4. A shelfie
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Since I moved overseas, I had to jettison TONS of...
4. A shelfie
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Since I moved overseas, I had to jettison TONS of books (don’t worry, they’re on my Kindle). The ones I saved are one of a kind (one my mom made about my family history), antique (my Nancy Drew books from the 30s that belonged to my gramma), or illustration-heavy (which doesn’t translate well to Kindle).
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My Pleasant Company/American Girl shelf represents a lifetime of collecting. Sure, I wish I’d kept all the parchment paperbacks I amassed in my childhood (my sister got them when I “grew up”), but the gist of it is there. My biggest gripe about the company in the present is that they removed the illustrations from the stories. Yes, I loved the characters and still do, but those pictures made the series special.
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The comic book shelf came together when I discovered a series called The Unwritten, about a man who discovers he’s a book character and has to save the world. I fell in love with the medium after that, checking out graphic novels from the library, picking up single issues here and there, and finally getting hooked on Jem and the Holograms. As with the books from my childhood, the artwork makes these books magical. Also, the thrill of the hunt, getting every missing issue, is a lot of fun.
