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Hi everyone and welcome to a brand new tag – Shelfie by Shelfie that I was inspired to create late one night when I couldn’t sleep. If you want to join in, you share a picture (or “shelfie”) of one of your shelves i.e. favourites, TBR, however you like to organise them, and then answer ten questions that are based around that particular shelf. I have quite a large collection and am going to do every single bookshelf which comprises both my huge TBR and the books I’ve read and kept but please, don’t feel obliged to do every shelf yourself if you fancy doing this tag. I’d love to see anything and just a snapshot of your collection would be terrific and I’m sure, really interesting for other people to see!

For my very first Shelfie by Shelfie please see my post HERE.

For my second Shelfie by Shelfie please see my post HERE.

For my third Shelfie by Shelfie please see my post HERE.

For other Shelfie by Shelfies round the blogosphere, please see:

Chrissi @ Chrissi Reads FAVOURITES shelfie HERE.

Sarah @ The Aroma Of Books Shelfie 1A HERE

Anyway – on with the tag, here is the third shelf of my first bookshelf (I’ve chosen to split it up into two separate shelfies because of the sheer number of books (oops!). I did the back shelf in Shelfie by Shelfie #3 so here is the front shelf):

NOTE: We’re looking at the second shelf down here, shelf with the Andrex puppy on has already been covered in Shelfie by Shelfie #2! 😛

And here are the questions!:

1.) Is there any reason for this shelf being organised the way it is or is it purely random?

This is one of my very random shelves, no rhyme or reason for the way they are ordered at all! This shelf has a mixture of new releases, books I was recommended on a visit to Mr B’s Emporium Of Reading Delights and books I want to get to fairly soon.

2.) Tell us a story about one of the books on this shelf that is special to you i.e. how you got it/ a memory associated with it etc.

I’m going to tell you about A Pug Like Percy by Fiona Harrison. I was given it as a Christmas present not last Christmas but the Christmas before because I have a slight obsession with pugs. (I can hear my sister snorting “SLIGHT?!” right now) and I keep meaning to get round to reading it. It looks like such a heart warming story about a little abandoned pug and I’m thinking Christmas 2018 would be a perfect time to finally read it.

3.) Which book from this shelf would you ditch if you were forced to and why?

I’m beginning to really resent my own question. All of these books are ones I really want to get to and all of them are TBR, I haven’t read a single book on this shelf yet. The shame. If I absolutely had to, I’d choose Mateship With Birds by Carrie Tiffany. I got it for only £2.00 from a used bookshop on the London Bookshop Crawl recently and actually think I already have a copy on my Kindle. Oops.

4.) Which book from this shelf would you save in an emergency and why?

Probably How To Be Human by Paula Cocozza. I just adore the front cover and was trying not to buy hardbacks (lack of room) but couldn’t resist this one as it’s just gorgeous. I would worry that I wouldn’t be able to get hold of the same cover easily if I lost it.

5.) Which book has been on this shelf for the longest time?

Probably The Valley Of Amazement by Amy Tan. I’m not sure when I bought it, it was quite a few years ago (released 2013?) but I know it’s definitely older than the rest of the books on this particular shelf.

6.) Which book is the newest addition to this shelf?

Newest is probably 4321 by Paul Auster which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2017 and I became intrigued by after I heard the synopsis of one man, four parallel stories of his life. I haven’t read any books from this author before so I’m excited to get started, although I’ve heard a few bad things too. We’ll have to wait and see!

7.) Which book from this shelf are you most excited to read (or re-read if this is a favourites shelf?)

This would definitely be My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent. I’ve heard so many great things about it, I’m actually reading it very soon and I am so excited to get started. Oh yes.

8.) If there is an object on this shelf apart from books, tell us the story behind it.

There isn’t any object on this shelf, there’s no room for anything else apart from books (and even then, not enough room for some of them, eek!).

9.) What does this shelf tell us about you as a reader?

Again, I think it shows that I have quite a varied taste in books and that I like to keep up with new releases. There’s also a couple of older releases on the shelf too that I’d really like to get to and highlight in my blog this year including Carol by Patricia Highsmith (first published 1952).

10.) Choose other bloggers to tag or choose a free question you make up yourself.

Anyone who wants to do this, please feel free, I’d be delighted but please tag me in your post so I can see your shelfie in all its glory. This time round I’m going to choose a question for myself:

Is there any books on this shelf that you think might have an emotional impact on you?

I’ve been hearing amazing things about Tin Man by Sarah Winman. I enjoyed her first release, When God Was A Rabbit but didn’t get on very well with A Year Of Marvellous Ways. However, I have heard that this novel is hugely emotional and might break me a little bit so I’m determined to get to it sometime this year.

COMING SOON on bibliobeth : Shelfie by Shelfie #5