Rising to the challenge, Kate!
I love looking at people's books, and looking at their shelves is surely a window into their soul (at least into their personality).
So here are my shelves, untouched and not rearranged for camera:
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| The attic shelves. Yes - this is a real attic I'm writing from. Or as we call it, 'the loft'. |
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| Detail of attic shelves. Most of my favourites are up here. |
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| And then there are various downstairs shelves... |
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| Detail of my cookery books, which now I look at it, are on a really dirty shelf (see, I told you it was unedited). Some of these books need throwing out. There is a copy of Claudia Rodan's 'Middle eastern Food' held together with a rubber band, and other 40 year old books that are almost compost. But I love them and use them. |
Not shown: the shelves in my workroom, which is away from the house, and I can't be bothered going down there to photograph them. But they're almost empty, as I've been culling my books drastically, due to an impending move. But if I were to show them, I would focus on the 6 volumes of Proust, lent years ago by a friend, and never read.
So show us your shelves ... No cheating, mind ...
