Irony Alert. Or Maybe It's Just Murphey's Law.

[redbrunja]

So, when I got back from college, I finagled it so I had one free bookshelf for library and to-read books.

I was thinking this would
It's already full, even before I got to the library.

The Summer Reading List:

All The Fishes Come Home To Roost, Dracula (the original), The Sound & The Fury, Nation, The Audacity of Hope, Coin Locker Babies, Blood Cult, White Witch Black Curse, Wicked Lovely, Song of the Lioness (reread), Finders Keepers, Whitechapel Gods, Kitty & The Midnight Hour (reread) A Necessary Evil, Soul Music, Soon I Will Be Invincible, and a couple volumes of Basara

*deep breath*

Just to let you know? All the books I mentioned? Don't all fit of my To-Read bookshelf. So much for my clever plot.

Comments

[tsukara.livejournal.com]

Even double-shelved?

It's a dirty trick, but it's the only way I ever get a slight majority of my books on there.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

This sounds similar to when I got a new bookcase (waist high) convinced that I would finally have enough shelving, only to end up with piles of books on top of it.

I quite adored the worldbuilding and general ideas behind Wicked Lovely, and I suspect you'll spot my favorite character pretty quickly, but it had a bit of "your kinks aren't mine" going at times (not skeevy gender issues kinks, thankfully) and was more dismissive of a couple things than I thought it should be. I have the sequel lurking around the top of my TBR list.

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

Heh, my to-read shelf is actually built into my bed. ^^;

Ah, how wide are the shelves? Can you maybe fit a row infront of each row? One of my shelves is super-wide, so that's how I have them stacked, with the YA that I own on the inside, and everything else facing out.

I'll be curious to see what you think of Wicked Lovely - one female I know you'll love, I'm curious as to what you'll think of the other characters.

[mirumototsubasa.livejournal.com]

Oooh. I'll have to look into those. I've been thinking of what books to get into once I have money again after my car is fixed. (I've been re-reading some old ones that I haven't read in years, which is also cool. Currently Zelazney's Amber series.)

Also, I LOVE the Song of the Lioness quartet. :) I'm about due for a re-red on that one too. *grin*

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Books tend to expand to fill all available space, and then some. I've been considering actually BUYING some new shelves, that's how bad it's gotten here, but I have terrifying visions of the floor collapsing under the weight. (Although then again, the thought of burying the creepy old nutter downstairs in an avalanche of manga does have a certain charm...)

[ivy-chan.livejournal.com]

At that point, I would get one of my tupperware storage boxes, tip it on its side, and shelve in THERE. >8O Or...temporarily move books into aforementioned container to make room for other, shinier, to-read books.

Sounds like good reading!

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

Cool. My mom and I have summer reading lists too. For me: Bloodhound (by Tamora Pierce, sequel to Terrier), Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, Crossed: A Tale of the Fourth Crusade (Reread, one of my most favorite books ever), The Welsh Girl, and Suite Francaise. For my mom: Cry Wolf, Tale of Two Cities, The Welsh Girl, and Suite Francaise.

I ran out of shelf space for books a LONG time ago. Currently they occupy the desk and floor of my room.

[syl-luvs-silver.livejournal.com]

Oh,haha. People get a fit when they stumble into my room. I have about 30 TR books spread beside my bed. Quite an imposing sight, really. I can't seem to stop myself from borrowing/buying when it comes to books. D:

Don't know if you're interested in recs (since you've got so many here already, hah), but 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins is... WHOA. Very, very whoa. Absolutely epic.