so even though i LIKED the candid photo meme

[angevin2]

Since I apparently enjoy the opportunity to look creepy and pallid on lj and all, I rather liked this alternative that the_red_shoes started and lareinenoire picked up, in which we all post pictures of our bookcases. Because I love pictures of books, even though these are not really very brilliant photos and you mostly can't read the titles.

Comments

[ticklethepear]

How do you keep track?

[angevin2]

Mostly I just remember where things are, since I shelved them all myself, although Shakespeare plays have their own shelves and go in chronological order.

Next time I move, I am sorely tempted to organize them by color though. Because it will be pretty, and I know what my books look like, after all.

[txanne]

::loves you::

The biggest drawback to getting my friends to help me pack/unpack is that I Can't Find My Books, which were shelved geographically like yours. And now they're not. Wah!

[gileonnen]

Heeeey. In the second picture from the bottom, middle of the second shelf from the top--I have that edition of Othello.

[angevin2]

The Sourcebooks one? I got that as a free eval copy, like all the Sourcebooks edns I have -- one of the great things about being a Shakespeare teacher is that publishers send you swag. I also got the four-volume Bevington that way, and a lot of Bedford Shakespeares and a couple of crappy selected works anthologies.

[gileonnen]

I got it as a free, 'hey, look, you're attending a conference!' copy. ^_~ I should probably do this meme.

[angevin2]

Hee, those are great too. The little stack of Folgers in the first pic was acquired in precisely that manner. (Though I actually had all of those before, except for 1 Henry VI which is new; I figure you can never have too many Shakespeare paperbacks. This is why I own 25 copies of the Henry IVs, though, so you may wish to dismiss my comments as coming from someone with an unhealthy fixation.)

[stagbeetle]

Boooooooooooooooooooooks. Lovely. On Shakespeare editions: have you a favourite complete works? I need one, and am dithering. And I can see you've got several. ;)

Also: Wilton Diptych and Richard II posters! Yay!

[angevin2]

Well, the one piece of advice I would absolutely insist upon is not to buy the Arden complete works: it sucks. It has no footnotes, and what is the point of having an Arden Shakespeare if it doesn't have the footnotes

[quietprofanity]

though thankfully it at least retains Falstaff's proper name, unlike the Oxford, which "restores" the name Oldcastle, a decision I HATE)

Ewww. :(

[angevin2]

I KNOW
IT FILLS ME WITH NERDLY RAGE

[angevin2]

//fans you

[anatomiste]

finally, someone with more books than I have!