Comments on: Question of the Month: Bookshelf http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/ LitPark Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5475 SusanHenderson Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:49:39 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5475 Yeah, my piano skills are kind of maxed out with Humpty Dumpty, so I'm amazed when I see him working out a new song. Great to see you here, Mary, and I'm glad you have piles of books all over your house. Yeah, my piano skills are kind of maxed out with Humpty Dumpty, so I’m amazed when I see him working out a new song. Great to see you here, Mary, and I’m glad you have piles of books all over your house.

]]> By: mlakers http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5474 mlakers Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:23:19 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5474 Where do I put books? Where DON'T I put books?? My poor, poor family. They are stashed and piled everywhere, with the biggest, most towering pile right beside my bed. And don't even ask me about my desk. But I only wish I could play the piano like that! Where do I put books? Where DON’T I put books?? My poor, poor family. They are stashed and piled everywhere, with the biggest, most towering pile right beside my bed. And don’t even ask me about my desk. But I only wish I could play the piano like that!

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5473 SusanHenderson Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:18:00 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5473 I'm for the hidden room! http://www.hiddenpassageway.com/ I would love to see a photo of your very organized bookshelf if you want to post a link to it here. The War of Art book got me curious, so here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Through-Creative-Battles/dp/0446691437/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223684223&sr=8-1 (Hey, Kimberly, why do I think that might be a book for you?!) I’m for the hidden room! http://www.hiddenpassageway.com/

I would love to see a photo of your very organized bookshelf if you want to post a link to it here.

The War of Art book got me curious, so here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Through-Creative-Battles/dp/0446691437/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223684223&sr=8-1

(Hey, Kimberly, why do I think that might be a book for you?!)

]]> By: Carolyn_Burns_Bass http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5472 Carolyn_Burns_Bass Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:27:18 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5472 I'm with Tish. I've always wanted a room with wall-to ceiling bookshelves and one of those cool ladders that slides around so I could reach the top ones. A sliding wall of shelves and maybe a hidden room would be cool, too. Back to reality. When BassMan and I got married, I merged my books into his similar to a real library. Fiction by author, non-fiction by subject. Our first move took us to Japan, where he unpacked our household goods while I lay in a Japanese hospital recovering from a C-section. He shelved all of the books by color, height, and how they looked on the shelf. I was appalled at his lack of library science, but amused at him for thinking it would make me happy to see them look pretty on the shelf. I left the books on the shelf until we moved again and I took over the bookshelving responsibilities. We currently have books all over the house. Our guest room has several large bookshelves that are drooping with fiction on the left side and non-fiction on the right. The family room has a shelf of children's books (although our kids are no longer "children," I've yet to remove them because these books are like dear playmates) and cookbooks and travel. Each of my kids have bookshelves in their rooms for their personal favorites. There are books on the display shelf in my dining room. My nightstand always has a couple of stacks of books in various stages of reading. Some not yet started, some stalled, some waiting for bedtime. Bookmarked at the top of my nightstand is THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield. I *heart* this book. Anytime I read a bit of it before going to sleep, I get up the next morning and slay resistance. I’m with Tish. I’ve always wanted a room with wall-to ceiling bookshelves and one of those cool ladders that slides around so I could reach the top ones. A sliding wall of shelves and maybe a hidden room would be cool, too.

Back to reality. When BassMan and I got married, I merged my books into his similar to a real library. Fiction by author, non-fiction by subject. Our first move took us to Japan, where he unpacked our household goods while I lay in a Japanese hospital recovering from a C-section. He shelved all of the books by color, height, and how they looked on the shelf.

I was appalled at his lack of library science, but amused at him for thinking it would make me happy to see them look pretty on the shelf. I left the books on the shelf until we moved again and I took over the bookshelving responsibilities.

We currently have books all over the house. Our guest room has several large bookshelves that are drooping with fiction on the left side and non-fiction on the right. The family room has a shelf of children’s books (although our kids are no longer “children,” I’ve yet to remove them because these books are like dear playmates) and cookbooks and travel. Each of my kids have bookshelves in their rooms for their personal favorites. There are books on the display shelf in my dining room. My nightstand always has a couple of stacks of books in various stages of reading. Some not yet started, some stalled, some waiting for bedtime.

Bookmarked at the top of my nightstand is THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield. I *heart* this book. Anytime I read a bit of it before going to sleep, I get up the next morning and slay resistance.

]]> By: TishCohen http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5471 TishCohen Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:27:45 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5471 They come off with a scary little tearing sound. But fear not, it's the paint that lifts and tears, not the covers. Makes choosing a book all the more exciting. They come off with a scary little tearing sound. But fear not, it’s the paint that lifts and tears, not the covers. Makes choosing a book all the more exciting.

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5470 SusanHenderson Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:16:56 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5470 I love that story, Tish! Can you get the books off the shelf or are they all stuck to the paint? I love that story, Tish! Can you get the books off the shelf or are they all stuck to the paint?

]]> By: TishCohen http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5469 TishCohen Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:17:33 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5469 What a juicy topic. Book shelves are very important in my life. From the moment my husband and I first moved in together, our big house-related goal was to have a room with a wall of built-in bookshelves. We rented and had very little cash, so we made due with slippery black Ikea shelves that bent under the weight of our growing collection. Those shelves, as well as tons of cardboard boxes our German shepherd used to pee on, held our books through five moves. While some of those moves were into houses we owned, we never had the extra cash we needed for our shelves. Sadly, we lost quite a few books to moldy basements and urine. Six years ago we bought our current house. It needed all sorts of work done--the floor grout was crumbling and the (hideous 80s) floor tiles lifted up in spots. We had leaks from an upstairs bathroom into the laundry room, from the kitchen into the basement. But we fixed none of it. We'd waited over fifteen years for our shelves and we were going to have them. We called a carpenter in to install floor-to-ceiling shelves and thick crown molding in the living room, painted them with zero VOC paint and loaded our books before the paint cured. We'd waited so long - what did we care if a few books stuck to the paint? We needed to sit on the floor and stare up at our achievement. Anyway, now these shelves are full (my husband tries to line them all up like a library, but puts up with me setting books sideways and backward and stacked in weird ways so they never actually look library-ish) and the books have spilled out onto other surfaces in other rooms. I guess we need more shelves. We also still need those floors... What a juicy topic. Book shelves are very important in my life. From the moment my husband and I first moved in together, our big house-related goal was to have a room with a wall of built-in bookshelves. We rented and had very little cash, so we made due with slippery black Ikea shelves that bent under the weight of our growing collection. Those shelves, as well as tons of cardboard boxes our German shepherd used to pee on, held our books through five moves. While some of those moves were into houses we owned, we never had the extra cash we needed for our shelves. Sadly, we lost quite a few books to moldy basements and urine. Six years ago we bought our current house. It needed all sorts of work done–the floor grout was crumbling and the (hideous 80s) floor tiles lifted up in spots. We had leaks from an upstairs bathroom into the laundry room, from the kitchen into the basement. But we fixed none of it. We’d waited over fifteen years for our shelves and we were going to have them. We called a carpenter in to install floor-to-ceiling shelves and thick crown molding in the living room, painted them with zero VOC paint and loaded our books before the paint cured. We’d waited so long – what did we care if a few books stuck to the paint? We needed to sit on the floor and stare up at our achievement. Anyway, now these shelves are full (my husband tries to line them all up like a library, but puts up with me setting books sideways and backward and stacked in weird ways so they never actually look library-ish) and the books have spilled out onto other surfaces in other rooms. I guess we need more shelves. We also still need those floors…

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5468 SusanHenderson Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:49:54 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5468 Kate, Just incredible what you've started there. Kate, Just incredible what you’ve started there.

]]> By: kategray http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5467 kategray Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:24:12 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5467 Well, ok, so I opened it up and gave it an intro: www.erebusetnox.wordpress.com -the title is just in reference to some obscure Roman sub-gods, who governed day and night- I'm going to have to make a collage of all our bookcases - but in reference to siblings poaching/bewstowing books - my sister and I trade, since we have common tastes, but I'm still trying to rid myself of my younger brother's Nostradamus/auto repair books (while wishing I'd snatched his copy of The Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test), and my older brother's sci-fi stuff that he tried to get me to read. Well, ok, so I opened it up and gave it an intro: http://www.erebusetnox.wordpress.com
-the title is just in reference to some obscure Roman sub-gods, who governed day and night-

I’m going to have to make a collage of all our bookcases – but in reference to siblings poaching/bewstowing books – my sister and I trade, since we have common tastes, but I’m still trying to rid myself of my younger brother’s Nostradamus/auto repair books (while wishing I’d snatched his copy of The Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test), and my older brother’s sci-fi stuff that he tried to get me to read.

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5466 SusanHenderson Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:35:48 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/10/06/question-of-the-month-bookshelf/#comment-5466 Love the picture I have in my head of the rustic, handmade shelf. And how you scootch all your favorites close to your bed! Love the picture I have in my head of the rustic, handmade shelf. And how you scootch all your favorites close to your bed!

]]>