“We keep ‘fancy’ books out on our shelf in the living room, some classic faves, and old school books/non-fiction, etc,” shares RIFer David P. “There are several books about our hometown history/reference. We only read physical books. I always have a book on my nightstand. We get a lot of books from the library, but end up buying some books when we love them! We have a great used bookstore here that we buy and sell books from as well. It’s a good way of recycling books and obtaining new ones! ” Learn more about Read It Forward’s Share Your Bookshelf sweepstakes.
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“This photo is Wall One, the main bookcase in my collection,” shares RIFer Bunny C. “There are several others but this one is the main one everyone sees. I organize by genre. My Stephen King collection is the left hand side, and then it progresses to horror and fades into YA down on the right. Across the room is a smaller matching bookcase that has my middle grade, fantasy, and non-fiction (reference). Downstairs, I have children’s books and the dreaded ‘unsorteds’ (lol).” Learn more about Read It Forward’s Share Your Bookshelf sweepstakes.
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We want to know how you live with your books. We want to see your bookshelves, we want to know how you organize your bookshelves! Do you do it by author, do you organize by genre? Maybe you have more than one bookshelf for different kinds of books, maybe you have a bookshelf in every room of your house. Or maybe your books sit in happy piles around the room. However you do it, we want to know how you live with your books. It’s easy to participate! All you have to do is send us a photo or video of your bookshelf!
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A wine-propelled conversation with a publishing industry friend recently dovetailed with a thread on Twitter to remind me that as much as talking about books I love, I’m always happy to talk about books I didn’t love. Books that enticed, then disappointed.
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The signs of the times are missing apostrophes. The world needed a hero, but how would an editor with no off-switch answer the call? For Jeff Deck, the writing was literally on the wall: “NO TRESSPASSING.” In that moment, his greater purpose became clear. Dark hordes of typos had descended upon civilization…and only he could wield the marker to defeat them. If you’re like Jeff and Ben – and typos are like nails screeching down a chalkboard – you need to join the Great Typo Hunt!
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Perfect for summer: a book that will get you and your kids outside discovering nature! Whether you live in the heart of the city, the suburbs, or the deepest countryside, The Bumper Book of Nature will bring out the child in you with its treasure trove of offbeat, playful nature activities arranged by season. Learn now to explore rock pools by the seaside, pick wild meadow flowers, fry up elderflower fritters, make an old-fashioned quill pen from a bird feather or a plaster cast of an animal track – and much more!
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