Books, Books, Books

Maggie May at Flux Capacitor did a post recently about books at home. She's my inspiration, here.

I like to say that the only constant in my life is reading. So I thought I'd roam around my house and show you where I keep them all. I live in a very small house currently over-run with books. The only books I get rid of are the ones that I despise (very few) or those infernal Scholastic paperbacks that my kids pressure me into buying. My bedside table is above. And yes, that is a Kindle. I have nothing but raised eyebrows for those who claim it's going to destroy publishing.

These are the books piled on an antique tea chest on the floor next to the bed. They are stacked two deep and up.

The dining room has books.

Books on the floor behind the chair --

Books in the living room

I'm looking rather contemplative in my late twenties, looking down on more books.

Books piled next to the fireplace

Another pile

Hallway bookshelf

The boys' room has busting at the seams bookshelves. I just can't get rid of them. I can't.

My favorite two shelves of poetry books -- and my 1982 NCAA Basketball Championship bottle of Coca-Cola (go Heels!).

I wish that I had a library and all my books would be in there. I just spent an inordinate amount of time googling home library images to post here, but there wasn't anything enticing. I basically want three walls of books, ceiling to floor with a ladder for the highest shelves. A dark red patterned Oriental rug covers the floor and there are two or three large reading chairs, one of which (mine) is placed before the bay windows that either look out on green trees or the ocean. I can't decide. The light, though, is warm and it's NOT cold outside.