History of My Bookshelf TAG

History of My Bookshelf TAG

For this tag I went with books I own, most as physical books and some as ebooks. For questions 2-8 the first one title is a book I read which was published that particular year, and the second a book I read that year, but wasn't published that year.

1. The oldest book on your shelf Owned the longest: Elli

2. A book you read in 2013 United We Spy, Graceling

3. A book you read in 2014 Isla and the Happily Ever After, Emma

4. A book you read in 2015 The Fill-In Boyfriend, Assassin's Curse

5. A book you read in 2016 The Rose and the Dagger, Cinder and Ella

6. A book you read in 2017 Geekerella, My Lady Jane

7. A book you read in 2018 The Kiss Quotient, Renegades

8. A book you read in 2019 Humble Pi, A Natural History of Dragons

9. A book you’ve read more than once Babe

10. A book you waited over a year to be published My Plain Jane (and I'm eagerly waiting for the next one!)

11. A book you read on vacation/away from home Crazy Rich Asians

12. A book you got from someplace special (anything that’s not your local bookstore/online retailer) Torch Against the Night (signed copy from a store in the US)

13. A book you that made you cry If I Stay

14. A book you read in one sitting Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

15. A book that was a gift Andersen Classic Fairy Tales collection

16. A book you read before owning (library, borrowed from a friend)
If I Stay

17. A book you lent to someone else
Snow Like Ashes

18. A book that has been damaged Dear John

19. A book you got on sale/discounted Illustrated Harry Potter

20. A book you read with someone else (buddy read/read with a book club) Some John Green books for the #TurtlesAlltheWayCountDown by Penguin Random House, though I never ended up reading Turtles All the Way Down...

21. A book you associate with a song The Hunger Games

22. A book you associate with a food This was the hardest one! Heartless would be a good one with all it's baking creations, but I don't own that anymore. Something else would be Harry Potter with it's magical treats, or maybe the first Gallagher Girls book and tea?

23. A book you got years ago that you probably wouldn’t buy now The Assassin's Blade

24. A book you associate with a specific time in your life The Infernal Devices

25. A book you used to like, but don’t anymore I make it a point to not own them!

26. The newest book on your shelf
A Natural History of Dragons, but I also have the fourth illustrated Harry Potter on its way

Read on lovelies,

S

Kept Books, Maybe Pile and Organization

Last weeks post was about unhauling books with a goal of only owning the books I really like and want to reread.
This followup post will delve into my kept books, my maybe pile and how I've organized everything on my shelves.

When it comes to organizing my books I mainly kept them in color order since it's a fast way for me to find a book.

The top row has white to grey to black.

The second row has "colorful" books in rainbow-ish order.
Since they perfectly fit I left it like that, but when there'll be additions I'll start shifting the darker blue books to the top row.

The third row has three sections.
On the left there are my Harry Potters (and three illustrated ones in Finnish)
In the middle there are my classics (collections on the left and others on the right)
Then on the farmost right there's one book that I'm currently reading (technically this is my TBR pile, but I only have that one)


MAYBE pile:
These are located on the top shelf middle-ish, so still on my shelves with the others but slightly indented further.
    If I Stay 1

    Clockwork Angel 1-3

    Heist Society 1-3
    Snow Like Ashes 1-3
    Impostor 1-2
I'll be reading the first few chapters of each to see if I'm interested anymore after which I'll decided if I'll keep any of them.


Maybe: 12
Keeping: 81 + 7 classics (+1 duplicate), 7 HP (+3 duplicates) = 95 (+4)
^ The duplicates I have are copies in Finnish

Read on lovelies,

S

Do I Have That Book TAG

Link to original here

The Challenges 1. Do you have a book with deckled edges?
I'm not too fond of them, but yes: My Lady Jane

2. Do you have a book with 3 or more people on the cover?
Cheaper by the Dozen
3. Do you have a book based on another fictional story? Lots of retellings, does that work? For example Love, Lies & Spies

4. Do you have a book with a title 10 letters long? Bitterblue

5. Do you have a book with a title that starts and ends with the same letter? Snow Like Ashes

6. Do you have a Mass Market Paperback book? Cheaper by the Dozen, which I think is quite fitting

7. Do you have a book written by an author using a pen name? Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

8. Do you have a book with a character's name in the title? Cinder, Scarlet, Cress and Winter

9. Do you have a book with 2 maps in it? Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

10. Do you have a book that was turned into a TV show? City of Bones

11. Do you have a book written by someone who is originally famous for something else? (celebrity/athlete/politician/tv personality...) The only one that comes to mind is What If? whose author is known for XKCD (which is writing, but not that of a book...)

12. Do you have a book with a clock on the cover? Clockwork Angel has a faint one of Big Ben

13. Do you have a poetry book? Vuosisadan rakkaustarina

14. Do you have a book with an award stamp on it? An Abundance of Katherines

15. Do you have a book written by an author with the same initials as you? The closest to my SV is Susanne Winnacker

16. Do you have a book of short stories? Aesop's Fables

17. Do you have a book that is between 500-510 pages long? Oddly specific, but I have four, one of which is my Finnish edition of Pride and Prejudice

18. Do you have a book that was turned into a movie? I have 1 movie edition and that is Dear John

19. Do you have a graphic novel?
I enjoy them, but I have a rule of sorts of not buying/owning them since they are quite expensive and I'd want the complete series, but this was a recent gift: Elias

20. Do you have a book written by 2 or more authors?
And full circle to my very first answer: My Lady Jane or My Plain Jane

Read on lovelies,

S

The Bookshelf II

Book Tag

I did this tag over two years ago found here and have Definitely changed it, so decided to do it again!
          Some "rules":
              The book (s) you answer with must be from your bookshelf.
              And include a picture of your bookshelf if you'd like to and if possible

The bookshelf. You might notice that I've gotten rid of lots of books.

By color with black & white ones in the cubes

Your bookshelf

1) Describe your bookshelf & where you got it from?

>Ikea cubes, the 5x5, and another one attached to the side from...somewhere

From top: TBR/CR,
ongoing series, classics x2

2) How do you organize it?

>I made a post two years back with how I used to do it, link.
But now? There's basically 4 sections: starting from the right-hand-side bottom - classics (by series and height), series I haven't finished (by height, mostly), my TBR (by date bought) and then on top of the main shelf: everything else, by color (a) I can easily find them rather remembering the color than the author and b) it's aesthetically really pleasing and doesn't look cluttered)

3) Thickest book? (pages)

>Winter with 824 pages.

4) Thinnest book? (pages)
>The Twits, 96 pages

5) Birthday gift
>Well I got Renegades last Christmas from my sister, does that count?

6) Smallest book? (Hight & Width)
>I've got some mass market paperbacks (though I try to never get them),
but my copy of Peter Pan suprised me when it came (it is the height of a mmp but wider, and adorable) :) link
and my copy of Lord of the Flies suprised me as well (the width of a mmp but taller) link

7) Biggest book? (Hight & Width)
>My Barnes&Noble leather bound edition of Hans Christian Andersen!
>For paperbacks it's Thorn or Wonder Woman, which are taller than most of my hardbacks!

8) From a friend?
>Latest one was probably Sapphire Blue

9) Most expensive book?
>I'd say around 20 euros maybe?

10) Last book you read?
>The Idiot Brain & currently I'm reading Sea Witch

11) First one you read?
>Actually read by myself probably one of the Ella books by Timo Parvela, a Finnish author

12) More than one copy
>I have the same book in both Finnish and English for Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone and Pride and Prejudice. But same language and same book? None

13) Complete series
>Well lots, but the one with the biggest amount of books in the series would be Harry Potter, with 7

14) Newest addition
>When Dimple Met Rishi

15) Has been on your shelf FOREVER
>Elli norsutyttö, a childrens book that my Grandmother used to read to me

16) Most recently published
>Sea Witch, received as an e-arc

17) Oldest book (as in the copy)
>Murder on the Orient Express, 1991 so not old at all

18) Book you won
>I think the only book I've won was Half Lost (through GoodReads), which I gave to my brother

19) Hate to let out of your sight (aka wouldn't let someone borrow)
>I actually don't mind lending my books, I like them to look worn and well read...
But maybe the one I talked about in question 15

20) Most beat up
>And the same answer goes here

21) Most pristine book
>Season of You & Me, the only physical book on my shelf that I haven't read. (There are also books I originally read from the library then later bought copies, and so haven't read that copy of)

22) Book from your childhood
>Babe by Dick King-Smith, when I was young I actually read it every summer for around 7 years in a row

23) Book that's not actually your book
>Cuckoo's Calling is my brothers, but was on my shelf so I'd read it (have yet to though)

24) Special cover (e.g. leather bound, soft, fuzzy, etc.)?
>Hans Christian Andersen, Barnes&Nobel leather bound edition

25) Favourite cover

>I really LOVE my Harry Potter editions! I chose to go with the signature editions when I bought them.
>Also I really LOVE my Hunger Games foil editions
>Oh and the classic lines by Sara Singh for Emma, P&P and Jane Eyre

26) Has been on your shelf the longest and you STILL haven't read?
>Well actually since I'm doing the TBR thing I've talked about (you can read an old post here) I only have 1(!!!). Also a link to my 2018 updated TBR post is here
So the answer is Season of You & Me, which I got last summer

27) Any signed books?
>Torch Against the Night

Read, read, read,

S

Purging Books

This might seem off the topic of books, but I like knowing what I own and really appreciating everything. The same goes for books.

   I like looking at my shelves and knowing that I, if not loved, really enjoyed them. So I unhaul some books every once in a while. (latest link)
Also it's awesome way to get rid of some TBR stress!

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I have trouble deciding if I can part with a book - so here are some of those reasons & reasons you should get rid of it:

-Fear of being left out for not having a hyped book
   Not everyone will like a certain book, so if the fame is the only thing that drew you to it and you still haven't read it, will you ever? The hype will die down so what's your reason then?

-Certain infatuation with the books as a pleasure bringing object filling a shelf
   - not as pleasure filling your mind with a great story

-Even if you've read it, what if I need it? Review, picture, as a proud result of reading all the books one your shelves?
   I understand the feeling, but do I want a physical reference to a book I wouldn't recommend? And every time you saw it you'd think "oh that was so not my cup of tea"

-Classic that everyone just should read in their lives   This I'm struggling with because I want to widen what I read and I feel like it's a classic for a important reason and I should educate myself...

-I will actually hold on to books that are being made into movies, because I always want to read it before I see the movie and even if I don't, at times if I've really liked the movie I've gone back to the book to make my decision of getting rid of it
  In the end though if I love the story and want to revisit it I tend to always go towards one format or the other, and so getting rid of the other

Just remember:

×If you worry you'll regret the decision later know you can always repurchase it and love it even more

×Think and realize why you want to keep the book - the story or the physical appearance, the "mustness" gotten from others or the obligation as a book lover?
    ^None of these are wrong but I'd prefer to keep it because I loved the story

×Think about it: wouldn't an optimal shelf be a representation of your pride and joy in particular books - a reflection of you?

Read on lovelies,

S

Bookshelf Organization

As I stated in a previous post, this is the post for how I organize my books on my shelves. I recently moved and switched shelves. My previous post about it can be found here, which is from over a year ago.

It has 9 shelves and I have organized them in sections. In each section the books are in an alphabetical order by the author, or if not I'll mention it.

The first three shelves are series that I have read and finished. Then the pile, with the pictures on top, are series I won't be continuing (yet I still want to keep them, mostly because I think they ended well and don't need a next book).

The fourth shelf on the left has stand-a-lone fantasy and magic books and next to them are suspence & mystery ones. Then the pile with the picture on top is my TBR. (Since the pile only has one left you can't exactly see how they would be organized, so I added the way I do it at the vvery end of this post). And the ones on the side are my TBR classics.

The fifth shelf is series that I am in the middle of. And then the pile on the right, on the same shelf, with a picture again, is series that I should finish. The difference with the shelf vs. the pile is that the ones on their side could be finished (the last book has been published).

The sixth shelf is for classics. On the right side are classics/award winners I've read, and are ordered by their publication date. On the left side are bindups of classics (of which from some I have read all and from some I have yet to read any).

The seventh shelf has lighter reads (as in it would be weird if one of the characters got shot for instance).
On the right side of the white block are "fluffy" books. And on the left side are "non-fluffy" books.
The eigth shelf, on the left, are Donald Ducks and my Roald Dahls. And in the middle (right of the white block) are my non-fictions. Then on the very right side are books I'm planning of getting rid of.
The ninth and last shelf has childrens books and some photo albums.


TBR pile: This is the section which is not organized by the author but by the date I have gotten them.
Books from my librarys/sisters/brothers shelves & classics I haven't read yet.
Then my "actual" TBR which is devided to four sections: last books in series, continuation books in series, first books in series & lastly stand-a-lones.

Any questions? Do ask.,

Sally

The Bookshelf

Book Tag

This tag was created by Natalie and can be found here.
I moved recently and had to organize my books again, since I changed bookshelves, and decided to do this.
          Some "rules":
              The book (s) you answer with must be from your bookshelf.
              And include a picture of your bookshelf if you'd like to and if possible

Your bookshelf

1) Describe your bookshelf & where you got it from?

>My father actually built it :)

2) How do you organize it?

>I'm currently doing a separate post for this, since it has a lot of sections, so look out for that! I'll post it next week :)

3) Thickest book? (pages)

>My William Shakespeare collection (link here). 1200 pages
>For the ones I've read it would be Winter with 824 pages.

4) Thinnest book? (pages)
>How to be an Alien, 48 pages

5) Birthday gift
>Latest was the Roald Dahl box set

6) Smallest book? (Hight & Width)
>I've got lots of mass market paperbacks,
but my copy of Peter Pan suprised me when it came (it is the height of a mmp but wider, and adorable) :) link
and my copy of Lord of the Flies suprised me as well (the width of a mmp but taller) link

7) Biggest book? (Hight & Width)
>The hard cover of A Court of Thorns and Roses really suprised me! It's taller than my Barnes&Noble 
leather bound editions!
>For paperbacks it's Thorn, which is taller than most of my hardbacks!

8) From a friend?
>Latest one was probably Sapphire Blue

9) Most expensive book?
>I'd say around 20euros maybe?

10) Last book you read?
>A Mad Zombie Party & currently I'm reading An Ember in the Ashes

11) First one you read?
>Actually read by myself probably one of the Ella books by Timo Parvela, a Finnish author

12) More than one copy
>For around 10 books I have the same book in both Finnish and English, e.g. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

13) Complete series
>Well lots, but the one with the biggest amount of books in the series would be Serenity, the graphic novels (it has 10)

14) Newest addition
>Dreams of Gods and Monsters

15) Has been on your shelf FOREVER
>Elli norsutyttö, a childrens book that my Grandmother used to read to me

16) Most recently published
>Half Lost

17) Oldest book (as in the copy)
>The Advventures of Tom Sawyer, 1944, Finnish edition

18) Book you won
>Half Lost, GoodReads giveaway

19) Hate to let out of your sight (aka wouldn't let someone borrow)
>I actually don't mind lending my books, I like them to look worn and well read :)

20) Most beat up
>The Tom Sawyer book (as in question 17), it is literally together only by duct tape

21) Most pristine book
>See How They Run, it is quite new and I have yet to open it

22) Book from your childhood
>Babe by Dick King-Smith, when I was young I actually read it every summer for around 7 years in a row

23) Book that's not actually your book
>School Spirits, it's my sisters


24) Special cover (e.g. leather bound, soft, fuzzy, etc.)?
>Hans Christian Andersen, Barnes&Nobel leather bound edition

25) Favourite cover

>I really LOVE my Harry Potter editions! I chose to go with the signature editions when I bought them.
>Also I really LOVE my Hunger Games foil editions






26) Has been on your shelf the longest and you STILL haven't read?
>Well actually since I'm doing the TBR thing I've talked about (you can read about it from here)
So the answer is Forest Born, which I got last summer

27) Any signed books?
>Nope

And I had to add some

28) Any trinkets on your shelves?
>I have some pictures on them

29) Any book related trinkets somewhere else than your shelves?
>The time turner from Harry Potter and a potions glass bottle

30) Do you own any books you hated/part of a series you won't continue?
>I used to keep even the ones I hated but I've gotten rid of them recently, though I do own some first books in series which I won't continue (but in most cases I liked the book and thought it ended well and works as a stand-alone) like e.g. Boy Nobody and Every Day

Read, read, read,

Sally