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I have a huge bookcase that takes up a entire wall in my house where I keep all my books so I can look at them when ever I want:) Most of my Family doesn't read but the ones that do are into the same kind of books so I don't usually get to many questions like the ones you asked. And I'm always happy to chat to anyone who asks about my collection, i'm not the kind of person who really worries about what others think about my choice of reading material :)
I've got books scattered throughout the house...I'd love a "library" room of my own! Sometimes Kid Locust (son) asks 'cause he likes fantasy & paranormal as well. I do keep some of the racier covers in the book sections he doesn't have easy access to, though. No one else really asks or comments though (partly the language thing!)
I have a library with entire wall covered with 3 bookcases. I keep all of my books double stacked & hid my eroticas and/or half naked dudes on the inside or higher shelves....and display my Historical adn YA on the outside (my 9 y/o son is nosy). LOL.
Oooh, wouldn't it be wonderful to have an actual library room? Maybe some day, huh?! I've got two bookcases: the other one covers a whole wall in our bedroom and the other is in the second floor hall. And the fact is that I never have enough room for all the books anyway. So there is a variable amount of piles of books also (usually in the bedroom). *sigh*I have bravely put ALL my books to display in the bookcases... and I have got some comments from our friends about the amount of the vampire books... some quite amused ones. The thing is that I've recently started to read my books as e-books. That solves some of the space problem... and maybe some of the comment problem, too. *grin* However, when my husband synchronizes his own iPad in our Mac computers, he naturally gets all my recently purchased e-books, too: pnr, erotica, m/m... fun times!!! LOL! :)
LOL Johanna! I've had to make sure that my eBooks don't sync to my hubby's iPhone.
We have a library, but it's mostly filled with nonfiction. My PNRs are a secret stash up in the master bedroom, where I can drool over the covers of the half-nekkid men (thank you, pickyme et al!) to my heart's content without making my daughters or my husband feel uncomfortable. Sadly, on my Kindle I don't get most of the covers of the half-nekkid men anymore. My Nook Color, thankfully, does a better job of providing those covers for me. And I can view them on the privacy of a screen.
My study is wall-to-wall shelves and/or bookcases, got both, and we've got a nice glass fronted bookcase in the family room and all of those are double shelved. I've even got books stashed in our big wall units in the living room - drawers, behind doors etc.
For the spill over, see piles and piles of books on the floor in the spare room. Oh and of course there is a big bookcase in there too.
I really need to go sort them all out again from the last time I was looking for something specific; it took a while to find.
I've got a lot of ebooks too, but most of them would be novella length, though some are 300+ pages.
None of my friends read any pnr or uf. Only a couple of them read at all, and of them it would be contemporary stuff or something like Mary Higgins Clark or Patricia Cornwall. So no one asks about my books and they can't tell what the covers are like from just reading the spines. LOL
I live alone so it's kind of a moot point, but mostly they are on display for the whole world to see. Now, my bookshelf is in the same room as the guest bed so if my dad or one of my brothers is staying overnight I will go in there and make sure the erotica and naked male flesh is less obvious. I don't, however, go to a whole lot of effort. They know I read romance novels. All this may change if I ever get married and have kids.
LMAO @ "make sure the erotica and naked male flesh is less obvious"Gotta love eBooks! ;)
LOL! Ain't that true!
I wish I had a whole wall for books! I am looking forward to having that some day. I have mine all over the place. I also read ebooks and listen to audio and borrow from the library because I just can't buy every book I want to read because of space and money.
Most of my books are on 2 large bookcases in my bedroom. It's not a "display" issue, more of an easy access drool/groan thing to see all my books in one place within easy reach of my bed -my favourite place to read.
My Hubby just bought me 2 new bookcases which are extra deep and extra wide (easily hold 75-80 books per shelf). I can now add a little more to my current collection. He hates seeing books lying around the house, my tbr shelf snapped a few months back so I had piles lying here, there and everywhere...I have boxes upon boxes in the loft, mostly my horror/mystery/crime collections. I have to be careful though as my eldest is learning to read. I'm trying to block access to the books and I'm more careful about what I'm leaving lying around. Although he was watching The Pacific the other day and shouted my Hubby in to ask what the soldier was doing to the pretty lady... I don't need him trying to read my books too! My adult books are out of their reach or behind other books, I keep the more mainstream ones in public view. It's not an embarrassment issue it's being a Mum to 3 kids kinda thing!
I am seriously running out of room though so I am turning more to my kindle which now proudly hosts 114 collections with between 2 & 37 books per collection. :) Gotta love them!
Michelle wrote: "...Although he was watching The Pacific the other day and shouted my Hubby in to ask what the soldier was doing to the pretty lady..."LOL! What did your husband say?
I have a shelf and for some I think I used to have the cover turned so you can see the beauty of it (hehehehe) but yea. almost outta shelf room so they are all turned to the spine....man....gotta organize them too or get another shelf =DDD
Let's see.....I have 2 bookcases in my bedroom. 5 shelves each. Another 5 shelf bookcase in the dining room, and another with 3 upper shelves, and 2 lower shelves behind doors.#1 - Bedroom: All Erotica. Shelves are double stacked. Back part of shelf, 3 stacks of books lying down, spine out. Front of shelf, books standing up, spine out. Used to be alphabetized by author's last name, but not so much any more....
#2 - Bedroom: All PnR/UF. Same system. Only used 4 shelves for books, bottom shelf has "other" stuff.
Bedroom: At least 6 or 7 stacks of books, mostly on the floor. Either I pulled them off one of the shelves, or they never made it to a shelf yet.....probably at least 50-100 books.....
#3 - Dining Room: Shelves #1 & #4 are books I have on my bookshelf at PBS. They are ready to mail out to whomever requests them. Shelf #2 is books used in games on PBS that I need to read soonest. Shelf #3 is all M/M or F/F. Almost all erotica. Bottom shelf is keepers.
#4 - Dining Room: Shelf #1 all YA. Shelf #2 Mixed YA and keepers. Shelf #3 Cookbooks and Dictionaries. Shelves #4 & #5 (behind closed doors) mostly sheet music and other music books. Phone books, more cookbooks.
I have to move some stuff around and find another shelf for my YA. That collection has lots of HB books, so they take up a lot more room.
I have about 50 books staring at me from the dining room table, and 2 smallish boxes of books beside the computer. The 4 newest are on the computer desk.
"A room without books is like a body without a soul." ~ Cicero
I know we've all got our books stacked here, there and anywhere they'll fit, being the bookaholics that we are.
But, if you could store your books anywhere you wanted in your home, would you choose to proudly display them or secretly stash them away? Some of you may be lucky enough to have bookcases throughout your home. I dream of the day I have my personal library.
Have you ever been asked by friends or family when they spot your collection ... So, you're into vampires, huh? Got any books without a 1/2 nekked dude on the cover? What's with all the fantasy novels? Or anything similar? If so, what'd ya say? Were you embarrassed of your obsession or proud to chat about what there is to love about fantasy novels?