I see these things, and I think: âWho are these odd people who have so few books that they donât reach the sides of the shelves and have to be propped up?â
Beginners?
But I guess you have a point. Unless youâre buying books by the yard, specifically to fill up space, youâll start off with a few and will need some props either side. But unless youâre planning to stop there (or, I suppose, have limited funds to support anything other than a slowly building collection - in which case how can you afford expensive bookends anyway), youâre going to go with something cheap (like a pair of bricks) because you know youâll soon be losing them.
Where do bookends go after youâve stopped needing them? Is there a bookends heaven?
I always though open shelves + clever bookends was a purely decorative choice. As is sorting books by spine color, which admittedly looks cool in photos but is of course probably terrible if youâre actually the book-using type.
So. Zombies. Is anyone else getting tired of people saying they got tired of zombies? I donât remember backlash-backlashes before. I wonder if itâs a sign. Are we folding back directly to âremember when zombies were coolâ nostalgia without the fad ever cooling down? An undead trope would certainly be genre-savvy.
Agreed. There are a few of the Knob Creek bookend sets that I would just enjoy seeing as I went about my day. I always have empty space on my shelves - I can put puzzles there, flowers, odd things I find in the street. I find it more to my liking than a single mass of books.
And give the âsort by colourâ thing a try sometime - it doesnât have to be forever, but I wouldnât be surprised if it staves off Alzheimers.
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