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1045121 No.1045121 [Reply] [Original]

These are my shelves. Not only do I love to read, but I love to collect the books I read.

Show me your shelves, please. I love to see others' libraries, big or small.

>> No.1045135

I would, but my books are scattered all over my apartment and I am lazy.

>> No.1045138

>>1045121
Wait is this a dorm room? HAHAHAHA

>> No.1045143

>>1045138
HAHA PEOPLE LIVE IN DORM ROOMS - THAT'S CRAZY.

>> No.1045147

>>1045138
OMG! HE DOESN'T EVEN LIVE WITH HIS MOM!!!1 LOSER!

>> No.1045154

>>1045138
OP here. Not a dorm room, that's my apartment living room.

But I still don't get it. Even if it was a dorm room, why is it funny that someone might live in a dorm room?

>> No.1045156

>>1045121

Your place looks like shit.

>> No.1045153

>>1045121
American detected

>> No.1045157

>>1045153
Cool story, bro.

>> No.1045159

You fucking slob.

>> No.1045162

itt: people that live with their parents make fun of someone's apartment

DUDE WHEN I GROW UP THERE'S GONNA BE DBZ POSTERS EVERYWHERE

>> No.1045163

Why has it got cinderblocks?? It looks like a prison.

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>> No.1045167
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1045167

>Atlas Shrugged statue
Sage goes in all fields mother 'effers!

>> No.1045168

>>1045163
OP here. Just a cheap, safe, quiet little apartment complex :) The cinderblocks don't bother me at all. I pay $580 for rent per month, which includes water, trash, high speed internet, and cable - I only pay for electricity separately. Great deal.

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>>1045167
You think that's an Atlas Shrugged statue?

You've never heard of ATLAS. MOTHERFUCKING ATLAS?

Jesus /lit/, your pretentious fags are fucking stupid.

>> No.1045171
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1045171

please rate my shelves, sorry about the angle, there is a wall cause i keep my books in the hallway.

>> No.1045174

>>1045171
Why are all your books on the black shelves backwards?

>> No.1045176

>>1045167
Clearly it's the character Atlas Shrugged created by Ayn Rand. Before Ayn Rand there was no character named Atlas that held up the world.

>> No.1045178

>>1045167
This is a troll. Nobody's that god damn retarded.

>> No.1045180

>>1045174
so they look the same, its called astetics

>> No.1045181

>>1045170
Hey Atlas, that's looking kinda heavy... I'll hold it for you for a few minutes.

>> No.1045184

>>1045180
That's just stupid.

>> No.1045185

>>1045180
Making books hard to access so they "look nice."

You sir, have failed the fucking point of a bookshelf.

>> No.1045191

>>1045180
but they look terrible. :(

>> No.1045189

>>1045181
Well okay, Heracles, thanks. I'll just go get those apples you wanted and be back in a few minutes.

>> No.1045188

>>1045167
>>1045170

You guys made me squirt coke (the drink) out of my nose.

>>1045168

OP, that's cool. But you really ought to get some proper shelves in a non-baby-vomit colour. Also, lose the tchochkes -- they just look trashy.

>> No.1045198

>>1045185
isn't the point of a shelf to make books look nice?

otherwise i would toss them all in boxes or the trunk of my car.

besides they are super easy to access. I know where every one is. Name a book and if i have it I will post the picture in less than 60 seconds

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>>1045180
>astetics

>> No.1045203

>>1045188
OP here.

I'm poor at the moment - once I'm rich I'm gonna have a kickass library/study! Until now - cheap bookcases from Staples.

Also, what's a tchochkes ? :O

>> No.1045207

>>1045203
just a decoration

>> No.1045211

>>1045198

Excuse me. You truly are missing the point of a bookshelf entirely. The purpose is to show off how what books you have read and how smart you are for it.

GET A CLUE, CUNT!!!!

>> No.1045212
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1045212

This is my bookshelf, about 300 books on it currently
about 5000 and counting on my 2nd bookshelf, this comp

>> No.1045213
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1045213

>astetics, li'l ainjil. That's how my books went the way they are

>> No.1045222

>>1045212
lol you're reading pride and prejudice

nice vagina

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>>1045212

>> No.1045220

>>1045180

Are you retarded? You go to the trouble of reversing all the books for looks (which is stupid in and of itself), but you leave all those messy, dumpy-looking knick-knacks and groceries sitting around.

WTF?

Why don't you just turn your books around, arrange them by height, and get rid of all that junk? It'd look 4000% better.

>> No.1045214

>>1045207
OP here.

I like my little doo-dads. They all have a story. My library is for me to feel comfortable in, not to look good to outsiders like LAWL CRAZY BACKWARDS BOOKS MAN in this thread.

>> No.1045225

>>1045212
It's too bad you won't ever get to read any of them, what with your being too busy sucking millions of cocks and all.

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>>1045188
>You guys made me squirt coke (the drink) out of my nose
Is that a...a..compliment? I mean- if it's not, I'm sorry, but I guess it's no big deal or anything...

>> No.1045231

>>1045170
It's not one of us, we hope it stops posting every single day.

>> No.1045234

>>1045226

That exchange just made me laugh. I guess that's a compliment, heh.

>> No.1045236

>>1045231
;_;

You make me want to go & try to sleep, despite how badly my empty bed stings from the cold. I dunno if I should bother checking if I got an e-mail from the only friend that might e-mail me, but I guess there's no point. No one's spoken to me in months...

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1045237

This is mine.

>> No.1045272
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1045272

I have a couple, you can see I read crap as well as decent stuff. This makes me happy.

>> No.1045275

>>1045225
Just finished the Sword Of Truth Series and Crichton's Latest.
Almost done with Princess Bride. Got it in June

>> No.1045276

>>1045234
:3 the only times I've been called humorous irl is when a friends trying to pretend I'm interesting I think.

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>>1045272
and moar. I have one other book shelf, primarily YA and children's books, but I don't have a pic handy.

Also some boxes of books in Mum and Dad's shed. :( I need a house with a lot of built in shelves.

>> No.1045279

ITT: People who live in dumps.

>> No.1045284

>>1045121
Why is your couch facing your bookshelf?

>> No.1045287

>>1045221
dear lord I saw this on the home page and lol'd so hard

>> No.1045291

>>1045165
Loving all the Umberto Eco! <3

>>1045171
I'm confused by the poor storage of your books - don't you like them?

>>1045212
Do you really like using it? Is it awesome? I love owning a lot of books because I get a little sentimentally attached...

>>1045213
I laughed so hard at this - thanks.

>>1045237
I wish I were as cool as you ;_;

>> No.1045301

>>1045280

nice Twilight box set.

>> No.1045302

OP, your books are all strangely uniform in size! How do you manage to achieve that? Do you have rules about only purchasing trade paperback size? Mine are NEVER like that!

(>>1045272
>>1045280)

>> No.1045305

>>1045272
I'm going to say:
Art Major. or Art Hist.

close?

>> No.1045309

>>1045301
hahaha.
I actually got them as they came out, tbh, and I liked them. I have a first edition with the Aussie cover, which was never repeated, but I re-purchased Twilight with the matching cover for the rest of series, because I'm slightly anal about my series having matching covers.

I do love box sets, though; my bed head has some shelves and I keep all my box sets on there. There's something about them that makes me drool.

>> No.1045310

>>1045291
I personally love it. I've gotten to where I bring it almost anywhere I go.

>> No.1045311

>>1045305
Arts/Edu
Major in Lit, minor in Rel.

So yeah, pretty close.

>> No.1045316

>>1045310
It could be because I am, by nature, a pack-rat hoarder, but I can see that I would own one and take it everywhere, but STILL keep hard copies of the books on my shelves. Do you do that? Is that common?

>> No.1045317

>>1045121

I wish I didn't need the money from selling my textbooks; my bookshelf would be a lot more impressive had I kept them.

>> No.1045320

>>1045280
you have shit-tons of poetry
then bright-covered chick lit.

my mind aches.

>> No.1045330

>>1045320
There's reading to switch your brain on, and I keep those kinds of books primarily on >>1045272

Then there's reading just for kicks, like watching television, but more fun. Those are the books I mostly keep on >>1045280

But poetry goes there as well, there are constraints to my space etc.

>> No.1045335

>>1045311
makes more sense, that.

and actually, art majors never have those type of books, now that I think about it. art history, yes. or like you, art/lit edu. art majors just have art supplies and bongs everywhere.

impressive collection, but you've got a lot of balls coming here with those Twilight books visible [shakes fist].

>> No.1045349

>>1045335
All my art supply junk is in neat crates under my bed, because they're one of the only things I'm anally retentive about.

Twilight is actually some of the least mockable stuff on my shelves, but there's enough double stacking to keep me safe from /lit/ violence. :)

If I had a pic of my YA bookshelf, I'd be laughed out of town. I actually really enjoyed reading Twilight, and have re-read it, and I don't feel shame in parading it on my shelves. People who edit their shelves to look 'more intellectual' bring down the hammer of my judgment.

(Also I suspect >>1045171
'astetics' girl of having all the Twilight books on there, too.)

>> No.1045352

>>1045171
No seriously
How the hell are you supposed to be able to find a specific book?

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>>1045171
>>1045171

>Chef Boyardee can
>Powerade bottle
>stack of canned Tuna

You eat that stuff?

>> No.1045374

>>1045352
I'm more confused as to how 'astetics' allows for one section to face forward?

Is this just a huge collection of erotic works? (I keep mine in a little cupboard.)

>> No.1045377

>>1045374

It's aesthetics. Aesthetics.

>> No.1045384

>>1045377
We know that. I don't think she does. Did you not see her explanation?

I think she would be better off claiming ascetics, though, in this scenario.

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1045409

Circa two years ago. I've moved up to mostly real books as of late.

>> No.1045415

>>1045384
badumching

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>> No.1045430

>>1045302
OP here. My books are all academic monographs, which all happen to be around the same size. No big size discrepancies like with fiction.

>> No.1045443

>>1045335
considering she has no balls this is a stupid comment.

>> No.1045449

>>1045430
That makes a lot of sense; but still, I have to know: how are you doing it? Have you a secret stash of slasher/true crime fic under your bed or something?

>>1045415
Thanks, I'll be here all week.

>> No.1045525

>>1045449
How am I doing what?

>> No.1045536

I Live For Your Friends Eyelids

>> No.1046905

bampin'

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1046926

just moved out so its still a little baby collection
i've got high hopes for it, though!

oh, and i mean JUST moved out so i haven't even organized them after stuffing them into boxes.

>> No.1046938

>>1046926
Well I see somebody likes Bujold.

I like these threads. It's like getting invited into someone's house, getting sat on a recliner and sipping on a beverage. Perhaps even some fapping.

>> No.1046957

>>1046926
Good for you! Never feel bad about the size of your library though - it's not about how many books, but how much you love them!

And building a library is a life-long process - it's not something you "do" and then are done.

>> No.1048741

bump

>> No.1048747

>>1045284
This question needs to be answered.

>> No.1048781

needs more collars!

>> No.1048790

I don't use shelves. I'm "fun" and "quirky" and "endearing," so I simply use boxes.

I keep all my books in boxes. Most of them sit in my garage. If there's a few books I want to read, I throw them into a small box, and I keep that box in my bedroom.

When I finish that handful of books, I put them back in the garage, and exchange them for a few more.

>> No.1048903

>>1045189
umm... Atlas? You coming back anytime soon? This thing is getting kind of heavy.

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1050172

Sorry for weird color variation, but here's the top part of my shelves. The bottom part is more embarrassing.

>> No.1050868

bump

>> No.1051024

>>1050172
you have life of pi!
ahh memories, crazy crazy memories.

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1051047

fuck bookshelves...no matter how you stack them they look ugly.

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This is what I've got with me at the moment. I've got more at my parents house and a few have been borrowed.

>> No.1051447

>>1045165
Tengo exactamente los mismos libros, lol

>> No.1051464

why do people hoard books, especially in this day and age

who are you trying to impress?

>> No.1051504

>>1045163
cheap apartments are made the same way as dorm rooms. cement wall, paper thing stain resistant carpet. its just cheap and easy to clean up after somebody moves out. that room is way, way to big to be a doom room though.

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HOLY FUCK OP LOOK OUT

>> No.1051515

>>1051464

The ladies, of course. How else i can show how smart i am? showing lists of kindle books? :P

Btw, i'm trolling, but i think that's the main reason to display so many books. I prefer a ereader all the time.