happiness is...

...a $6 bookshelf (from Goodwill) filled with all my favorite books. See!

it was meant for me!

It's not really organized alphabetically. I decided to organize it by subject and genre. So there's the YA and other non-literary fiction section:

some of my faves

 

I do have other YA books, but some of them live in my sister's bookshelf. On the second shelf: my beautiful (small) collection of Shakespeare; my study-abroad collection, which includes Roddy Doyle, Robert McLiam Wilson, and my Irish poetry books; and some Steinbeck. All of which I read for school this year.

all RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) editions!

I love Irish poetry. Love.

also growing to love Steinbeck. Especially East of Eden

 

 

Bottom shelf: some classics from high school. The good (Too Kill a Mockingbird), the bad (Faulkner - but only in my opinion), and the ugly (Lord of the Flies - although it still makes my favorites list). And my random non-fiction collection:

Bird by Bird, anyone?

proof that I have a BA in English

The only problem with this bookshelf is that it's full. But if worst comes to worst, I can toss Faulkner and Camus, maybe even Kafka and Tolstoy, and free up some room for the new stuff. Or take another trip to Goodwill...