Show Off Your Bookshelf

DwnWthVwls · 06-03-2018, 09:30 AM

I don't have a real bookshelf or anything, but here's what's left after the last round of book donations. Sadly all my non-fiction is packed away (minus God No, which was a gift I haven't read yet).

Mindy · 06-03-2018, 09:40 AM

DwnWthVwls · 06-03-2018, 09:49 AM

That's not your book shelf. You'd never own that kind of water.

Mindy · 06-03-2018, 09:53 AM

lol^ i pour those bottles into my fiji when i dont have enough to fill the fiji up from my pitcher

edit:

removed water and added dinner to photo

Lisnaholic · 06-03-2018, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

I don't have a real bookshelf or anything, but here's what's left after the last round of book donations. Sadly all my non-fiction is packed away (minus God No, which was a gift I haven't read yet).

^ I think Tolkien is the only name I recognize there, DWV! But I'm guessing the other books are mainly fantasy too. BTW, I used to have exactly the same DIY shelving system in the closet of my previous bedroom. I also like the little teaser in your photo; we can just see the clothes hangers, but not the clothes!

Mindy · 06-03-2018, 10:15 AM

that book called "the Last Humans" seems interesting

Lisnaholic · 06-03-2018, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindfulness

lol^ i pour those bottles into my fiji when i dont have enough to fill the fiji up from my pitcher

edit:

removed water and added dinner to photo

^ Can't make out many titles, Mindfulness, but they seem to be pretty eclectic: Gnostic Bible, Our Universe, Ayn Rand, Basic Electronics, Dan Brown. The topics, like the books, seem to be all over the place

. You have the untidiest bookcase so far and you seem to be pursuing some arcane alchemical research in your spare time. So kudos on both counts

Mindy · 06-03-2018, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ Can't make out many titles, Mindfulness, but they seem to be pretty eclectic: Gnostic Bible, Our Universe, Ayn Rand, Basic Electronics, Dan Brown. The topics, like the books, seem to be all over the place

. You have the untidiest bookcase so far and you seem to be pursuing some arcane alchemical research in your spare time. So kudos on both counts

Thanks, I used to have a smaller bookshelf in Iowa but when I Moved out here, I had books here at my parents house from years ago lol so I combined my book collections and it turned out to be a bunch. my oldest book is a book called " The History of the World" but its from 1895, so what they thought was history at that time.

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-03-2018, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ I've done my share of reading stuff that was difficult to digest, but these days I don't have much patience with authors that are too challenging. But yes, I also like the essay form; it's a sober, under-the-radar form that never gets much attention. I have to say, though, that my favourite essay collections are by journalists, not academics.

Sontag is difficult, but Wallace is all over the place. Many of his essays, like the one titled "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" (in which he goes on a cruise for Harper Magazine and writes about the experience), are light enough and downright funny. He can write both as an academic and as more of a journalist. He's also written several books of fiction, but I've read none of them yet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ I wouldn't worry about that MicShazam: you sound like my dad, who once justified not reading novels by saying, "Well, they're not real, are they?"
Today I probably read two non-fiction for each novel I read, although in the past novels absolutely dominated. My attitude used to be, "Non fiction = school text book, so I'm not reading it unless a teacher tells me to"!

I watch plenty of movies and my comics are fiction too, so I don't actually understand why I so strongly prefer non-fiction when it comes to books. So did your dad also not enjoy movies? ... Or comics?

The Batlord · 06-03-2018, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

I don't have a real bookshelf or anything, but here's what's left after the last round of book donations. Sadly all my non-fiction is packed away (minus God No, which was a gift I haven't read yet).

That Sandman omnibus is giving me a boner.

06-03-2018, 09:40 AM	#12 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,032	__________________ https://www.instagram.com/shhons_meme_agency

06-03-2018, 09:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,032	lol^ i pour those bottles into my fiji when i dont have enough to fill the fiji up from my pitcher edit: removed water and added dinner to photo __________________ https://www.instagram.com/shhons_meme_agency Last edited by Mindy; 06-03-2018 at 10:02 AM.

06-03-2018, 10:15 AM	#16 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,032	that book called "the Last Humans" seems interesting __________________ https://www.instagram.com/shhons_meme_agency