# The Bookshelf Photo-Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056 "2007-08-18T15:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/1 "2007-08-18T15:33:13Z")
I rashly posted about starting a thread for our photos of our bookshelves. So, here goes: [1st](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/Topshelf.jpg) [2nd](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/2ndShelf.jpg) [3rd](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/3rdShelf.jpg) [4th](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/4thshelf.jpg) That’s my first bookshelf. More to come. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/2 "2007-08-19T14:47:36Z")
Unless, of course, there’s no interest. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/3 "2007-08-19T14:55:44Z")
Sorry, I ain’t gonna show my bookshelves. Way too many self help books. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/4 "2007-08-19T15:47:55Z")
I just did a purge-anything that hasn’t been read for 20 years got the chop. So why did I keep the paperback of the _Canterbury Tales_ with the first 7 pages dissolved away, I dunno. Makes me look smart I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/5 "2007-08-19T17:31:55Z")
Well at least I got some naysayers to pipe up. So in a possibly futile attempt to get this thing going, here’s some further imagery: [Not books, but on my bookshelf](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/FigShelf.jpg) [Below that.](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/MiddleShelf.jpg) [And the two bottom shelves.](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/BigShelf.jpg) I _might_ post some more. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/6 "2007-08-19T20:08:43Z")
The batteries in the camera died, but before they did, I got a photo of part of my [Joe Lansdale](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/AuntiePam/lansdale.jpg) shelf. I didn’t know what I was going to do with that little bust of the dead cowboy (found in a gift shop in Seattle), but it fits on that shelf, with Joe’s book “Dead in the West”, a zombie western. **Hypno-Toad** , doesn’t it cock spines when books lean like that? Stand those puppies up! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/7 "2007-08-19T21:20:03Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] **Hypno-Toad** , doesn’t it cock spines when books lean like that? Stand those puppies up! 🙂 [/QUOTE] Eh, I just moved to a new apartment and they haven’t been organized yet. So they haven’t been that way for long and won’t be either. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/8 "2007-08-19T21:45:14Z")
All right then. I’ve met my nag quota for today, and my husband will thank you. The little soldiers – are they Napoleonic or American Revolution or what? I like 'em. Do they tie in with your reading interests? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/9 "2007-08-19T21:48:35Z")
I promise to participate–going to take some photos now. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/10 "2007-08-19T22:39:55Z")
Here’s mine: [![](https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/1174836787_de20df2bf9_b.jpg) ](https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1398/1174836787_de20df2bf9_b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/11 "2007-08-19T22:50:52Z")
I hope you don’t live in earthquake country. Looks like technical stuff. **Lots** of technical stuff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/12 "2007-08-19T23:01:22Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I hope you don’t live in earthquake country. Looks like technical stuff. **Lots** of technical stuff. 🙂 [/QUOTE] No, Earthquakes are not a worry… Dust, now **There’s** a problem. This is my office bookshelf. The non-reference books are upstairs. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/13 "2007-08-19T23:36:31Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] The little soldiers – are they Napoleonic or American Revolution or what? I like 'em. Do they tie in with your reading interests? [/QUOTE] There’s a variety. The big 200mm, two 120mm and 90mm are Napoleonic. But there’s a 54mm samurai, a landsknecht, 4 WWI germans and an elf peeking in at the edge. And you might notice a few napoleonic and medieval books in the OP. **Beowulff** , I know who to ask about solar power now. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/14 "2007-08-19T23:48:47Z")
I’ll play. I just moved and they’re still a bit jumbled, but mostly in order. Here’s [one view](http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p241/Betsey38/books/DSCN0253.jpg), and [here’s](http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p241/Betsey38/books/DSCN0265.jpg) another. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/15 "2007-08-20T00:12:47Z")
**BiblioCat** , what are the books with the teal dust jackets, top shelf? I recognize Cold Mountain and some Penguin classics, and maybe Salem’s Lot (?). ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/16 "2007-08-20T00:20:47Z")
They’re a set of Jane Austen; _Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma_ and _Mansfield Park._ There are two _Straight Dope_ books visible in the second photo; bottom right on the middle shelf. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/17 "2007-08-20T00:24:50Z")
I just wanted to say I hit a new level of boredom when I am looking at complete stranger’s bookshelves on the internet. And trying to read the titles. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/18 "2007-08-20T00:39:52Z")
Welll… looks like we got ourselves some readers… [/Bill Hicks] ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/19 "2007-08-20T16:19:19Z")
Now that PHotobucket is back up I can regale y’all with the soft back books: [It used to be totally full till I cleared a bunch out.](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/SoftbackShelf.jpg) [Even more.](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Random/SoftbackShelf2.jpg) And don’t y’all worry. I have _Even More_ to come. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056/20 "2007-08-20T16:42:22Z")
My husband and I sold and gave away just about all of our books just a few months ago. We cleared out 3 full bookcases. The only books I kept were mostly picture books and things that belonged to my kids, making the bookcase in our library look like it’s a kid’s room. Neither one of us are really big on keeping our books once we finish reading them. [Library top shelf](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1177611810&size=o) [Next](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1176755161&size=o) [middle](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1176756037&size=o) and [another middle](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1176755617&size=o) and [bottom](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1177611510&size=o) . And [this one](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1177612082&size=o) is in our living room, in the newly designated bar area. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bookshelf-photo-thread/416056.md?page=2)