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*

Comments

[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.

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Like she said {points up}. I have three big bookcases in this room. Taking the top shelf of the bookcase on the furthest left, I come up with "Decorating Australian Houses" which is *quite* out of date now, but still an interesting browse. The top shelf of the bookcase on the right gives me Alain De Botton's "The Architecture of Happiness" which I have yet to read. Hmm, another one on the "to read" pile!

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

Same here. *points up, too*

I chose the pne next to the sofa, which incidentally include my Dick Francis books. *gg*


And the winner is "Straight" by Dick Francis. Not really the english version, but I guess it wouldn't say much to you.

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

Well I've counted along from my top shelf that stores my books and ooh guess which one it was .... yes I do believe it's " the professionals , long shot " oh is that a coincidence or what .

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Other people's bookshelves are pretty much the thing I check out first when I go to somebody's home for the first time. I'd love to know if you could correctly guess much about a person from their bookshelves, other than obvious things like they're into geology or whatever.

I haven't read Stardust, or very much at all by Gaiman, though what I have read I've enjoyed immensely. And blimey! You're on your 70th book of the year? I feel so inadequate *g*

I just had a quick squint at the nearest bookshelf to me, and the 27th book from the top is The Press by Papas, probably from my dad's collection... I not only live with my own appalling number of books, but I have my parents' and grandparents' books too. One day I'm simply going to vanish under them all.

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

I too suffer from the common problem of too many book shelves! #27 on the bedroom book shelf is "When True Night Falls" - the middle book in "The Coldfire Trilogy" by C.S. Friedman. #27 in the living room is "The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade" by Dan Abnett and Mike Lee. Both series feature very dark anti-hero types.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

I counted along the bookshelf above my head and the 27th book, rather portentously, is a Collins guide called Improve Your Writing Skills which I didn't even know I had (yes, I'm sure it shows!)... now I'm rather enjoying reading the part called 100 Clichés to Avoid like the Plague *g*