
I've also trid to read Camus and Satre, but they fly over my head.

Camus are sartre are good. I reccomend reading their plays. Quite simple.

I have Sarte's No Exit, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

I'm reading Catch-22 right now. It's pretty good.

No pics, but I am reading In Cold Blood-Truman Capote

Are Capote books good? I've heard of him, but never thought much of it..

I read Breakfast at Tiffany's before this, and thought it was good. In Cold Blood, is really great though. The movie, Capote, was also good. Hoffman rules.

Cool. I'll look for him next time I'm buying.

i finished Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a few weeks ago and i just reread Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. both are excellent.

most of them are old books.. old pictures too :P some of them are replaced now

im reading this book too!

Psh. Reading.

How far in are you? How do you like it?

Me? p. 207 and I think it is real good.

Bizarre thread, if I may say so. Here's some of mine:



Fiction is on the right side, my favourites are poetry (mainly 17th century poets), HP Lovecraft and Nicola Barker. The other two contain non-fiction, neatly sorted into sections. Best sections include local history stuff, 17th century history and transport history.

Yeah, I guess the thread is pretty odd. I just wanted to see other people's collections.

Sounds like you got yours real organized Hip P. I plan to sort mine soon. Probably group the authors together since most of my stuff is fiction.


I'd also like to get some non-fiction history type books. Don't really know where to start. I want to get something on Napoleon, but I'd also like to read about the periods of music, Barouqe, Classical, Romantic..

here are my shelves...










we have a room dedicated as a library which holds all the books, half the CD's, some of the vinyl and none of the DVDs. The books are kind of organised: Art books, text books, non-fiction then fiction. The CDs are by spoken word, classical, jazz, world, hip-hop and rock then all are alphabetical and chronological.

looks messy to me. (to hip priest.)

holy friggen posts hip

Mine is more of a stack than an acutal book shelf. Nothing special, just some Dr. Seuss and an Edgar Allan Poe book.

Alright, I'm not the biggest reader, so I have a small collection. I usually just borrow from friends. I am buying more lately tho since most of them are outta town and I have a job again.
I'm in trainspotting right now and loving it. It's cool becuz right before that one I was reading a clockwork orange. I need to find another book written in dialect/fake-language next/.

I'm a big proponent of public libaries. Sort of a waste of paper to buy new books when you can get them from the library.

It's not actually messy (in the sense that it'ssorted into section), but yes, I need more space to neaen things up. Half the problem is the varying sizes of books and all he related ephemera that I collect too. The plan is to have nice shelves put all the way up that wall.

Here's my bookshelf

Don't worry i do read though i just don't buy books i borrow them from friends