My NEW Bookshelf

So I don't know if anyone remembers my post I did about my bookcase, back in May, but I just realized that I have a new bookshelf now since I'm in college and such. So, I decided to write a post all about it since I haven't written in forever and I'm a major bum of a blogger.

There it is! It's definitely a lot smaller than I'm used to, but I manage. I didn't bring all of my books with me to college! I only brought 48! But I did buy a lot more, so I guess that kind of cancels it out.... But whatever. =D

It's organized in pretty much the same way as the old one. My books are up top in alphabetical order by author's last name, then first name, then book title, or volume. And my DVDs are organized alphabetically too! You can't see it, but they're double stacked on the two shelves to the left and continue onto the shelf on the top right. I can't really stand it, since I can't see all of my movies at the same time, but I deal with it. Also, my books are way too high for me to reach, so I had to buy a stepladder. Yeah, I'm short, but who cares?

The gap you see is where the book I'm currently reading, Loving Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan and the future home of her new book, In the Arms of Mr. Darcy, which I should hopefully be getting on Friday if the post office doesn't get everything all messed up! So, you know what I'm reading, but I should add I still have the third book in the series to read, My Dearest Mr. Darcy, before I can move on to the new one. But once I finish the fourth one, I PROMISE to write a review! I can't believe I haven't posted anything since August! But, then again, I have been super busy, adjusting to college and studying, plus I've only read two new books recently. One I didn't have a lot to say about and the other I probably could've written a very strongly opinionated review about, but I had a ton of homework, so never got to it.... And I always review stuff right after I finish it, so it didn't work very well. The book was Nanny Returns, which is a sequel to The Nanny Diaries, which I wasn't the biggest fan of.... But whatever, it's my own fault for reading it. And excuses are over now. =D

As always, please feel free to comment! I love getting those and they make me really want to write more posts and such. Also, if you want to know what my opinions are on the books I mentioned, just let me know, and I'll gladly tell you. =D You can always talk about others too! Like the top of the page says, anything book related is fair game. However, I am a pretty talkative person (if you haven't realized) so if you want to say something else, go for it! =D

Thanks for reading!

Love,

Kristi

Well, I Forgot to Post a Notice About Hiatus....

So, here it is, I suppose.... About a month too late, actually.... But the reason I'm put the blog on a temporary HIATUS is because I did have to go to my college orientation (which was probably the BIGGEST waste of time and two days, since all they did was repeat all the same things over and over again). Then I had to get all of my stuff in my house, along with my brother's since I pretty much packed all of his stuff as well, into boxes so my parents could get it all moved to Texas (since that's where they're moving to after I head off to college) while Chase (my brother) and I went to Florida to visit my family. We're still here and I just now finally got an internet connection in my aunt's barn apartment (which, since my brother and I are older, we get to stay in. =D). Exciting and super busy, yes?

But let my say that I have no idea what I was thinking, bringing as many books with me as I did, plus finding two more books at this awesome book store that sold $20 books for $3, and then my Aunt Kelly gave me TWO MORE books. So my count right now of the amount of books I actually have is 9, but one of those books has every single Jane Austen novel, so technically I have 16.

And here's the list I have. I haven't decided if I'll do reviews of any of them, yet, or if the blog's hiatus is even over, but just so I can put it out there with a few of my thoughts on those that I have read:


The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)- I have this book because my school gave it to me and told me to read it over the summer. I read it in about 4 hours at my grandparents' house the other day. It's not my favorite book ever, but it certainly wasn't the worst one, either. It was funny, and I also enjoyed the pictures, though.

The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)- One of the books my Aunt Kelly gave me. I loved it, even though it was really sad.

Kiss Me, Kill Me (Lauren Henderson)- I got this at the $3 store, but I haven't gotten to it just yet.

Someday My Prince Will Come (Jerramy Fine)- Another $3 store find, but I haven't gotten to this one either.

Dear John (Nicholas Sparks)- I haven't read it yet.

Versailles: A Biography of a Palace (Tony Spawforth)- This is what I started last night at midnight. I've only read the preface and looked at the map, so far, though. I think it looks good so far, though. =D

Picture Perfect (Jodi Picoult)- Got it from my Aunt Kelly, and I haven't read it yet.

Emma (Jane Austen)- Emma has a book all to itself, because carrying my huge Jane Austen book is a hastle on the airplane. I loved it though. But Pride and Prejudice is still my favorite.

Seven Novels of Jane Austen- I'll get to it eventually. =D

Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette (Sena Jeter Naslund)- I had to bring it and reread it, but my Aunt Nique is currently borrowing it. =D


So, there we go. If I decide to review a book, then I'll get it up, if not, then I'm not doing anything. =D Make sense?

Thanks for reading!

Love,

Kristi