Book meme - X - Marks The Spot (Start On Your Bookshelf And Count to the 27th Book)

[byslantedlight]

X from snailbones! Bit tricky this, cos my bookshelves are all in fragmented bits around the room at the moment (and really are storage boxes...) But let's see what I can do - I'll start from the highest ones, and count to 27 that way! *g*
And the winner is... Stardust by Neil Gaiman, that I read for my Once Upon A Time Challenge, way back in April. It seems so long ago, now! It was the sixteenth book I'd read in 2014 (I'm on my seventieth now), and the first for the challenge, in fact. I liked it, though it read as self-conscious... The cover, simple as it is, is gorgeous too... *g*

I've had a bit of a Neil Gaiman year this year, which started when I borrowed The Graveyard Book from my sister when I was at her place in Australia, and loved it to death. It's still my favourite, though I liked Ocean at the End of the Lane alot too, and of course Fortunately, the Milk!

What about you - what's currently the 27th book on your shelf? *g*

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[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

The answer to that is 'which shelf?' Heehee. So I chose the shelf which has the most coherence and doesn't alter much which is my travel book shelf. And for that I came up with Clear Waters Rising by Nicholas Crane (he of Coast) in which he recounts his walk across Europe.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Heee - yes, it turned out that just one of my "shelves" (the top of the wardrobe) held more than enough books for me to count along to 27... *g* Oh, but how I long for the day when I can get my own "travel shelf" out! Hopefully the next step on from my next move!

I had to go and look up Clear Waters Rising, and it looks quite good - have you read that one yet?

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't read Clear Waters Rising yet, despite being a huge fan of the programme, Coast. I also have Nick Crane's Two Degrees West in which he walks around England... also unread. I'm thinking that if I do the Mount TBR challenge again next year I might confine the books I read to either just 'travel' books or possibly 'non-fiction' to give myslef a little more scope. I have 'loads' to read on my shelves.