One of my goals in life is to someday have my very own room dedicated just to books. The walls will be lined with shelves, and I will have a library ladder, a window seat, and lots of big, comfy floor cushions so I can sprawl out and read.
In the meantime, I really shouldn’t get any more books until I can move to a place that has more shelf space. But alas, I have no willpower, and just picked up a few more books from the local library’s used book sale. Bad Kari. Think I have a problem?
One side of the room
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The other side of the room.
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Once upon a time, these were organized with fiction on one side of the room, and non-fiction on the other. That lasted a few months, until the quantity of books exceeded my shelves’ carrying capacity. Hey, I’ve only broken a shelf once. And before someone asks, I’ve probably read at least 2/3 of those but I’m not quite sure. One day I’ll do a tally. For what it’s worth, there are over 800 books crammed onto those shelves–a lot are double-layered to maximize space. It’s a far cry from the 2000+ I used to have, but I’ll get back there someday.
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That is so awesome. It reminds me of the Belle library scene in Beauty and the Beast. :)
Someday… Someday I will have that many. Someday. :-)