There aren't enough books in The Hunger Games to fill your Edwardian fantasy library.

Every day during one of my endless internet adventures I see a picture like this: 

Lili Aber Regen via Desire to Inspire

Followed by something like: *squee* "One day I'll have a room like this in my house! *end squee*

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Trick, please.  Based on the flagrant disregard for cohesive sentence structure in your blog post and/or the three pins I saw before this one that I'm totally judging you on, I'm going to guess that you don't read a lot of books.  Certainly not enough to warrant hundreds of linear feet of shelving space.  

The last book you probably picked up was Snooki's autobiography at Target and whatever remaining shred of dignity you possess rightfully made you put it back on the shelf.  

via Apartment Therapy

I'm guessing the only books that you physically own are probably a few books you were forced to read in college, Skinny Bitch and Eat, Pray Love.  Let's not pretend like you have the time, inclination or comprehensive reading skills to process the amount of material displayed so orderly behind that succulent green curtain.  

You wouldn't know what an antagonist was if it walked up to you in matching UGG boots, ripped the fro yo out of your hands and proceeded to beat you about the head.  Maybe you could block the blows with the Kindle Fire that you tell people you love to read on but really only use to watch old episodes of Dawson's Creek via Netflix.

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Confession: I barely know what an antagonist is and I'm in a book club.

I'm all for gorgeous pictures of books.  I'm kinda posting pictures of them RIGHT FUCKING NOW and lawd knows I've waxed poetic about them in the past.  But I have the decency to not pretend like I'm going to have a library like any of these images. And I actually READ!

Well mostly.  It ebbs and flows.  I've had books on my nightstand for months - ok years -  that I'll get to one day but the hour I could have spent reading is an hour I spent instead finding these pictures of bookshelves.  For YOU.  So sorry, dusty book of Eudora Welty short stories next to my alarm clock.  What's one more unread night when we're already shared so so many?! 

source? I suck at credit today. Sorry.

I knew a girl that used to pull out the "smart" books on her shelf and display them facing outward so everyone could see their titles and therefore marvel how smart she is for reading such respected tomes.  Obviously she didn't think we were smart enough to figure out her sneaky plan.  

I'm much more likely to display my most-read books facing out for easy access like my Sextrology book and Twilight.

From Maison Boheme who you can tell reads.

I'm kidding.  All my shelves are hidden in a cedar-lined closet library installed by the previous owners so I don't display any books for public ridicule.  It's a pretty awesome space and is great for hiding my books about astrology and sparkle vampires.  Or that Anita Shreve phase I went through...  


Andy by 'Anita Shreve' I mean 'every book Suze Orman has ever attached her name to.'

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Besides, if someone does were to run across a smart book in the open I'm afraid they'll ask me an insightful question about it and I'll have to deflect by screaming obscenities at them and pretending we're about to be attacked by rogue vampires.

Histoire via Plastolux

Beacuse really - have you EVER been in a house where a person had more than two maaybe three Billy bookcases full of books?  Uh, no.

So let's remember kids: Repetition in excess is either disgustingly luxurious, a delusion or a phone call away from Dr. Robin Zasio's furrowed brow appearing at your front door so choose wisely what you want to collect.  

Or what you lie about collecting.

Yep.  They sure do.  But I hate to tell a bitch there aren't enough books in The Hunger Games to fill their fantasy Edwardian library.

Note to self: work on cohesive sentence structure.