Yesterday I took all my books off that one shelf that tilts dangerously over to one side, turned it around so it lent the other way, and then reshelved the books. This was exhausting. I hadn’t realized how many books I had on there! But now the bookshelf leans only a little bit to the left instead of a LOT, so, uh. That’s good? (I have no idea how to fix it. I can’t drill a thing into the wall to keep it locked into place. I must have just messed up the construction of it and now it’s impossibly messed up.)
Anyway, that bookshelf is almost entirely for my TBR books (I have more TBR books on other shelves), but I dedicated one shelf specifically for travel books. Looking at my collection, I have definite favorite genres, and also not a lot of recent publications. This is probably why when I think of myself traveling around the world I’m always in a 1930′s costume– because that’s the best time period to travel!
Here’s my shelf:

I’ve grouped them vaguely by genre. And because I’m kinda obsessed about this, let’s go over just which books are on that shelf! These are all nonfiction books, by the way. If I included fiction books where people traveled I’d need a whole other bookshelf! Continue reading »












