Bookcases

Here are a few of my favorite quotes about books...

"The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more."
- Gabriel Zaid

"The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching for infinity"
- A. Edward Norton

"All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. With each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries have become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not."
- Nick Hornby

I've been working in a bookstore for over 6 years, so I tend to accumulate a LOT of books. We moved into our home in April, and since then have acquired 3 more bookcases to hold them all. I finally got around to unpacking the last of the books today. Here's a quick look at our bookcases. (for some reason some of the pictures are getting cropped when I post them, if you click on them it should show you the full picture)

This case is upstairs in the master bedroom. It holds all of my boyfriend's Terry Pratchett, Wheel of Time, and Harry Potter books. The Amelia Peabody series books by Elizabeth Peters belong to both of us, they're one of the few things that we both enjoy together. Also on this case are all of my old Daphne Du Maurier, Wilkie Collins, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and Henry Bellamann books.

These two white cases are the new additions. They're downstairs in the guest bedroom. Housed on these cases is all of our non-fiction. It's mostly all my biographies and his history books. (click the pic to see the full version)

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Finally, we have the four bookcases in the office/computer room/library. This holds everything else. These cases are a mixture of his books and mine. Most of the stuff on them is mine, but when you look closely you can tell what's his. The Dragonlance, and Orson Scott Card are his. The Zora Neale Hurston, urban fantasy, and OC novelizations are all mine