Comments on: On Collecting http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/ the best friends you'll never have Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:54:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: elphitha http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-255 elphitha Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:33:35 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-255 My books are stren across three boxes in at least two different rooms in my house, not to mention a few piles of miscellaneous (BSC and non-BSC) books here and there. And some got ruined due to my bratty sister's messy room meaning they ended up on the floor, trampled. And I'll never know the feeling of the uniform pastel spines, because all my books are a mixture of American apple paperbacks and British brick-style books. It makes for a strange sight, looking at them all lined up. My books are stren across three boxes in at least two different rooms in my house, not to mention a few piles of miscellaneous (BSC and non-BSC) books here and there. And some got ruined due to my bratty sister’s messy room meaning they ended up on the floor, trampled.

And I’ll never know the feeling of the uniform pastel spines, because all my books are a mixture of American apple paperbacks and British brick-style books. It makes for a strange sight, looking at them all lined up.

]]> By: matamgirl http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-249 matamgirl Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:04 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-249 My books are all at my parents' house in France. They are actually in my brother's bedroom but he doesn't come home very often so he hasn't noticed this yet. He will not be happy when he does. I would like them with me but frankly at what it costs to ship it would be easier to just start a new collection when I'm settled. My books are all at my parents’ house in France. They are actually in my brother’s bedroom but he doesn’t come home very often so he hasn’t noticed this yet. He will not be happy when he does. I would like them with me but frankly at what it costs to ship it would be easier to just start a new collection when I’m settled.

]]> By: myu http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-247 myu Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:53:57 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-247 My collection is all in boxes under my bed in my mum and dad's house. I won't deny that I'd like to have read all of the books, but I'm not actively collecting them. I do like the BSC, but not enough to justify spending a lot of money completing my collection. My collection is all in boxes under my bed in my mum and dad’s house. I won’t deny that I’d like to have read all of the books, but I’m not actively collecting them. I do like the BSC, but not enough to justify spending a lot of money completing my collection.

]]> By: greer http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-245 greer Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:52:54 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-245 @chicken_queen: i have a puzzle but the box is smushed so i doubt you'd want it. @chicken_queen: i have a puzzle but the box is smushed so i doubt you’d want it.

]]> By: chicken_queen http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-244 chicken_queen Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:34:17 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-244 Ahhhh, I want puzzles but I never seem to see any on eBay!! Ahhhh, I want puzzles but I never seem to see any on eBay!!

]]> By: Rebecca http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-243 Rebecca Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:39:46 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-243 All my books are in a big stack of about 90 books. It's difficult to get books from the bottom, but it's the best way to keep them since I don't have a bookshelf. All my books are in a big stack of about 90 books. It’s difficult to get books from the bottom, but it’s the best way to keep them since I don’t have a bookshelf.

]]> By: wanderingfrog http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-242 wanderingfrog Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:25:50 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-242 Until about a year ago, I kept all of the BSC books that I had as a kid in a Rubbermaid container in my parents' basement, and the books that I collected since then were in random places in my apartment. Last fall, I moved to a new city, and my entire BSC book collection is in one place for the first time ever. My board games and puzzles were too big to bring with me at the time and I don't own any dolls, but I've got all my books and some other memorabilia all neatly in one big bookcase. I like having my entire collection at my fingertips. Unfortunately, soon I might be moving to a different city for at least six months, and I'd be leaving most of my collection here and only visiting it on the weekends. Which sucks, because I've been planning to start a full-series read-through *really* soon. Regarding moving, I'm most upset about only seeing my boyfriend on the weekends, and second-most upset about only seeing my BSC books on the weekends. I'm such a dork! Until about a year ago, I kept all of the BSC books that I had as a kid in a Rubbermaid container in my parents’ basement, and the books that I collected since then were in random places in my apartment. Last fall, I moved to a new city, and my entire BSC book collection is in one place for the first time ever. My board games and puzzles were too big to bring with me at the time and I don’t own any dolls, but I’ve got all my books and some other memorabilia all neatly in one big bookcase.

I like having my entire collection at my fingertips. Unfortunately, soon I might be moving to a different city for at least six months, and I’d be leaving most of my collection here and only visiting it on the weekends. Which sucks, because I’ve been planning to start a full-series read-through *really* soon. Regarding moving, I’m most upset about only seeing my boyfriend on the weekends, and second-most upset about only seeing my BSC books on the weekends. I’m such a dork!

]]> By: cpennylane http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-240 cpennylane Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:24:24 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-240 Hey, cool! New icons! Hey, cool! New icons!

]]> By: cpennylane http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-239 cpennylane Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:23:41 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-239 I keep mine at my parents house, in the closet, behind some stuff. Now that I also keep myself in my parents house, they are lined up on a shelf in my closet, behind some clothes and shoes. THey don't all fit, so the mysteries and the little sisters are stacked around the room in discrete locations. They are in the closet for two reason - 1, so my mom doesnt' get mad, and 2 - there is literally no space in this room after cramming an apartment full of stuff in one room, + the stuff from my dorm. I keep mine at my parents house, in the closet, behind some stuff. Now that I also keep myself in my parents house, they are lined up on a shelf in my closet, behind some clothes and shoes. THey don’t all fit, so the mysteries and the little sisters are stacked around the room in discrete locations. They are in the closet for two reason - 1, so my mom doesnt’ get mad, and 2 - there is literally no space in this room after cramming an apartment full of stuff in one room, + the stuff from my dorm.

]]> By: chicken_queen http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-234 chicken_queen Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:06:59 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/27/on-collecting/#comment-234 I'm sure you've seen my pictures. My books are all proudly on display on my huge bookshelf, which is practically the first thing you see when you come into my apartment. Unfortunately, as big as this bookshelf is, it's also full, and my foreign BSC books are just kind of piled on the shelves. I also have shelves over mine and the bf's computers where my Authors Collection dolls (still in boxes, natch) are pretty much the second thing seen upon entering the apartment. Though this doesn't mean my collection is neat. There are always books piled in various locations (computer desk, coffee table, in the car, a few at work..) and my sleeping bag is tossed in a carner in my room. Plus I have original graphic novel pages and movie lobby cards that need frames, so they're in envelopes on my bookshelf. I'm pretty disorganised, lol. But even though I have so much, it does feel like a huge accomplishment. I'm happy to have the collection so prominent in my living room, it reminds me how far it's come (from the few books I owned being in a cardboard box.) Though it also reminds me how much I still have to go.. I’m sure you’ve seen my pictures. My books are all proudly on display on my huge bookshelf, which is practically the first thing you see when you come into my apartment. Unfortunately, as big as this bookshelf is, it’s also full, and my foreign BSC books are just kind of piled on the shelves. I also have shelves over mine and the bf’s computers where my Authors Collection dolls (still in boxes, natch) are pretty much the second thing seen upon entering the apartment.

Though this doesn’t mean my collection is neat. There are always books piled in various locations (computer desk, coffee table, in the car, a few at work..) and my sleeping bag is tossed in a carner in my room. Plus I have original graphic novel pages and movie lobby cards that need frames, so they’re in envelopes on my bookshelf. I’m pretty disorganised, lol.

But even though I have so much, it does feel like a huge accomplishment. I’m happy to have the collection so prominent in my living room, it reminds me how far it’s come (from the few books I owned being in a cardboard box.) Though it also reminds me how much I still have to go..

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