The Bookshelves Behind the Bloggers

Okay, so on Monday, you guys were introduced to the newest blogger here at The Starry-Eyed Revue. And yesterday, you got to read April's first review and saw just how awesome it's going to be having her around here.  And, sure, some of you may have already known who April was and what she was about.

But, I think that the best way to get to know a fellow reader is by taking a peek at what's on their shelves or on their Kindle, as it were.  But I'm not just going to call out April and make her share on her own.  Several people have hinted that they'd like a peek at my shelves, as well, and though I'm not doing a full shelf tour today -- first and foremost, I don't like being on camera or hearing my recorded voice (I sound about twenty years younger than I am) -- I am going to give you a little tour of where I spend a lot of my free time.

First, though, I think that since April is our resident newbie, she should get top (shelf) billing.  =)

Hi Everyone!! I feel so special going first! Jen is spoiling me already. <3 lol Anyway. I have one large book shelf.

Here is the top. As you can see, my Jenny Han books are being protected by a monkey squinky. ( Great series btw) I didn't even realize he was there till I took the pic.

And the bottom. Clearly I need to clean shop! Stuffed to the brim. I do plan on getting another book shelf someday, but right now we are renovating the house, so there isn't any room at the moment. That brings me to my prized possession.... My kindle. I'm for sure an ebook girl. I love physical books, but my kindle goes everywhere with me. Here is a peek of some books I have on there.

There are so many that I haven't read yet! That's sad. Shed some tears for me please. I need more time in the day.

Jen's turn now...

Okay, a little prior warning, guys:  I'm a bit of a perfectionist, a little obsessive when it comes to organizing my books. And the way you see my shelves here is probably -- most likely -- not the way the shelves will look in a month's time. Okay, the shelves will still be the same, but the placement of the books will assuredly not be.  Here goes nothin'...

This is where the "magic" happens.  Lol.  Nah, it's just my desk,
with the family portrait Katie drew for me, my movie souvenirs and
other kitschy stuff, and my unread ARCs...at least the ones I
plan to read soon.

This is my other workspace.  Or, well, there's one other one,
but it's not set up right now.  I had to move it out of the way
in order to take pics of my shelves. :)  But isn't that just a
lovely view from my office window?

This is the other half of my office. I wish I'd bought the
shelves in any color but dark brown because they look
black. Wonder if I could paint them and just how much
work that would be...

Here's a better view of that first shelf on the left.
Hanging above it are the Shadow & Bone and the
Siege & Storm maps/posters.  Don't they look awesome
side-by-side like that?

And here's a better view of that shelf on the right.  The
one that's under that gorgeous signed poster of the cover
for These Broken Stars.  Seriously, that thing is so
freaking gorgeous...I would totes marry it.

And this is my shelf of favorites.  Hard to tell what some
of them are, I'm sure, but I'll bet that top one on the right is pretty
obvious.  =)  There's a shelf here for fantasy -- okay, more than
one -- one for contemporaries, one for dystopians, etc.  It was
pretty difficult deciding which books made the cut -- and which
did not -- but I'm pretty happy overall.  For now, anyway.  Oh,
and then there are my leatherbound classics up top, plus the
mini bookshelf necklace my mom made me.  I think it's
safe to say I love this shelf best.  :D

Sorry for the not-so-great pics, guys.  I should have known better than to use my iPhone, but I didn't want to drag out my good camera.  Plus, I'm not even sure the battery is charged on that thing.  :(  I promise I'll do a for-real shelf tour soon and just suffer my lil girl voice.  :)

But after seeing April's shelves, I'm even more sure that this co-bloggership was destined to happen.  Did you see how many of the same books we own?  Or, well, you could see that if you were able to make them out in my pics...again, sorry.

So, what do you guys think?  What do our shelves -- and the books sitting on them -- say about us?  All good things, we hope.  :)  Jen is sure glad she gave away that hardcover set of the Hush, Hush series.  She doesn't at all like to think about what those books might have said about her.  Or what having owned them in the first place still says about her.  :P

I mean, at least we don't look like this:

Right?!?  =)

Anyway, we'd love to check out your shelves, too, if you've done a similar post!