From My Bookshelf
There's Something About the books From My Bookshelf. From My Bookshelf is a blog feature I write in order to share the books and titles in my personal library. Every month I revisit favorite stories, to be read novels, and forgotten gems from my bookshelf. They all have their own place in my heart, and therefore I will talk about them in multiple capacities. Sometimes I'll be sentimental, other times I'll be superficial (book covers deserve love, too); either way I hope you enjoy learning about what's on my bookshelves.
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From My Bookshelf: Firs, Serpents, Everything
Since it’s summertime and I live in Vacationland, I thought it fitting to pull three books From My Bookshelf that were written by Maine authors. Let me know below if you’ve heard of any of the authors, or better yet, if you’ve read any of the books themselves.
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From My Bookshelf: Nephew, Watchmaker, Scrappy
June is audiobook month, so this month I’m featuring three books From MyĀ Audio-Bookshelf. I started listening to audiobooks last year, and I’ve really enjoyed the [very] few I’ve added to my digital library. I have almost an hour commute to work (one way) every day, so that’s when I do most of my listening. If you have any audiobooks to recommend, leave them in the comments below, and let me know if you’ve listened toĀ The Magician’s Nephew, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street,Ā orĀ Scrappy Little Nobody.
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From My Bookshelf: The Lord of the Rings
For this post, I’ve chosen to feature four (rather than my typical three) books From My Bookshelf. This is because I finally got the 2012 Mariner reissue edition ofĀ The Fellowship of the Ring.Ā I’ve had this edition ofĀ The Two Towers,Ā The Return of the King, andĀ The Hobbit for a few months, but when I purchased them (thank you, Sherman’s Books and Stationery) the first book in this series wasn’t available. Thanks to Independent Bookstore Day (and more so Print: A Bookstore), I found this coveted copy and it now resides on my shelf.
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From My Bookshelf: Nineteenth, Seamus, Norton
In the spirit of National Poetry Month, I am featuring three of my poetry anthologies – well,Ā the three poetry anthologies – from my bookshelf. I used to be quite adverse to poetry because I could never get past its fleeting feeling (I definitely never willingly read long poems) and it’s a lot more work to read most poetry than it is to read prose. Yeah, I said it, for all of you who disagree. But by now, in my old [mid-twenties] age, there are a few poems that I enjoy reading over and over again, and most of those few happen to be inĀ American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Opened Ground…
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From My Bookshelf: Silent, Secret, Bloom
This From My Bookshelf post is inspired by the spring equinox; I’ve chosen the following books because of their subject matter, covers, titles, and/or a combination of all three. This post features one of the few nonfiction titles living on my shelves, as well as an old favorite, and a childhood book:Ā Silent Spring by Rachel Carson,Ā The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, andĀ Bloomability by Sharon Creech.
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From My Bookshelf: Arithmetic, Thunder, Dancing
If you’ve kept up with my From My Bookshelf posts, you know that I’ve dedicated a few to my childhood and young adulthood books. This will be one of those posts, which is part randomness and part planning, as the first week in February is Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week. As you’ll see if you keep reading, the three books I’ve chosen for this post are not illustrated children’s books, but each of them have won an award for their contribution to children’s and young adult literature.
