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I surpassed my 2020 reading goal (first time ever!) and I‘m convinced 2021 will be better, happier, safer. Happy New Year, everyone! 📚🎉📚🎉📚🎉📚🎉

I did it again! I love books!
#books

Today was my two children‘s first day back at school after the COVID-19 shutdown. I spent the morning rearranging our books and creating this lovely little book nook. Best thing? I now have room for more books!!

My husband has been bored since he‘s home more right now due to reduced work at Delta Airlines. So he made me these hanging book shelves ❤️ And I, of course, immediately filled them.

This has been an exhausting week... but I‘m glad to have the weekend off and some time to unwind and read 😌📚 #bookshelves #tbr

Would you be able to live with this bookshelf?

There may still be stacks but my already read shelves are clean. ❤️ #shelfie

I‘m annoyed that I had to get a different finish for the second bookcase, but I‘m happy to be done with this project. At least until the inevitable tweaks, such as possibly getting an extra shelf.

I‘m not gonna lie. Putting this sucker together was a PITA, but it sure makes me #smile to see the end result. For the next one I‘m seriously considering paying more to have them come here and assemble it. But first I‘ll bask in this accomplishment. #reallyrandomfebruary

I guess IKEA doesn‘t want me to climb the bookcase!

Earlier today I helped a friend clean out his mother‘s house, and this evening a neighbor helped me get the box of bookcase into my apartment in the rain. #favor #reallyrandomfebruary

I‘m in the middle of a bookcase reorganization! Today I took this baby to a new home with a coworker. Next step is a trip to IKEA! I had another source in mind that didn‘t work out, but it did get those little wheels turning in my brain...

I think this will conclude my 2019 reading stats- mostly because I like the symmetry of the numbers! Happy 2020 Littens!🥳💥

Here is post 2 of 2 of my spooky/scary/creepy/thriller books. I am not sure I will get all of them read this month, but hopefully I will get a chunk of them done. If anyone has suggestions about where I should start or wants to do a buddy read let me know. Or if you want me to read any to review/report back on let me know that too.

#Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid

Think I have a few more to add to my shelves - Mix of everything - just ones I haven‘t read or that were suggest to me, some for the husband and kiddos too 😊

This book had been on my tbr list for years. I loved the first portion about the storage of scrolls, codices, chained books, books in presses and on rotating lecterns. The illustrations are a great addition to this book. I was less interested in the engineering of bookstacks in more modern times as it is quite technical, but overall found this book informative and interesting. Do read the appendix which makes me want to re-arrange my own books!

Happy National Book Lovers Day everyone!!!
❤️💙📚📖📚💙❤️

What are you reading today to celebrate? 🤓📖

#BookLoversDay #NationalBookLoversDay

I started using LibraryThing today. I scanned my tbr bookshelf. 320 books. That I own. That I haven‘t read. 🤦🏻‍♀️
Would anyone like to see the pictures I took? There are quite a few....

Slowly starting to move by books in 😍

Still catching up on #30junebooks
Day 7: bookstack - this is the stack sitting on the end table on the left side.

I should probably just keep my dictionary app open....

“Books are the thugs in the lineup, all fitting a profile but with only one of them expecting to be picked out.”

I‘m steadily making my way through these four books during the lovely month of May (and oh! how it‘s been lovely)! I have a few other books I‘d also like to read, hovering just out of sight, but my focus will be on these four until one or two are wrapped up.

#monteinmay19 #seasonbythebook #maytbr #shelfie #bookstack

And here‘s my #shelfie - a section of my bookshelves in our loft. The light wasn‘t the best as it‘s such a cloudy day today and as I took this photo I was thinking that it really needs some tidying up!! 😆

Hope you all are having a great #readathon! #deweysapril

I thought about spending today reading the library books I need to finish this week... but instead I decided to totally clear off and reorganize the shelves in my office. 🤷‍♀️

I don't understand what I'm looking at? And the price! Pro tip: buy books you want to read and your shelves will decorate themselves. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

Cute little #bookshelf at my mother in laws.

So I organized everything on my #giftcart ... But only the black metal I didn't like... So I bought some funny buttons. Of course mostly in green because it's fitting perfectly in the library. 😊

Some Littens (at first @Jess7 ) come up with this idea #tbrcart . I can't do this, because I own tooooo many unread books. I would need several carts for this. But.... As I collect several items for lovely Littens and I want organise them, I bought this as a #giftcart . 😍😘

So I don't show you the decorated edition, because one, two or more Littens will receive envelopes and parcels in the near future. 😂😍💖 #bookmailismyfavouritemail

Bookcase 2 of 2. Unfortunately my new apartment doesn't have a wall long enough to put my bookcases together, which I'm bummed about, but this one is overflowing with ARCs so it's probably better that it's in my room. The ARCs are triple stacked on the right, with more TBRs double stacked on the left.

Looking at everyone's gorgeous shelves on Litsy has made me crave new shelving with less dead space, but these still make me happy for now.

I promised "after" pictures of my bookshelves! Bookcase 1 of 2. This one is divided evenly between the books I've read on the left and haven't read on the right (those are also double stacked).

The new shelves are starting to come along! I need to hurry up and read so the bottom shelf gets filled up! More artwork will be going on the walls soon as well. We ran out of anchors. Reading in here is magical!

📕yes, I share anything I can when I think someone will like it
📗I read across genre, often I‘m attracted to the author‘s writing style
📘 mix and match books and tchotchkes

#GimmeGimmeGimme all the books, all the time! #ABBAinAugust

What‘s my bedside table look like you ask?
Like another bookshelf of course!
Really what did you expect?

The small stack on top, closest to the bed, are what‘s left of my physical I-want-to-read-in-June pile. The other stack are the already shifted to July pile. And underneath and behind, ones I hope to get to soonish🤷‍♀️

#Hour18
#24in48

Repost of a few of my shelves. This does not include the piles and stacks of books all over my house lol The top left are my signed first editions of all Patrick Rothfuss :)
#shelfiesunday #julyinbooks18 #photochallenge

Two parcels arrived today. Opening day can't come soon enough!
#shortstoryswap
@CSeydel

#shelfiesaturday #readingreasolutions @Jess7
One section of my living room bookshelves. This is where I keep my favorite hardcover copies.

I will for sure not finish a book by tomorrow so here‘s my MAY READING WRAP-UP: 13 books 📚! That‘s a lot for me! A couple of audio books really helped, however 😀 and one book I had been reading since January!

#ReadingResolutions

1. Literary fiction
2. I‘m never lonely as long as I have a book ~ Emma Stein
3. Goodnight Moon
4. @laytonwoman3rd

Spent forever organizing my shelves today! Still have a stack that doesn‘t fit!

#MarchInBooks #Shelfie

I‘ll make a literary cat out of him yet😂😻 #jinxcat #catsoflitsy #hesactuallymycat #catonabookshelf

Finally got all my books moved and organized on the new shelf! My last one was far too small and I had to upgrade. I got Jinx‘s stamp of approval☺️😻📚 Moving with books is an absolute nightmare but I wouldn‘t have it any other way!! #movingwithbooks #organizedshelf #jinxcat #hesactuallymycat #catsoflitsy #jinx

Dreams really do come true!!!

NOW my new house feels like my home!! 😍🤓😍

@Sarah83 asked me for pictures of my bookshelves yesterday so I went through the house snapping photos. They are all a bit messy at the moment and I think I‘ll need to rearrange them once term break starts. 😊 #shelfie

1) The recliner in my living room
2) Random piece of paper
3) I prefer to stop at the end of a chapter, but I can stop reading
4) Definitely 🍩🍪🍫☕🍷🍺
5) Neither
6) I used to be a strict book monogamist, but lately I've been switching between two books
7) Everywhere & anywhere
8) Silently
9) No
10) If I'm reading a paperback, I don't mind breaking the spine. Unless it's a nice edition.
11) Nope

#2018BookBinge #bookshelves
I have a tiny shelf (bottom left) since I mostly read #librarybooks
Doesn't stop me from snapping pictures of shelves at libraries I frequent. The top 2 on the right are from a delightful bookstore I discovered recently

Starting anew with the #readinglog for 2018 in my #bulletjournal! #readinggoals

The great bookshelf rearrange of 2017/2018 has occurred. Over the year I put books I finish on my headboard/shelf & at the end of the year I move them all over to my bookshelf. Now my headboard is empty but I have no idea where this years books are going to go come December...yikes!! 😱🤔🤓