Daily bookshelves thread
>>8134367
that shelf full of shitty paperbacks looks like you pulled them out of a dumpster
>>8134367
Reminds me of mine a little bit in taste and presentation. Not a whole lot, but enough.
Books on the left are ones I own that I've read to completion.
>>8134367
you should be embarrassed over that self help garbage
>>8134636
No, he shouldn't. You should be embarrassed to express such a broad and generally (hah get it) naive opinion.
>>8134367
Good shelf, and I even considered being your friend, but then I saw Pynchon
kys
>>8134644
Not him but self help books are pretty darn embarrassing to own.
And not helpful in 98%.
>>8134386
>books are brand new
>"you don't even read them"
>books show wear
>"they look like you pulled them out of a dumpster"
>>8134652
Welcome to /lit/.
>>8134367
>how to be a college frat bro 101
>>8134650
The person who feels embarrassed for another person that owns self-help books has some seriously unresolved issues.
>>8134687
Owning them and trying to better yourself is different then displaying them proudly on your bookshelf.
>>8134687
No everything about op's taste is bad, he has entry level everything and not in a good way, it's obvious he's off to a terrible start and will never get anywhere.
He can feel free to prove everyone wrong and come back in a year once he's dropped some shit off his shelf.
whats the point of a book collection when you can just get most books from a library if you feel like re reading them
LITERALLY vinyl-tier in terms of practicality and inconvenience at more expensive costs.
>>8134650
What books in particular are most embarrassing, anon? Enlighten us thanks
>>8134698
or maybe hes just reading those books because they interest him, and he isn't trying to "get anywhere"
btw which shelf is yours?
>>8134688
Hahahaha, ok ok I'm with you there. But you did say in your original post that owning them is embarrassing and now you're saying that owning them and displaying them are different.
I'm onto you.
>>8134685
>death note
>frat boy
>>8134704
Bro you can always spot the poor person in the thread with posts like this.
Look m8 if you want to read everything on your special offer kindle good for you little man, but we, people with money CAN and WILL invest in our hobby. Go eat some ramen and read infinite jest ;)
Literacy shouldn't exist for poor people
I'm te poorest of you all!
>>8134752
The fact that your literary habits have so much to deal with vanity embarasses me, anon
>>8134779
>>8134752
forgot pic
>>8134793
At least I'm not a broke like u lmao
>>8134779
I was going to say stop being a sad sack and take three minutes to clean up, but the trash does distract from your unbroken top to bottom shit tier books.
>>8134386
Every time.
>Those spines don't look damaged enough to have been read!!
>Did you pull that books out of a dumpster?
>Omg grrm? How dare you!
>Wow look at all those memes xD!!
>You have no personal taste
So guess what? You wanna look at my bookshelf? You want a peak tough guy? Go ahead.
>>8134494
based dolanfag I thought you had died
>>8134779
Only in taste
>>8134752
No, it's just I spend money on hobbies I actually get stuff out of. I just bought some more supplies for woodworking, I'm gonna make myself a bookshelf for the few books I do have.
>tfw Slavic Ruski that will have a superior literature experience than prepfags because I can read the greats in their native language
Stay mad talentless amerifat.
>>8134874
what the fuck is this stupidity
>>8134936
I was thinking the same thing, wtf
>>8134874
>>8134929
Unless Latin and Ancient Greek are the native languages of your siberian shithole, you're not "reading the greats in their native language"
>>8134874
if i went into someones house and they had this disgrace on their wall i would turn 360 degrees and walk away
>>8135003
>Ruski
Learning latin though, it's tough but still fun. my sister is teaching me.
stay mad amerifat.
>>8135023
kek clearly neither of you have applied what little Latin you know to reading anything ever written in it, or else you'd have learned from the ancients how embarrassing it is to be instructed by a woman.
>>8135037
how embarrassing it is to be instructed by a woman.
u can just tell people have a subscription to blacked.com judging by how sexually repressed their ideas about women are kekity kek
>>8135046
>people who hate women will enjoy watching them being degraded by niggers
Not seeing the surprise here
>>8134929
>hobbies I actually get stuff out of
Do you not get anything out of reading?
>I just bought some more supplies for woodworking, I'm gonna make myself a bookshelf for the few books I do have.
Oh wow, you're going to make a whole bookshelf. When will you be starting your ministry, J-man?
>tfw Slavic Ruski that will have a superior literature experience than prepfags because I can read the greats in their native language
kek, sure thing, bud.
>>8135047
it's weird to think you might be serious
>>8134779
Good selection. Did you enjoyed Borges?
>>8135064
They only thing they could add is making the girls cry
>>8135058
>Do you not get anything out of reading?
Yes, but it doesn't require money. It's an anti-hobby when it comes to spending money on.
>>8135037
>>8135046
she skipped three grades with a 4.0 GPA and is currently applying to some good schools. she is pretty smart and is a good tutor as any. you guys are projecting and seem pretty mad
>Oh wow, you're going to make a whole bookshelf. When will you be starting your ministry, J-man?
this isnt the only project ive done obviously. just the one im working on. i just finished a cool little wooden bear before it, the one from the old soviet cartoons. very proud of it senpai. looks cool
>amerifats are THIS mad they have to read shitty subpar translations and have to compensate for lack of talent and ambition by spending money on mere consumption of things
keep buying books to make you feel like your consumerist collection is an """""""""""""""Accomplishment"""""""""""""""""" KEK
>>8135093
>trying to defend your mongoloid girlfriend and your own plebiness by bragging about carpentry and using that to segue into criticizing the English language
I can't tell if you're being serious anymore
>>8135093
>>8135102
Post more faggot
>>8135104
KEK you got me but where is the criticism of english ?
>>8135118
> shitty subpar translations
Maybe that was just a comment on money not guaranteeing the ability to be judicious in picking translations
>>8135089
oh sorry I didn't mean your post I meant the original, the one you were quoting.
>>8135124
English is not inherently flawed it's just the translations of anything are always inferior to the original.
But actually now that you bring it up, Russian is the superior language when it comes to literature in general.
>>8135021
oh yeah? Well I would turn 720 degrees and run full speed away!
Impoverished pleb coming through.
>>8134929
Jesus Christ you Russians embarass me. Your country's literature was only relevant for two centuries. Russia was a shithole before they became Francophiles so you should be embarassed that you speak Russian and not French.
judge me
>>8135457
christfag/10
>>8135465
HUH?!
>>8134467
>The Red Book
How much did that cost you?
>>8134367
>atlas shrugged
the only book i have ever gotten rid of immediately after reading. i know for a fact i never want to read that literary abortion again.
>>8135467
whats the meaning of this post
why would you post this
you're not me stop
>>8134886
Nigga that's not a shelf
>>8134367
>ayn rand
>7 habits
is this a meme? is it ironic?
>>8134779
EL MARCIANO
1/3
2/3 (that is a shitty edition of leaves of grass by the way for anyone thinking about it)
>>8135457
Nice brothers K
3/3
>>8135787
How is Literature and Revolution? Did you know Mark Kermode is Frank Kermode's father?
>>8135795
Literature and Revolution has some interesting things to say about the role of art in a Socialist society, but i struggled with it more than i expected to because it entirely bases itself around exploration of contemporary Russian poets. The edition there (Haymarket) has some samples of the work of each poet discussed, which is very helpful.
Also, Trotsky uses a register that caters to readers who are familiar with the early stages of the Russian revolution in depth, so you might find it tricky if you havent studied it. Still, he has some pretty fascinating ideas so i'd definitely recommend it.
Do you mean Frank Kermode is Mark Kermode's father? I'd wondered if that was the case for a while, surprised there isn't a mention of it on either of their Wiki pages.
>>8135791
Dorothy Parker!
Nice collection and nice presentation
>>8135865
Yeah my coursework at one point included the Great Gatsby (surprise surprise) as one of the texts, and i was struggling to get to grips with Daisy Buchanan as both a character and a symbol of femininity in the lost generation. Dorothy Parker really helped me figure it out (as well as being pretty hilarious and well worth a read regardless).
>>8134779
>el marciano
ay lamaoooo
Anyway, Please burn that shelf. Its pitiful
>>8135192
>lamp on top of hifi equipment vents
>books by the side
dude this is a fire hazard
>>8135192
That much hi-fi and no record player what are you doing anon
>>8134467
very nicely organised pencils
it would be even better if you put them all facing one way i.e. point up or eraser up
>>8135028
>kjell askildsen
>krapps last tape
>edward albee
are you me? that's a very specific taste in literature you have.
>>8135615
It was a gift but I'm pretty sure it was like 30 bucks
>>8135071
I liked Borges a lot, specialy his "fictions" (I don't know the title in english I supose is that one) colection.
>>8134817
I'm not him lol
>>8135925
>>8135929
>hi-fi
Man I found that in a dumpster, and it sounds better than my laptop's shitty speakers. The speakers on the bottom aren't connected. They're just being used as stands. The Minimus 7's on top sound pretty good though.
Also I don't think it's a fire hazard. The books on the side are cool to the touch and the vents aren't really covered.
obligatory
>>8134367
BUT ON THE ROAD IS NOT LIT CONAN UHHHHHHHH
>>8135457
What translation is the Brothers Karamazov?
>>8137616
David Magarshack, published by the Folio Society
>>8135791
If you like HST, check out Hell's Angels.
>>8134367
I want a bookshelf not because I plan on reading books twice, but because it fulfills something inside of me, like when I buy a book series, it feels cool to add another book that looks similar to the last one..just doesn't feel the same with ebooks. What is wrong with me and how can I fix this?
I'm gonna build a bookshelf.
Is there anything special I should consider when building it?
>>8137616
Ignat Avsey
>>8135021
so you would turn a full rotation and walk away into the wall? I think you got it wrong desu
>>8134367
Nice fapkins you got there.
>>8137736
a haiku:
b8 or new, b8 or new
summer, so hard to tell
pic unrelated
>>8137731
No it is not, stop that
where's the B A S?
>>8134886
Want a peak? You offering to bring me to orgasm you unable to spell no shelf having fuck? Get your sorry ass off this board mate.
>>8134779
>editorial tomo
Have some respect for yourself anon.
>>8138424
What's an >editorial tomo?
>>8135102
>bringing up your sister's grades like they are an indication of intelligence
W E W L A D
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W
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A
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>>8134367
>covey
really?
>>8138365
>muh spelling and grammer
ъacк т0 яeddiт you go
>>8137802
>6 6 5
what kind of fucking haiku is that
The stack at the head of my bed.
>>8139401
>piles and piles of beatshit
>grr martin
>shitty buddhism books
>>8136516
Alright, I thought it was way more expensive than that but that's probably because books are crazy expensive here
>>8139409
>anime
>>8139409
>shitty buddhism books
well, shitty buddhism book, anyway
JUST
>>8139989
...Are you an illegal tenant?
>>8139997
FUCK
>>8139999
what am i looking at
>>8139989
>>8139999
wat
>>8139999
Could you be more pseud
like
is it possible
>>8140026
>>8140025
>>8140002
>>8139999
Do you people know the meaning of pain?
>>8140131
is this real?
>>8140152
yes, some plebbitor posted recently on the diy sub I think. best parts are that he just bought a bunch of random books. why would you cover your pad with shit you won't even read? he couldn't just have bought a floor to ceiling shelf and collected for a few years.
>>8135457
some shitty looking bibles there anon
The only books that really matter.
LET ME SHOW YOU
>>8140520
This wall is an abomination, designed by someone who hates books.
>>8140520
I want to set this on fire just to put the books out of their misery.
>>8140520
so it's supposed to be some kind of ironic art installation?
>>8140520
wow, I thought it was gonna be a reading room but the guy just puts a fucking tv in there. unbelievable...
>>8140832
>someone who actually knows music on this degenerate board
color me impressed anon
>>8140520
man fuck reddit
>>8135184
>Protestant Bible
You're a faggot, desu anon.
>>8135457
People are gonna bullshit, but this is honestly patrician as fuck.
>>8134367
>Getting Jesus right
Stupid retard
>>8140943
Really? Thanks anon.
>>8141284
4000 books wasted on a fucking vanity project... jesus think the good he could have done by donating them to a library or school or something
Small image dump incoming
>>8141406
>>8141412
>>8141417
>>8141422
>>8141425
>>8141430
>>8141437
>>8141440
>>8141445
>>8141458
>>8141465
>>8140131
>>8139999
>>8139989
wtf
>>8141472
>>8141479
And my living room shelf for good measure.
>>8139651
I have seen a much larger version of Jung's Red Book, pretty new-looking, in a fine bookstore. That thing is about the size of a VCR. Based on scale, that edition is clearly much larger than the one in OP's pic.
That's the expensive one, I'm sure.
>>8141482
how did you like that edition of the greek myths?
>>8140520
Today only the person who no longer believes in a happy ending, only he who has consciously renounced it, is able to live. A happy century does not exist; but there are moments of happiness, and there is freedom in the moment.
>>8142125
It's nice. It's just a glitzy exterior for the same text from the 50's you'd find anywhere else, but the paper is nice quality and it has that odd ridged/ragged zigzag cut to the opposite side.
As for the text, it's great. A bunch of forewords and introductions, a well organized text and every myth is somewhat dryly told with a much more interesting section following it that details the cultural and historical basis for the myth, for example a story about someone getting castrated with a sickle having possible links to a north African tribe noted for doing the same after battles.
>>8140832
Op here, music composition major. Check out takashi yoshimatsu for superior contemporary taste rather than shitty Schoenberg.
I think its decent for a broke college kid
>>8142232
nice collection i rate it ur not my flatemate are u hello emmy
>>8134687
please reply to me and tell me you're trolling i refuse to this thought has legitimately entered someones head
>>8137730
It's very easy. Remember to get a backboard and not a giant piece of fucking wood for the back. Probably the easiest thing you can build.
>>8139999
I couldn't imagine a pic more triggering
>>8138365
kek
>>8139999
you can't even grab a book you want to read without the whole structure falling down
>>8140520
>books are glued or nailed to the roof
AAAAHHHHHH ANON WHAT ARE YOU DO
>>8142258
Yes, that was my plan.
This is also my entry into woodworking. Going to start buying tools. It's something I've been dreaming of doing for too long, so this is going to be my start. I want to furnish my room with things I've made.
>>8140520
this triggers the /lit/
>>8141406
I see some Scott Pilgrim in there! Awesome mate
>>8142366
Thanks. I had a major phase with that in high school, and now it holds an honored place on my shelf.
I've considered buying the color versions, but they're like $25 a pop and I don't much feel like spending $150 on nostalgia.
>>8138725
t. that kid who got shit grades in school but still claimed he was smart
>>8142407
mine were an average of £10 each i think (about $14.50)
i'm sure you can find them cheaper on ebay or whatever
>>8142171
Wow thanks anon, exactly what I needed to hear
>>8141284
of course reddit would like this
>>8134886
I can see the odyssey and a confederacy of dunces so I guess you're not TOO bad.
>>8138487
It's a very bad Mexican publisher with terrible translations and abridged versions of books.
>>8134367
>janes, both eyre and austen
>abridged dracula
>gravity's memebow
>3 business seminar self help books
>seminar self help unsolicited sequel
>random shakespeare
>quran
>bible
Best books there are moby dick and catcher, sadly. This shows no discernable taste other than bad 19th and early 20th century romance. If this is real, and not you stocking shelf to impress via cargo-cult intellectuality, you need better taste.
>>8143297
>Austen
>bad 19th century romance
sure buddy
>>8143297
>disses jane eyre
>accuses others of "cargo-cult intellectuality"
you sound like the worst kind of blowhard /lit/ pseud
>>8134886
That's a gorgeous shelf anon
I love it
>>8143297
But desu, it says on the back its unabridged
>>8140936
enjoy your abridged version
>>8141330
theyre probably all shit and even if they were donated no one would ever bother to check them out
>>8135791
How the heck can you own 3/4 of Pullman's Sally Lockhart Quartet, and not have book #2? Where's The Shadow in the North?
1/?
>>8146118
2/?
>>8146123
3/?
>>8146129
4/?
>>8146129
>the god delusion
>>8146133
5/5
>>8146135
god is for fags. shit was 1$ lol
You can be mean if you want but I'm new to reading for pleasure.
>dan brown
I think it's fun. Whatever.
>harry potter
We had to read in school but we got to pick what we read. The first three are the only books I ever enjoyed up until I turned 25.
>missing books in a series
I'm finding them in thrift stores for a dollar but eventually I'll find them all.
>>8146156
this is Bait
>>8146158
No it's not.
>>8146156
It's fitting that the one lonely hemingway novel is a few inches away from the big pile of shit books
>>8146159
I'm sorry to hear that.
>>8146192
because now
>>8146178
Actually, it's sitting on the same shelf.
Your books must be in braille.
>>8146118
what's the book to the left of the annotated lolita?
>>8135445
tbqh, american literature was only relevant during the 20th century and it seems on it's way out already
pls r8 dont h8
>>8146527
3/3
>>8146546
>golgo 13
>>8135457
>judge me
Judge not, lest ye be judged. (Memeticus 4:20)
>>8146546
that just looks unhygienic
>>8146410
justine de sade
>>8142444
That's some sexy Hardy
>>8134367
Nice OUAC form their friendo :^) might wanna get rid of that before taking a picture for an anon board
>>8147231
why m8
>>8147784
>their
Pretty boring shelf, nice desk to read at tho.
>>8146527
Você poderia comentar sobre a tradução de Infinite Jest, por favor?
>>8147603
>not having An Abundance of Katherines, which is obviously the best book John Green has ever written
I-It's my first time, /lit/. Please be gentle.
Woah guys I'm really impressed by your patrician taste in literature
Keep me updated
>>8147603
Alaska is gud buk
Will Grayson is shit
>>8149017
that is a very boring pile of books anon
>>8149017
Philosophy isn't everything, anon. Branch out into good fiction. You're posting on /lit/, after all. Read some charts if you're overwhelmed on what to choose.
>>8135028
Good Beckett
>>8149096
>>8149090
Sorry, missed out a bunch of books. Updated pile.
I do not understand 90% of anons way of organizing books on shelves
>>8149218
I said good fiction.
>>8149218
Have you actually taught your pup quantum field theory?
>>8149226
B-but u understand me right?
>>8149241
I got most the fiction for free. No judge.
>>8149242
Ye, she got it real easy.
>>8140520
bahahahahahhaa
>>8149353
North Korea Best Korea
>>8134779
>Tomo
>Porrua
¿Qué estás haciendo, manito?
>>8149017
don't worry anon, I only read philosophy and politics, pretty much, so I got no h8 m8, I r8 8/8 not b8. also, which version of stirner is that?
>>8147784
Shhhh..
>>8149612
anon...
>>8135457
Toss the prot. bibles
>>8149612
the fuck is a "meme"
>>8149017
>reading Nietzche without having read Nietzche
>>8149612
>can get a like new copy of this on Amazon for $4
>tfw contemplating buying one now
>>8135028
Is Mansfield good? I have collected stories of her in storage.
1/2
>>8150645
2/2
>>8150647
Scented candles cause brain cancer
>>8150659
good thing it hasnt been lighted
>>8150652
Why are French books all white? They're all going to look like literal piss as the years go by
>>8150645
what the fuck is this gloomy shit
>>8150757
would you like a complete list of all the books in that pile?
>>8150769
no of course i wouldn't. good grief, why on earth would anyone want that? no good would ever come of it. i mean you have an actual star wars poster on your wall. now i like star wars, but i grew out of putting posters on my wall when i was about 14
>>8150778
tfw havent taken anything off my wall since i was 15 and that's been there since im 7.
desu probably going to list anyway bc i have nothing to do and im an autist
>>8150732
I don't know exactly. Gallimard's "Collection Blanche" (literally "White Collection") is probably the most famous collection and they always had a creamy cover. And almost all the publishing houses have their own version of that collection, where all new book have the same style.
The books that are on the lower shelf are pocket books but more or less the same logic applies (but they all have a picture on the cover this time).
>>8150784
i was*
