Okay! So I hid a few boxes of books in my brother’s old room a few years ago. And then pretty much forgot that I had them until this afternoon. Whoops!
Luckily only a few of them are books I haven’t read, but that whole thing only reminded me of all the other books I’ve got hidden away (by “hidden” I mean “books I can’t see unless I open more doors than my bedroom’s”). Earlier this year I made sure to bring out all the unread books I could find and give them priority spacing on my shelves, but to do that I had to move read books into the places the unread books were previously located. I had to move them into my closets, basically, and now I can’t see them unless I make an effort. You know that saying “out of sight, out of mind”? That’s totally me. If I can’t see something I tend to forget I have it, and that’s partly why my room is so freakin’ messy. Things I want to keep track of have to stay somewhere in my line of sight– so for books, that means they need to be on my bookshelves (or in stacks on my floor) because if they aren’t I’ll forget I have them.
This isn’t really as problematic as I’m making it out to be (I don’t forget a book I’ve read, for instance, just where I’m keeping it), especially since nearly all my TBR books aren’t getting lost any time soon. I think mostly it just bugs me because keeping books in my closet(s) means I have to check about three different places if I want a specific book and that’s really annoying.
Okay, so I have no idea where this post is heading. Bottom line: I wish I could keep all my books in the same place, preferably somewhere where I can see them easily, and I hope I don’t have any more TBR books stashed away somewhere!
Books read this week:
124. Eyes Like Stars – Lisa Mantchev [rating: 3.5/5] %
125. Playing With Fire – Derek Landy (read by Rupert Degas) [rating: 4.5/5]
126. Runemarks – Joanne Harris [rating: 4/5] %
127. Evil? – Timothy Carter [rating: 3/5]
128. Magic Under Glass – Jaclyn Delamore [rating: 3.5/5] %
Books reviewed this week:
98. The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde [rating: 3/5] %
108. The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World – E.L. Konigsburg [rating: 2.5/5]
Mount TBR Stats
3 books conquered
40 books conquered total
0 additions
0 subtractions
310 books remaining
Currently reading:
Star Trek Memories by William Shatner and Chris Kreski. It’s basically a memoir about Star Trek, with extra stuff from the other cast members. The authors aren’t great writers but it’s still fun to read because I’ve suddenly turned into a fledgling Trekkie and want to know everything about the original series as I can. Yay!
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I have books to read on my bookshelves…under my bed…at school…even in the car. And what am I doing today? Contemplating checking out an e-book from the library! Just what I need…another book!
Here’s my Sunday Salon….
http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2010/06/sunday-salon-why-i-didnt-get-around-to.html
If this happened to me, finding a stash of books that I’d forgotten they were there, I’d be SHOCKED. I am messy and also quite organized – nothing’s ever tidy unless I make a particular effort to get it tidy, but it’s rare for me not to know where a specific thing is when I want it.
I know what you mean. I don’t have a secret book stash, but I do have some books still at home in my bedroom at my parents house. When I go home I always think I want them, but then don’t have any room in my apartment to store them, so at home they stay. I don’t know what I’ll do when my parents move.