Heres a couple of pictures of your books in waterstones Truro. I was getting alot of funny looks taking these, think they thought I was casing the joint! Not the best but all I could do.
I love the larger format books TBH, the piddly small ones annoy me when the book is a long one (as Hamiltons and Ashers tend to be).
Also, I quite like to see a bookcase that is 'all over' and lived in, its a personal thing I know but to me it means I care about the reading and nothing else.
I also dislike all these odd sizes for some paperbacks. I mostly buy paperback and once shelf space runs out I resort to horizontal stacking. Unfortunately the larger size of some paperbacks and the few hardbacks I do own makes it extremely difficult to keep things in alphabetical order.
ditto, i dont have room for anything, but am not willing to kindle. cant wait until these books can be shot directly into my skull by controlled prion torpedo.
however, did buy a big ENGINEER RECONDITIONED because i make exceptions for certain authors. (Vance, Fredrick Brown, Asher) these days.
It's not so bad for me as I have CDO (that is OCD just in the right order...how it's supposed to be).
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Seeing as Hamilton got mentioned: How was the Nights Dawn trilogy for you? I loved The Reality Dysfunction, then Neutronium I found to be decent but I cannot get into Naked God at all. It should grip me as it's the final instalment but it just isn't :(
That's surprising. I noticed the changes in the size of the books but it never even occurred to me to be bothered about it. Then again, my shelves are like Hitch's.
I love the larger format books TBH, the piddly small ones annoy me when the book is a long one (as Hamiltons and Ashers tend to be).
ReplyDeleteAlso, I quite like to see a bookcase that is 'all over' and lived in, its a personal thing I know but to me it means I care about the reading and nothing else.
Yup. It offends my OCD to see paperback by the same author all with differing heights.
ReplyDeleteI also dislike all these odd sizes for some paperbacks. I mostly buy paperback and once shelf space runs out I resort to horizontal stacking. Unfortunately the larger size of some paperbacks and the few hardbacks I do own makes it extremely difficult to keep things in alphabetical order.
ReplyDeleteditto, i dont have room for anything, but am not willing to kindle. cant wait until these books can be shot directly into my skull by controlled prion torpedo.
ReplyDeletehowever, did buy a big ENGINEER RECONDITIONED because i make exceptions for certain authors. (Vance, Fredrick Brown, Asher) these days.
It's not so bad for me as I have CDO (that is OCD just in the right order...how it's supposed to be).
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Seeing as Hamilton got mentioned: How was the Nights Dawn trilogy for you?
I loved The Reality Dysfunction, then Neutronium I found to be decent but I cannot get into Naked God at all. It should grip me as it's the final instalment but it just isn't :(
Fallen Dragon IS awesome. It was the first Hamilton novel I read and I was immediately hooked on his work.
ReplyDeleteI'm saving the Commonwealth Saga and the Void Trilogy for later reading. I don't want to finish them and then have nothing of his left to read...
Engage mean Scotsman mode: And of course we get charged more for the larger paperbacks!
ReplyDeleteThat's surprising. I noticed the changes in the size of the books but it never even occurred to me to be bothered about it. Then again, my shelves are like Hitch's.
ReplyDeletei'm out of shelves.
ReplyDeleteWell, me too, Vaude.
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