Throwback shelfies!

So, I was digging through an old laptop (after the lesson learned of backing up my files) and I found old shelfie pics

Which made my lil heart happy.

so I thought I'd share some of 'em and see how my collection has grown since I was a wee' teenager.


This is the earliest pic I could find

 

Why on earth there is so much nonsense on my shelves I have no idea! (the fact that there is space is astounding to me. Look at all those VHS' and CDs!)

This is ... 2007 so I am 17.
That is 10 years ago.
jeeze.
Top row is VC Andrews (who always gets her own shelf)
Then we have R.L Stine. and FOUR norma klein. FOUR?! what on earth is this nonsense?!Then there are a bunch of classics (which I end up getting rid of, and now I am buying again. stupid me.)
and THE BOXCAR CHILDREN! oh how i love them.
but i think i got rid of them too a few years ago... sad.
then I have series. and then non series.
and A WHOLE LOT OF JUNK. 

  

  

Very similar to the photo before and this is just a few months later (i can tell by the pics that on there)
but I have now added Harry Potter and Pendragon which are staples in my favourites list now. plus a "vampire" section has been added. oh dear. 

  

This is Fall of '08.
it has significantly grown.
and the shelves are beginning to warp.
Prom photos are everywhere too...
Norma Klein has grown, thank goodness.
so has everything else.
and this is the year my obsession with fandom-related ornaments started. my first Harry Potter and gone with the wind ones from hallmark can be seen. Go me! (now the collection is behind glass doors with all my other breakables)
and so now I am just beginning College... sigh.
wow.

 

Blurry nonsense but this is a year or so later.
Cleaned up and even did a paint job.
 many of these books I still have around ...

AND NOW - 8ish years and not living at my parents later - MY SHELVES LOOK LIKE THIS:
 
  

However, a box-full are missing bc my mother is reading them.
and they are double layered (which drives me BANANAS because I cannot admire all their beauty at once but... space, y'know)

but it has grown considerably. and very little "stuff" is on them -again, make room for the books!
So the white shelf is all my "series" (plus some scrapbooking stuff because my twin of this one is my business and crafts stuff is overflowing with weight)
and the black shelf (which I have a twin of and it is slowly being taken over...) is my specific authors such as R.L stine and VC Andrews, and my non-series/classics/bios/random ones I am unsure where they belong yet I must take care of. 

so that is my shelfie history lesson!
I haven't done a count in a ver-ver long time
BUT
they are all written down in a notebook
of which i keep track of my "read" lists for the year
and my collection...
so counting is a possibility.

TA DA!

<3 

Meet my bookshelves!

So after moving into our own place (finally!) I got around to putting up my bookshelves. Hubby wanted double-deep for his office stuff and he likes symmetry so I got stuck with half my book being hidden.
It worked out - ended up with a smaller office than I wanted.

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Bookshelf 1: Series

There are so many on here, it's a bit ridiculous.  Some have to be on the top shelf (I know, it's weird!) Like Harry Potter and Pendragon. Lately, I have been putting the Mortal Instrument series there too - but Ron is blocking it right now. The rest kinda just go where they fit. There is clearly room for so much more. Not sure if you can tell but behind the Jamie Mcguire books (second from top - far right), there is the begining of like 6 or 7 series. As that grows, I'll have to reorganize.
Other series that are hidden: artemis fowl, game of thrones, Georgia Nicolson, and LJ Smith's "Nightworld".
Beside the Eragon books, is another favourite author - Norma Klein. I emptied a second hand store once when I found all those. She writes a lot of coming of age type stuff that spoke to me when I was 12/13, go figure.

I have a lot more HP related items that go on here, but they cover up most of the top shelf.
The picture that has massive glare is my German Shepherd puppy from childhood. The 2 mugs on the last shelf have an "A" and a "J" - I'm A, hubby is J.  The snowman elephant is just something that needs to go in the xmas boxes.


Bookshelf 2: Author specific/ non-series

This starts with all my VC Andrews books at the very top - some are missing from this as my mother is reading a bunch.  She is my favourite author, and a lot of her books are reviewed on here. I also co-run a fan group on facebook called "VC Andrews' Dolls" if anyone is interested :)

Going down the shelves, we have RL Stein - he gets a full shelf -, then random hardcover/fancy books - far right are all Harry Potter related. The last self is everything else. I tried to keep all the bio-ish stuff on the right hand side, and everything else is all just done by size of the book.  My Series of Unfortunate events box set is still packed away. Not all have been read but I'd say at least 60%  have.
Some of these were read as a kid, and I bought because I love them. Some I cannot bring myself to read (such as the fault in our stars) after watching the movie (I KNOW I KNOW!!)   I am missing a bunch from here too because they are on my mom's TBR pile.

There's usually decor stuff in front of these too, like a pic of my grandparents-in-laws, a HP figurine in package, and a "licence plate" blank with a orca whale on it. Nothing fancy. \


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 That's me in a nutshell. I read pretty much everything except horror/thriller/mystery stuff. I used to read Dean Koontz in high school, but I had to downsize books at one point and he had to go. You can kind of see the 1 john grisham book and there's a brad meltzer book that I loved so I kept that. Otherwise, it's YA all the way.