In the autumn of 2017 Ideal Home magazine ran a home-decor feature about a real dwelling occupied by real, sentient humans that included a photograph of a set of bookshelves where the books had all been placed with the pages facing outwards. The spines of the books were against the wall, meaning people in the room were left looking at a featureless line of beige page ends. What kind of madness was this?
Shelf Respect: A Book Lover's Defence ~ by Annie Austen, 2019, books, 192 pages
There's no such thing as too many books, but sometimes there are not enough places to put them. Decluttering is one thing, but what do you do when your preferred interior decor is miles of overstuffed bookshelves? If you can't bring yourself to clear your collection, Shelf Respect will validate your life choice.
Do you alphabetise your books or organise by them by genre? Do you write your name inside the cover? Do you keep all the books you've read, or only the most cherished? Is there such a thing as too many books? This is an illustrated book in defence of towering TBR* piles and overflowing shelves, no matter how you choose to organize them. [*TBR = To Be Read.]
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