bookshelf setup

Currently listening to: The Man – Taylor Swift

They’d say I hustled
Put in the work
They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve
What I was wearing
If I was rude
Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves
And they would toast to me, oh
Let the players play
I’d be just like Leo
In Saint-Tropez

Here’s my bookshelf situation:

  • top shelf – LEGO star Wars helmets.  It took me forever to piece them all together.
  • second shelf – vinyl dolls that I’ve acquired over the years.  I’ve given away quite a bit and decided that I would keep these.  I also have a few alebrijes that I’ve gotten during my visits in Mexico.
  • third shelf – soft cover books that I’ve held on to because they were either given to me as a gift or I just really enjoyed reading them over and over again.  There, There; Angela’s Ashes; Ham on Rye; Nine Stories; Memoirs of My Melancholy Whore; Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World; Disgrace; They Call Me Naughty Lola; The Sorrows of Young Werther and more.
  • fourth shelf – NGL, Stephenie Meyer is not a great author but her books slap.  When I was a kid, one of my neighbors got me hooked on Chronicles of the Cheysuli, so there’s that.  BLACKPINK Bl-ping-bong that I still need a stand for.  I still need to get the lightsticks for BTS and Stray Kids.
  • bottom shelf – are the heavier hardcover books, The French Laundry menu that the chef signed for me because it was my birthday, TIME magazine that featured Taylor Swift, and a COOKY BT21 snow globe that I got for Christmas this year from a fellow ARMY.

I donated 90% of my books that I’ve already read multiple times to a local charity so if anyone has any books that they would recommend, please leave a comment with the name of the book.

Thanks!

-me, XOXO


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25 responses to “bookshelf setup”

  1. Hazel Avatar

    The mentioned books sound interesting. I think I will go to your local charity to get your books, rojie🤭

    1. justrojie Avatar

      hehe sounds good to me!!

      1. Hazel Avatar

        Yeah, I will make a book shelf first🤭

  2. Sara Allwright Avatar

    I really enjoyed: Alex Michaelides ‘The Silent Patient’

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Thank you, Sara!!

  3. Veselin Avatar

    I keep lots of books at home. I use Marie Kondo’s rule – I keep the books that bring me joy and donate the others to local libraries.

    As for book recommendations, have you tried reading Naomi Novik? Also Julie Kagawa.

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Thank you for the recommendations!!!

  4. Sat The warrior Avatar

    I love top rack collection 😻

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Hehe thank you!!

  5. ibarynt Avatar

    Oh this shelf is beautiful 😍😍

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Hehe thanks so much

  6. Maddie Cochere Avatar

    I like your setup … and a further glimpse into your personality. 🙂

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Thank you, thank you!

  7. Punk Rock Is Forever says Sambuca Avatar

    Love Angela’s Ashes, but omg. I’m gonna do my computer and shelf setup lmao… but watch the fuck out – it is messy af.

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Yasss it’s a great book!! Can’t wait to see your set up

  8. Nicholas K F Matte Avatar

    Hi! Me Rojie, I think you might like Anne Roquelaure’s The Princess Diaries, it’s Anne Rice too!

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Sounds like a plan!

  9. Shawnerly Avatar

    This is like a minimalists guide to having a bookshelf. If you saw mine, you’d probably be frustrated. 😣 😂😂

    1. justrojie Avatar

      😆 I bet yours is more exciting to look at than mine!

  10. MyGenXerLife Avatar

    I’m a huge Murakami fan…

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Same!! I had a full shelf of his books…the elephant vanishes was one of my top five fav

  11. noga noga Avatar

    Kalila and Dimna translated

  12. Edward Ortiz Avatar

    Nice setup. I see that you are a Star Wars fan 👍🏼 and read The Chemist. It was a good one.

    1. justrojie Avatar

      Thank you!!

      1. Edward Ortiz Avatar

        You’re welcome.

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