Excelsior, fellow book lovers!
Sometimes I wonder why my books haven't asked for my parents' blessings yet.
You don't need to know who I am. Only that I like things. Like books. I am also a bookseller, which is why my hands are so dry to the point of them peeling off like snake-skin.
This blog is meant to be as ridiculous and funny as it is serious. I love books, reviewing them, discussing them, and analyzing them, but I'm also a fan of awesome things that make me laugh.
This does not include cheesy romantic comedies or lemon-flavoured candies. These are neither laugh-worthy (usually) or awesomely yummy (ick).
Friday, 7 December 2012
How is this allowed to exist outside of my home? And head?
Also I sees it, my precioussss. Gollum sitses on the bottoms of the preciousss shelves.
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Sunday, 11 November 2012
Too Many Books; No More Space!
I am going to let you in on a little secret…I have more books in my room than I safely have space for. Whenever I find my room is getting cluttered, packed, and stuffy, I try to clear off my floor and create a more efficient shelving system.
If you are using every flat surface in your room for books, including your floor, here is what I do in my time of desperation. Besides, your floor is for clothes (but actually not, because I am such a neat freak despite my pack-rat habits)!
What you will need:
- A clean bookshelf extension or short wooden shoe rack or anything that comes up off the floor and you can easily slide around.
- Newspaper or protective sheet (you probably wouldn’t need this with a short shoe rack).
Directions:
1. Lay down protective material or paper in the size of the shelf extension. In this case I used brown parcel wrapping paper. I don’t know why, but I had some. Place the shelf on top of the paper. Start shelving!
2. As you are stacking/shelving, keep the larger books at the bottom of the pile, but also keep the ones you are most likely to read first towards the front. Try to keep all sagas, series, trilogies together. You may see that I have not because the others are lost to the depths of my other shelving units.
3. It seems strange that I started the stacking on top, but most of the books I have are in hardcover format. To protect the ones I like best (because I’m apparently a really pessimistic realist and recognize that something at some point might get damaged), I place them on the top of this extension.
4. I’m not saying the ones at the bottom are less important, just less pretty or new. :D But anyway, I stack them the same because I like to make the most of the space given to me (I gave it to myself). I push everything bigger to the back of the shelf, and make room for small hardcovers and paperbacks up front.
5. Ta-da! All full of the leftover books. You can even see the mass market paperbacks I placed at the bottom. On the side, where I had a little extra room, I added thinner books with their spines vertical.
6. I thought I was done, but then I uncovered more books on a chair. I think these are all my ARCs and giveaways. Time to squeeze them in!
7. Alright, so I added books in, rearranged them even, and placed my most immediate ones near the top and front. Three of the books in this photo aren’t even mine! I’m either borrowing and need to return it or I bought it for someone else. In between the front and second stack I have vertically shelved two books and placed three dust jackets. I remove the dust jackets out of habit when I’m reading or messing about with a naked book (sexy times). I usually just place them on my desk, but since I am always using my desk, I’ve got the books to hold them for me!
Don’t have enough room for even this little guy on your floor? Have you tried your closet?
Top shelf:
More of top shelf:
And I used to use this fold-able hanging shelf for books, but it’s now being used for DVDs/Blu-rays. Keep in mind that though this shelf is strong, it won’t properly hold heavy hardcovers (on the inside the shelves dip down too much). I used it mostly for lighter paperbacks.
Happy shelving!
#too #many #books #no #more #space #reading #writing #gr #goodreads #love #dictionary #heavy #shelf #extension #ikea #show #rack #paper #protective #diy #do #it #yourself #cloud #atlas #edgar #allan #poe #dianaTuesday, 3 January 2012
Book on Trial #14: Cinder…cyborg?
So I read this awhile ago and totally forgot that I hadn’t reviewed it. I heard this is one of the “up and coming” great YA reads, but they said that about Divergent, as well, which some know I was not impressed by.
Title: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer (very clever)
Genre: Teen, dystopian, fairy tales, alluding to historical pieces, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids, space travel, disease, cure, death, royalty, politics, science fiction, re-established world, humour.
Recommended For: 11+
Rating: 
Sentence: I sentence Marissa Meyer to a game of Whedonverse trivia; and if I like her, she’s invited to my Avatar: The Last Airbender marathon with Marie Lu (author of Legend).
Review: I am loving the Japaneseinfluences in teen fiction, lately. I love the names being not English-influenced. I love the fact that the setting is not in the “Western” world as we know it (maybe not as they know it, lol). And I absolutely love the personalities.
If Meyer (not Stephenie) knows anything about writing; she definitely knows how to write a likable character. Cinder is tough; handy with a wrench; funny (oh yes, her humour is very endearing); and an idealist posing as a realist (which just makes her confusion even more likable).
While the story very much follows a classic Cinderella tale, there are so many other aspects which sort of change the fairy tale completely.
First off, Kai actually has a personality, which is new for “Prince Charming”. Secondly, android and and cyborgs galore! Looks like a huge factor in segregation and reason of unrest within their society. Let’s not forget the Lunar people as well.
But with Cinder’s stepsister’s illness and imminent death comes a whole whack of things she doesn’t even know about herself, let alone her country.
Cinder appears to be increasingly more self-sacrificing with each chapter. And that is where I bring up my points of issue.
1. She is clearly the moon princess/Sailor Moon/whatever, why does it take her so long to find out? I mean, I know she’s super realistic, but how has she never thought about who she is before and her lack of memory? And also, she has super cool powers that make her a sailor scout as well. :D YAY.
2. Cyborgs apparently have no backbone. There should have been riots ages ago. Cyborgs were once human and they know their treatment is unfair. Come on, where be the politics? Only when the Lunar Queen (Bitch) shows up, do people come out and riot!
3. I thought Kai was different. And yet he still seemed to be a little disgusted that she was a cyborg. That is disappointing. And it’s obvious that when her finds out he is Prince Darian and she is Princess Serena, he’ll wanna be all buddy-buddy again (openly).
Okay, okay, Darian and Serena are from Sailor Moon and I’m mixing the two up, but it’s hard not to. Good thing Cinder isn’t a crybaby and total pussy.
4. Cinder is too self-sacrificing despite her horrible experiences. I think that’s one of her greatest faults, but I’m not sure if Meyer did this on purpose or not. She seems to just drop everything to save or help the people she cares about. Future weakness, maybe?
Overall, though, this book was well-written, clever, and a lovely attempt at re-analyzing Cinderella. Although I didn’t give this book a top rating, I really did enjoy it. There were just some things I felt should have been elaborated or resolved in this book rather than in future books. I also know, from the Cinder short story by Meyer (you can find it here), that Meyer is capable of a lot better. It was a fantastic short story.
That’s why I expect I’ll probably like the later books in this series much better. And I am really excited for them!
#cinder #cinderella #cyborg #android #funny #loved #books #book #bookseller #seller #sellers #booksellers #bookshelves #shelf #shelves #selling #reading #read #reader #bookphilia #literacy #literate #young #adult #teen #dystopian #sailor #moon #firefly #whedonverseWednesday, 12 October 2011
Today a cute boy (cashier) told me I have a problem, while I was paying for several books at Value Village.
I agreed with him and replied, “I know so many books, so little time!”
He said, “No I mean, you clearly have an addiction to buying books. Why?”
I shrugged, “It’s a thing. Other people collect weird things like TY Babies and baseball cards; I collect books. I may be addicted, but at least it’s money well spent and knowledge well shared.”
“Haha, I only have six books waiting for me at home to read. Really, I’m just waiting on the new Paolini one.” He responded.
“Inheritance, oh, and it’s out November 8th.”
“Wow, you really do know your books.”
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I’ve never felt so insulted and complimented in my life. On the one hand, I love that he acknowledges I know my books. Even if he was surprised by it. On the other, what freaking problem? You see these eyes? And you imagine this brain? MADE FOR READING.
/denial of problem
#denial, #cute, #boy, #value, #of #problem #today #village #books #book #bookphilia #bibliophilia #bibliophile #collecting #collector #of #shelves #shelf #reading #read #knowledge #shared #spent #spending #money #sale #bookstore #bookseller #sell #bookstoresWednesday, 28 September 2011
Oh. My. God. I’m almost out of space and I have three more overflowing boxes after this. My other shelf is completely packed as well.
The top of a bookshelf also counts as shelf space, right? Or, you know, any free, flat surfaces? :’)
Sunday, 11 September 2011
How do I get me one of these?
