M. Suzanne Terry

There are books stacked everywhere in my house. The corner of my desk is no exception.

This is where books go when they don’t really go anywhere else. I have a general organization system, but there isn’t really a  Feminist Ryan Gosling section. I suppose it could go in the feminist theory section, but it seems dwarfed by those texts. Nor is there a Coffee: The Bean of My Existence section. Maybe if I started collecting graphic novels. It’s almost a graphic…short story?

My most used Bible also lives here. I know I could look up verses online, but my fingers are faster than my iPhone.

Read This Next is a great book to have if you’re starting a book club or have a book club. The questions in the book should only guide your discussion if a lot of drinking is involved or if you’ve known the people in your group a long time. Then again, having people answer these questions – much like playing Cards Against Humanity – is a quick way to get to know the people in your group. At any rate, they’re hilarious.

Sadly, this is also where books go when I’m “working” on them but have decided to take a “break.” Translation: I found ten other books I’d rather read, and it got put aside. I may never actually read this book. Also, I may have borrowed it from someone and forgot who that was. The Evolution of Adam, anyone?

A friend once said, “Oh, it’s like your junk drawer. It’s a junk shelf.” Rude.

Tell me you have a shelf like this in your house. You know you do.

I’m writing 31 Days of Shelfies.