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Any Ruskin bond lovers? He is one of my favourite authors.

Some books are pure feels and then you can't express them in words. I have always loved anything and everything written by Mr Ruskin Bond . It's warm, cozy and personal. Also expands a reader's/booklovers repertoire by all the beautiful personal recommendations given by the author.

#thoughfulThursday

Yes, by genre, then author or sometimes book height.

My collection is in the basement, where there‘s room!

I buy all of the above!

Tagging @TheRiehlDeal @mabell @mrp27

It's been a very busy few months, but now that I can take time to post again, I'll start with my new bookshelves! Finally filled and organized! I love them! 😍😍

There is nothing more satisfying than buying a new bookcase with lots of room for more books!

A good part of my bookshelves are #waitingtoberead !! #falltreasure @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

After 3 months of being in our house, I finally have (organized) books on my shelves. I know my fellow Littens understand how happy my heart is now 🤩🤓…and there‘s Nathan 🐩😍

#BuzzwordBookathon update
alas, haven't completed any of the #buzzword titled books

We all love a good nose around others bookshelves...

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/home-decor/g32449315/zoom-bookshelves-ra...

#ThoughtfulThursday
⚀ Irene Pollock from the 44 Scotland St Series - truly annoying and overbearing mother. The titles where she was absent, were certainly more enjoyable! 😁😁

⚁ Geranium, and any citrusy scent

⚂ Toggling among the various titles - #PemberLittens
#MonthofMemoirs
#BuzzwordBookathon
Plus couple of other 'distractions' 😉😉

Bond's earliest discovery of literary treasures were these gems after avoiding excursions to the jungle.
Prior to these, his reading included abridged versions of Robinson Crusoe & Gulliver's Travels, Lamb's Tales of Shakespeare7 (retold), The Coral Island by
R M Ballantyne.
PGW was forefront of his discovery & this chapter included excerpt from #buzzword 😆 'Love among Chickens'

Titles & series, new to me and
to discover!
#MonthofMemoirs

#BuzzwordBookathon with the tagged
❤️ #buzzword and the other titles for #MonthofMemoirs (a little late to start) for #overbookedClub

Bond's mention of familiar and new (to me) #books keeps me grinning and squealing with joy! Tagged is also part of #BookSpin

#wondrousWednesday
1) if sleep doesn't overpower, I am happy to stay up late ;p bodyclock wakes me up at dawn, so I get to read before my day begins.
nowadays I am happy to just finish a book, so it doesn't matter when.

2) Among Friends 😍😍

3) no particular order at the moment 🤷🏽‍♀️😉
When I get to it, it'll be by authors / series and sections according to topics ;))

I am loving how this is turning out and we made the decision was made to add a 4th shelf so while the reading room isn‘t done yet it is close!

The new bookshelves are on the wall but I am too tired to put the books back on... a job for tomorrow or maybe Sunday!

My bookshelves that I have been wanting forever are finally coming to reality!!! Here are the boards mid-stain and they will be going up Friday night!!! I cannot wait!

I find #inspiration in books. When I walk into my library at home, there is such a presence of knowledge and stories waiting to be told. These books inspire me to learn more. #SelfImprovementSept

Happy Monday! I‘m counting down the days til I‘m back to school aka work. We start August 19th. Hoping to nap later like my Calli girl is in this picture. The left bookcase is my graphic novels and the right are books on my TBR. #dogsoflitsy
How is your week going so far?

Happy Monday! Today I decided to dust and go through my shelves in the dining room and look how pretty they look now! Still have a lot of junk to sort through lol. #shelfie #bookshelves #bookdragon #harrypotter #beautyandthebeast #dragons #funkopop

We have so, so many #shelves of books, all of which take us to beautiful#ImaginaryPlaces! Here's a little glimpse. #30JuneBooks #WanderingJune

@howjessreads @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

#rumorhasit that one of your monthly hosts this didn't even make it on litsy to post yesterday 🤭 whoops!

Well I'm back with a photo of my favorite #wonderwall in our new house 🤗 ...Books!!! Built-in shelves were first on my list when we moved in and I love looking at them every day 😍

#anglophileapril

We can find here few biographical aspects of Ruskin Bond's childhood and youth and interspersed between these are his favorite books and authors. It's like having the writer take you down his memory lane. Can certainly take book recommendations from him.
4th book finished #24in48
I have clocked in around 11 hrs of reading time till now.

So 5hrs plus 3 more. 8 hours of reading done. #24in48
Recently started Ruskin Bond's Love Among the Bookshelves, 2 chapters in. It's quite unlike other books of his.
Need some rest for now. Probably gonna sleep.

My supervisor at work gave me two bookshelves today since he and his family are getting new ones. I desperately needed these since my books were just ending up getting stacked up on the floor. I'm so happy for more space!

My #bookshelves are a mess. #31bookpics

#SHOWME

Congrats to @MicheleinPhilly on your amazing milestone and thank you for the giveaway!

I am away for 10 days...but here is my friend‘s bookshelf (we are staying at her house for a few days). I have actually read a few of these.

#hour42challenge #24in48 a view of my “bookshelves on wheels” that I keep a lot of my professional books on

It‘s difficult to get them all in one collage without the scale being wonky, but this is almost all of my bookshelves. There is one with children‘s books and one that‘s genealogy books mixed with notebooks that I didn‘t picture. #shelfieSunday #julyinbooks18 @bookisglee

I put some stuff in boxes and managed to (nearly) get my collection back into my favorite bookshelf.

I‘m out of books I‘m willing to store. :|

Anyone else feel a little overwhelmed when you have a new empty bookcase? I‘m excited because they were needed, but I can‘t decide which books I want to move around!

We‘ve waited so long for this sun spell - the cats are savouring every last bit and following the evening sun around the floor! #catsoflitsy

#beforeandafter

Congrats on the milestone. Since joining Litsy I‘ve discovered different genres. I‘m now slightly obsessed with fantasy fiction (from being a die hard Literary fiction gal!) and instead of my books in piles on the floor they‘re mostly up on shelves ( looking at others #shelfies inspired me to sort the pile problem!)

This was my FB post from last year and I remembered it when I saw today's prompt, An Author I Love
#ReadingResolutions
#AprilBookishMadness
@Jess7
@maich

#litsyapocalypse is over! 🎇

Littens, you are the #observer of my personal library work in progress. The cropper unfortunately cuts so much out, but this is around my entire wall. #nuyear

Well! It‘s together! And OMG! It is huge.

Here are my new bookshelves so far—now mostly filled with books.

Close-ups of our new bookshelves

We are so lucky to have been given a huge deal on these antique bookcases. They are called “barrister‘s bookcases” because they were made originally for lawyers so the shelves come apart to transport many books at once. I spent the entire day cleaning them yesterday, because they had been in a room that had a wood-burning fireplace and probably hadn‘t been cleaned in over 35 years. I can‘t wait to start filling them with books!

I‘m moving in two weeks but I just couldn‘t resist purchasing two 6‘ bookcases! I can‘t wait to get them set up in my new home!

But I already have cases, soooo I guess I‘ll be book shopping as well 🤷🏻‍♀️😈

Raise your hand 🙋if you love new storage solutions! Here's my new yarn/book shelf and the second one is going up in my library room and will be books/yarn. The books to yarn ratio will be fluid depending on the time of year. ☺️📚🐑

Recycling a photo of part of my personal library. #greenwithenvy #awesomeautumnbooks

These are two old pieces that my mom had that I'm planning on repurposing into bookcases 😀 On the left is a very large and very old armoire (it was my great-grandmother's) and on the right is a run-of-the-mill china cabinet with some promise (the shelf just moved in transit and is still good and it is double the size seen in the pic).

If anyone has any makeover ideas - please share! Nothing is off the table. 😀

And a quick partial shelfie sans me for the hour 6 challenge #24in48.

#Shelfie for #24in48 !

http://lithub.com/10-famous-book-hoarders/

It's here!!! Book expo book haul!! 66 books, 5 audible books, various bags and book marks. Now where to put it all!!!!

He's watching over my books #catsoflitsy #sheldon

I leave town for a few days and suddenly my husband decides to be concerned about my influx of book mail 😜

My little corner of heaven. #rockinmay #heaven

I have 3 main bookshelves in my home. One houses my professional books, one my fiction books & one my non-fiction. That's as organized as I get 😆
#shelfie #aprilbookshowers @RealLifeReading