Welcome to Litsy!

What do your books say about you? That‘s really the premise of this beautiful coffee table hardcover. Includes short interviews with noted writers & artists who reveal which 10 books shaped their lives AND a gorgeous custom illustration of each person‘s ideal bookshelf. Warning: Reading this book WILL add many more books to your TBR!
I know that‘s why you sent me this one @PurpleyPumpkin 😁😉❤️📚📚📚
#BookSpin
@TheAromaofBooks

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#neverendingtbr

Thought some of you would like this article about how we organize our shelves. A nice read and it doesn‘t promote one style over another.

“Your books are your books, and you get to decide what to do with them.”

https://www.tor.com/2022/01/20/mark-as-read-book-organization/

My January #BookSpinBINGO list is ready!

#bookspin2022

Not sure if any of my fellow littens are fans of this cool new magazine by and for readers, but I have an article all about designing bookshelves and letting loose your creativity in the latest issue 006!

https://www.ohreader.com/

Here‘s my #BookSpin list for September. Am I being too specific? I‘m trying to read my series, but I can‘t resist Readathons, and I have so many e-books! I love doing #BookSpinBingo though. It‘s the best. Thanks @TheAromaofBooks 💕📚😊

Prioritizing my bookshelves over the dirty dishes in the kitchen...

So, this book case has been in a back storage room crammed with junk for four years. I am doing a little reorganizing and thought I would liberate it and move it out to where I could actually use it for its intended purpose. The bonus is that I now have room for more books.

There is a little space for new books...😂😂😂

#book #bookly #readingchallenge2020 #litsy #litsybook #goodreads #toread #leggere #libro #mybookshelf

My new bookshelves.
Ready? Goooo!!!

#book #bookly #readingchallenge2020 #litsy #litsybook #goodreads #bookshelves #bookworm #leggere #libro #mypassion

I have absolutely LOVED doing #bookspinbingo this month and am so excited to do it in November too! Here‘s my list of 20 books I hope to whittle down. Thank you @TheAromaofBooks !! I want to participate in #bookspin and #doublebookspin as well.

I'm doing that thing again where I disappear for a couple of days because the world becomes overwhelming and scary and the last thing I think about is keeping up with social media... but I'm here 💜

I've been spending time in the one room in our house I've neglected most and allowed to become a dumping ground because... 2020, am I right?

Our #homelibrary is coming along slowly but surely. Dusted and cleaned... reorganized. I am happy 😊

Has anyone used this

Bookshelf porn #2

Bookshelf porn #1

Wow! It‘s really Christmas in July today after opening this mega surprise package from my pal @PurpleyPumpkin !
It‘s filled with bookish books, cool bookmarks, magnets, a Wonder Woman trivia card deck, a beautiful journal and more! I may be on a sugar high right now after trying these delicious chocolate truffles from Italy, but I‘m feeling so grateful to Litsy for introducing me to such sweet friends. What a gift you are to me! 🥰🎁

Food for thought about how what we read influences our views on race and equality.

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/06/870910728/your-bookshelf-may-be-part-of-the-probl...

#blacklitmatters #blacklivesmatter #blackauthorreadingchallenge #blacklives #blacklit

Goodness, long time no post. Work has been insanely busy and on top of that I bought an apartment. Which has been great, but also kind of exhausting and stressful. But...on the upside: my new bookshelf 😁

A great way to spend a cold and snowy day. #Audiopuzzle

I love Grant Snyder!

I bought a puzzle! And I love this puzzle 🧩📚
#bookpuzzle @idealbookshelf #inlove #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #book

Organizing my bookshelves took a little longer than I planned. I ended up ordering a fourth bookcase because I liked them so much and I wanted to make sure I had plenty of room for future book purchases. 😆

I really love how they turned out! I‘m so happy that all four bookcases fit along one wall. I love seeing them all lined up! Now I‘m going to spend the next few minutes at my desk to stare at them. 📚📚

Suns out and it‘s an Ideal Bookshelf kinda day ❤️

My new bookcases arrived yesterday and I spent most of the afternoon assembling them. Now they‘re ready for books! I‘ve been unpacking moving boxes all week and I‘m excited to finally get my books unpacked. Hopefully by the end of a day I‘ll have an “after” pic of my shelves loaded with books. 😀 📚

After having two overflowing boxes of books next to my recliner in the living room, for a really long time, I decided to get this small bookcase. I think it looks way better than an end table and it‘s definitely less expensive and can hold more 😏. So...I‘m thinking of getting another one for the other end of our big couch. We have so many books just everywhere that I would probably fill it up as soon as I put it together. #shelfie

I finally got two of my bookshelves up and several of my boxes of books shelved! So excited. 😁📚❤️

All right everybody, it's time for the super mega ultra challenge for the month of May! And we've got a fantastic game for you!

Simply watch the video and guess how many books I have on my shelves. Think of it like the jelly beans in the jar game. The one that guesses closest to the actual number wins the grand prize!!!! 💗📦💗

Watch the video here:
https://youtu.be/SFIoqaP5P-s

#MayMadness @Clwojick @RadicalReader

Hooray, my first #shelfie!!! As of last night, I finally have bookshelves in my room for the first time in approximately a million years! I know it might sound crazy to other book nerds that I‘ve gone so long without them, but I used to move every few years and I just got used to hauling my books around in giant plastic bins. It‘s so nice being able to see my books on display and not have to dig through bins in my closet anymore! More below...👇

Found this little gem at my favorite independent bookstore. Best coffee book ever!!!

#neverever will I have adequate shelf space. 😆 I‘ve taken to just piling books on the floor in my husband‘s office/den. Luckily he‘s a good sport. #anglophileapril

Oh, and there are more hidden away in his entertainment stand to the right. 🤣🤣🤣

Reorganized and color coded my shelves for something special I‘m starting soon! Can‘t wait to share it!

Organized my #BOTM books by author and officially only have room for one more in this current setup. 😭 My husband is also pushing for this to hold more books, so the rest is a work in progress. I love the look of the squares, but it sure makes it hard to attractively fill them with books because there‘s always the inevitable empty space where no book will fit. #shelfie

Fascinating!

https://mymodernmet.com/japanese-architects-earthquake-proof-bookshelf/

This view never gets old.

I have a #constantcraving for books. Yes, this is my dining room table. No, I have not used this for anything but books in about two years. #TimbitTunes

Oh my sweet baby Jesus, who has the building plans for this?! 😍

#NEEDIt

Look at my new little bookshelf! 😍😍🥰🥰😍😍

I randomly decided to reorganize my books at 1am (as you do). I usually sort by height, and now it‘s sectioned by author. Don‘t quite know how I feel about it yet. Thoughts? How do you arrange your books?

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I grew up in a house full of books with a family that made frequent trips to the library. For some reason, I never really thought to buy my own. Any trip to the bookstore was always to add to our collection of schoolbooks (I was homeschooled.) So, to get to start my own collection, and have a bookcase that is all my own...I am just so excited and loving it! All that to say-look at the pretty new lights I just put up! 😍#storytime #mybooks #inlove

It is a grey and cold day in Denmark, I‘m feeling meh and not in a reading mood. But at least I have pretty flowers, pretty books, and leftover brownie in the fridge.

So here‘s a pic of the pretty, and then we won‘t talk about I‘m still sitting in my pj‘s and watching old seasons of Drag Race 🤫

William Morris set up his printing press and publishing company “ with the hope of producing some which would have a definite claim to beauty, while at the same time they should be easy to read” W Morris

💌 Bookish Mail! New enamel pins depicting two of my favorites: Infinite Jest and Slaughterhouse-Five + this beautiful “Novels of the 1900s” mug. I love Jane Mount‘s creations! 💚💚💚

#bookmail #bookishmail #janemount #idealbookshelf

All three. Audio (from the library) in the car, ebooks and paperbacks elsewhere (I seldom buy hardcovers unless they're on the remainder table). I buy mostly ebooks,nowadays, but I still prefer paperbacks.

@ConfessionofaBookaholic #howdoyouread

The ideal bookshelf of book cover designer Coralie Bickford-Smith. In her essay she speaks of the thrill she gets repackaging classic books. Of Dracula she says she used the pattern of garlic flowers noting that the heroine wears them to stop Dracula and Coralie used them to cover the book to wreath it and keep the evil in. This is such a great book to dive in and out of- who isn‘t interested in other people‘s bookshelves?📚💖

Ok bibliophiles have you heard of this delicious eye candy of a book? Always wondered what Atul Gawande or David Sedaris would have on their ideal shelves? Here is the deliciously illustrated answer with essay. This is Dr. Gawande‘s shelf. I‘ll post more as I go along but this is a book lover‘s dream- book tube or bookstagram before technology!

It‘s Tuesday so that means my new holds are in!!!