Books, Bookshelves and Information

Books being somewhat of  a preoccupation of mine, I thought that a breezy topic today would be on bookshelves.  Whereas, initially I had but a large bookshelf in which to store my books and the remainder of them were unhappily stored away and forgotten in numerous boxes, my environs has been over the years gradually increasing in the number of bookshelves.  One in the bedroom, one in the studio room, and a grand total of five (two sets and a lone one) of varying proportions in the living room!  This includes having to custom make a bookshelf in order to accommodate the one being used initially, which was a task in and of itself.

A pleasure and a burden is how I've come to think of them, and perhaps more of the latter than the former.  Although I have been quite consistent in my appreciation of the master architects (as can be seen in the following photos of the bedroom bookshelf, aka the most serious one):

The so-called serious collection, top two shelves.

And the lower shelf, aka the coffee table books not on a coffee table.

Yes, it is true that in a wild moment, I decided to sell and donate many many boxes worth of books accumulated over time, but for the most part I did not regret selling but three of those many hundreds.  Anyway, they are easy to buy again, as most are still very much available. And it is also true that every few months, I select a few that no longer have pride of place on the shelves and off to the charities they go!  It is an absolutely lovely experience, to be relieved of a book that one no longer needs.

But, tell you what- information- especially the transparency of it- that is extremely important to have.