Hi! Welcome to my room! LOL What, did you think I wouldn't be photographing random things in my room and telling you about them now?
I don't know about you, but the first thing I check when I'm in someone's home for the first time is their book shelf. I can't help it, I'm drawn to books. I like to compare tastes and make mental notes on what I'd like to borrow to read.
So here you go, you're welcome to check out my book shelf. And then laugh at me for my poor taste and undying love for chick-lit.
1. F. X. TOOLE - Million Dollar Baby: a collection of short stories I bought just cuz.
2. CHARLES DICKENS - Hard Times: required reading for my lit class (like I'd be reading that in original, no less, otherwise).
3. ZIZOU CORDER - The Truth: a book I was randomly presented with by a girl from my class (I'm not for sale. Unless you buy me a book.).
4. JANE AUSTEN - Sense and Sensibility: yeah, it's AustEn, not AustIn, and don't you be messing it up.
5. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - Tragedies: why I didn't buy Comedies as well, I'll never know.
6. JANE AUSTEN - Pride and Prejudice: the best novel she ever wrote. I dare you not to adore Elizabeth. And dashing Mr Darcy, of course.
7. HELEN FIELDING - Bridget Jones's Diary: read it forst when I was 17 and fell in love with her and chick-lit instantly. The relationship is still strong.
8. DAN BROWN - The Da Vinci Code: it's fiction, OK? Accept that.
9. DAN BROWN - Angels and Demons: written before The Da Vinci Code and it's actually much better, in my opinion.
10. DAN BROWN - Deception Point: a good thriller, but it didn't blow my mind.
11. NICK HORNBY - High Fidelity: what can I say about this book that you haven't heard a thousand times from me before? So much love for it.
12. MILJENKO JERGOVIĆ - Sarajevski marlboro: a short story collection. You're not missing out on anything.
13. RENATO BARETIĆ - Pričaj mi o njoj: one of my favourite contemporary Croatian authors wrote another realistic and beautiful love story.
14. PAOLO COELHO - The Alchemist: you know the story.
15. PAOLO COELHO - The Pilgrimage: not my favourite of his books.
16. PAOLO COELHO - Veronika Decides to Die: now this one I adore. Don't let the title deceive you - its message is pure optimism.
17. PAOLO COELHO - The Fifth Mountain: a story of impossible love showing us nothing is impossible.
18. PAOLO COELHO - Eleven Minutes: one of my favourites, talks about the importance of sex. (Yeah, yeah, I get the irony.)
19. PAOLO COELHO - By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: what would you sacrifice for love?
20. ANTE TOMIĆ - Građanin pokorni - another contemporary Croatian author I love for his sarcasm and dry humour. He puts into words what I think.
21. ANTE TOMIĆ - Ljubav, struja, voda i telefon - love stories can be bitter, yet funny to read about.
22. ANTE TOMIĆ - Što je muškarac bez brkova?: brilliant story about a woman who falls in love with a priest. So so funny, and the movie is awesome as well.
23. NICK HORNBY - Fever Pitch: it'll turn you into an Arsenal fan. It has me.
24. NICK HORNBY - A Long Way Dow: his best novel, in my opinion. Depressing, yet funny. Brilliant.
25. HELEN FIELDING - Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination: Olivia is not as loveable as Bridget but is just as fun to read about.
26. NICOLA KRAUS and EMMA MCLAUGHLIN - Citizen Girl: chick-lit. I like it. Sue me.
27. NICOLA KRAUS and EMMA MCLAUGHLIN - The Nanny Diaries: oh come on! It's funny!
28. PLUM SYKES - Bergdorf Blondes: this... is utter crap. If the guys from Farenheit 451 came today, I'd hand this in with no resistance whatsoever.
29. KAREN JOY FOWLER - The Jane Austen Book Club: it's a book about a bunch of women that like to read Jane Austen's novels. How could I have resisted?
30. NICHOLAS SPARKS - The Notebook: I dare you not to cry.
31. JANE AUSTEN - Emma: my favourite of her novels. Yes, Pride and Prejudice is better but since when is literature to be judged objectively?
32. HELEN FIELDING - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason: Bridget returns insane as ever and I fall in love a little deeper.
33. CROATIAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY: my first. Can you tell?
34. THE BIBLE: a gift from my Grandma. All right, I just took it with me. Does stealing the Bible counts as sin?
35. DRAŽEN STOJČIĆ - Zabranjeno područje: a book a boy from my high school wrote when he was 17. He wrote about his classmates. If there was ever a book an entire school read, that's the one.
36. HARRY KULLMAN - A Secret Trip: a children's book. Quite possibly something I stole from someone. You know, borrowed and then never returned? And have I told you I never borrow my books to people?
37. MARIA GRIPPE - A Scarab Flies at Sunset: this book scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. It's awesome.
38. SIDNEY SHELDON - The Other Side of Midnight: this I didn't steal. A friend told me to keep it.
39. ENID BLYTON - Five Go Down to the Sea: I think I read all of 21 books about Famous Five. How about you?
40. AUGUST ŠENOA - Zlatarovo zlato: such a tragic story, such a wonderful book.
41. ASTRID LINDGREN - Pippi Longstocking: who doesn't know this story?
42. JOHANNY SPYRI - Heidi: same goes for Heidi.
43. AGATHA CHRISTIE - The Mysterious Affair at Styles: a birthday gift from Sonja.
44. My sister's and my high school yearbooks
45. CROATIAN GRAMMAR
46. THE GRAMMAR OF CROATIAN LANGUAGE
47. MICHAEL MCGARRITY - The Judas Judge: a birthday gift from Mom
48. I LOVE CLASSICS - a collection of abridged stories, one of the first books I ever owned. It survived the war with me and returned home.
49. MARIJA JURIĆ ZAGORKA -Vitez slavonske ravni: a history/love story novel by one of the first Croatian female authors.
50. ELIZABETH KOSTOVA - The Historian: a birthday gift by request from my sister.
51-57. J. K. ROWLING - The Harry Potter Series
58. J.K. ROWLING -Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: the English version. Because I couldn't have waited for 3 months for the translation.
59. CECILIA AHERN - P.S. I Love You: shut up.
60. CROATIAN ORTOGRAPHY
I don't know about you, but the first thing I check when I'm in someone's home for the first time is their book shelf. I can't help it, I'm drawn to books. I like to compare tastes and make mental notes on what I'd like to borrow to read.
So here you go, you're welcome to check out my book shelf. And then laugh at me for my poor taste and undying love for chick-lit.
1. F. X. TOOLE - Million Dollar Baby: a collection of short stories I bought just cuz.2. CHARLES DICKENS - Hard Times: required reading for my lit class (like I'd be reading that in original, no less, otherwise).
3. ZIZOU CORDER - The Truth: a book I was randomly presented with by a girl from my class (I'm not for sale. Unless you buy me a book.).
4. JANE AUSTEN - Sense and Sensibility: yeah, it's AustEn, not AustIn, and don't you be messing it up.
5. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - Tragedies: why I didn't buy Comedies as well, I'll never know.
6. JANE AUSTEN - Pride and Prejudice: the best novel she ever wrote. I dare you not to adore Elizabeth. And dashing Mr Darcy, of course.
7. HELEN FIELDING - Bridget Jones's Diary: read it forst when I was 17 and fell in love with her and chick-lit instantly. The relationship is still strong.
8. DAN BROWN - The Da Vinci Code: it's fiction, OK? Accept that.
9. DAN BROWN - Angels and Demons: written before The Da Vinci Code and it's actually much better, in my opinion.
10. DAN BROWN - Deception Point: a good thriller, but it didn't blow my mind.
11. NICK HORNBY - High Fidelity: what can I say about this book that you haven't heard a thousand times from me before? So much love for it.
12. MILJENKO JERGOVIĆ - Sarajevski marlboro: a short story collection. You're not missing out on anything.
13. RENATO BARETIĆ - Pričaj mi o njoj: one of my favourite contemporary Croatian authors wrote another realistic and beautiful love story.
14. PAOLO COELHO - The Alchemist: you know the story.
15. PAOLO COELHO - The Pilgrimage: not my favourite of his books.
16. PAOLO COELHO - Veronika Decides to Die: now this one I adore. Don't let the title deceive you - its message is pure optimism.
17. PAOLO COELHO - The Fifth Mountain: a story of impossible love showing us nothing is impossible.
18. PAOLO COELHO - Eleven Minutes: one of my favourites, talks about the importance of sex. (Yeah, yeah, I get the irony.)19. PAOLO COELHO - By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: what would you sacrifice for love?
20. ANTE TOMIĆ - Građanin pokorni - another contemporary Croatian author I love for his sarcasm and dry humour. He puts into words what I think.
21. ANTE TOMIĆ - Ljubav, struja, voda i telefon - love stories can be bitter, yet funny to read about.
22. ANTE TOMIĆ - Što je muškarac bez brkova?: brilliant story about a woman who falls in love with a priest. So so funny, and the movie is awesome as well.
23. NICK HORNBY - Fever Pitch: it'll turn you into an Arsenal fan. It has me.
24. NICK HORNBY - A Long Way Dow: his best novel, in my opinion. Depressing, yet funny. Brilliant.
25. HELEN FIELDING - Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination: Olivia is not as loveable as Bridget but is just as fun to read about.
26. NICOLA KRAUS and EMMA MCLAUGHLIN - Citizen Girl: chick-lit. I like it. Sue me.
27. NICOLA KRAUS and EMMA MCLAUGHLIN - The Nanny Diaries: oh come on! It's funny!
28. PLUM SYKES - Bergdorf Blondes: this... is utter crap. If the guys from Farenheit 451 came today, I'd hand this in with no resistance whatsoever.
29. KAREN JOY FOWLER - The Jane Austen Book Club: it's a book about a bunch of women that like to read Jane Austen's novels. How could I have resisted?
30. NICHOLAS SPARKS - The Notebook: I dare you not to cry.
31. JANE AUSTEN - Emma: my favourite of her novels. Yes, Pride and Prejudice is better but since when is literature to be judged objectively?
32. HELEN FIELDING - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason: Bridget returns insane as ever and I fall in love a little deeper.
33. CROATIAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY: my first. Can you tell?34. THE BIBLE: a gift from my Grandma. All right, I just took it with me. Does stealing the Bible counts as sin?
35. DRAŽEN STOJČIĆ - Zabranjeno područje: a book a boy from my high school wrote when he was 17. He wrote about his classmates. If there was ever a book an entire school read, that's the one.
36. HARRY KULLMAN - A Secret Trip: a children's book. Quite possibly something I stole from someone. You know, borrowed and then never returned? And have I told you I never borrow my books to people?
37. MARIA GRIPPE - A Scarab Flies at Sunset: this book scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. It's awesome.
38. SIDNEY SHELDON - The Other Side of Midnight: this I didn't steal. A friend told me to keep it.
39. ENID BLYTON - Five Go Down to the Sea: I think I read all of 21 books about Famous Five. How about you?
40. AUGUST ŠENOA - Zlatarovo zlato: such a tragic story, such a wonderful book.
41. ASTRID LINDGREN - Pippi Longstocking: who doesn't know this story?
42. JOHANNY SPYRI - Heidi: same goes for Heidi.
43. AGATHA CHRISTIE - The Mysterious Affair at Styles: a birthday gift from Sonja.
44. My sister's and my high school yearbooks45. CROATIAN GRAMMAR
46. THE GRAMMAR OF CROATIAN LANGUAGE
47. MICHAEL MCGARRITY - The Judas Judge: a birthday gift from Mom
48. I LOVE CLASSICS - a collection of abridged stories, one of the first books I ever owned. It survived the war with me and returned home.
49. MARIJA JURIĆ ZAGORKA -Vitez slavonske ravni: a history/love story novel by one of the first Croatian female authors.
50. ELIZABETH KOSTOVA - The Historian: a birthday gift by request from my sister.
51-57. J. K. ROWLING - The Harry Potter Series
58. J.K. ROWLING -Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: the English version. Because I couldn't have waited for 3 months for the translation.59. CECILIA AHERN - P.S. I Love You: shut up.
60. CROATIAN ORTOGRAPHY
FYI, it took me an hour and a half to make this post.
12 spoke back:
You own P.S. I Love You.
Have you ANY idea how many times this week I had to tell my pupils no you can't read that for your book report? Do you!?
Why would you tell them no???
It's the last book I bought, actually. I was at the news stand in Šilo and there it was. So I bought it.
Ja sam recimo danas uzeo isto odmor pa sam pokušavao hakirati neke sistemske fileove od windowsa da mi kurzor ne ide na frkevenciji od 125 Hz već od 200 Hz. Razlika je takva da se isplatilo utrošiti 4 sata!
Pretpostavljam da bih trebala imati odgovor na to. I imam ga: ??????????????????????????????????
Pa isto kao što ja nemam odgovor na tvoje cjelodnevno popisivanje knjiga, a ne radiš u knjižnici!!!
Ali to su moje knjige! Moje dragocjene knjige.
kad bi izbio požar, misliš da bi spašavala komp? Ne bi! Nosila bi van moje Harryje.
Yum! Books! Books are sexy.
Nicholas sparks! Urgh!
Bridget Jones: haven't read it but want to!
I once had Paolo in my hands and never read it :-/
Is Ps. I love you good? I was looking at that one at the bookstore just this Monday. Should i buy it? hmmm...
love the show and tell!
P.S. I Love You is a tad on the boring side, Neri. Go with Bridget Jones rather.
But tell me, why do you hate Nicholas Sparks?
I honestly LOVE that you posted your books! I agree whole heartedly that it tells a lot about a person. And dang it now I want to post MY books. :( :P
I started reading "The Notebook" a couple of weeks ago and then forgot I was reading it and started on some porn. I'll have to go back.
So is that ALLLLLLL of your books? HMMMmmmmm???????? :PPPP
Cool post K. for realz.
Ooooh do post your books!
And yes, those are all mine, just mine. It's a tiny library, I know, but I'm not even 30 yet! LOL
Did it sound like that?
I totally meant it as a GOOD urgh! LOL! Sorry i space out sometimes and keep witting without explanation.
I LOVE HIM!!!!
I've read alll of his old books (not really the recent ones, no time) AND all the movies and have cried in everyone of them. I'm desperately waiting for Nights in Rodanthe! I can't believe they made a movie out of that.
Sorry! Misunderstanding. Continue.
Bridget Jones it is, thanks!
btw. I'm still building up my bookshelf. I'll do a show an tell when there's more then just series. :-)
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