With an almost rabid passion for books, I often find myself dizzy after sessions of furious reading in bookshops in order to support my habit without paying for it (addiction does indeed lead to crime). The library that I mention above is in fact my bookshelf at home, which I stock with the books I occasionally buy. In an interesting case of evolution, due to the fact that my bookshelf only has 2 shelves, it holds a very select collection of my favourite and recommended reading books as any books that are not as valued as the others are removed to make way for other books when it all threatens to overflow. Thus, I present to you my bookshelf as of this moment as a guide to books that I have enjoyed or found to be of sentimental value. Clinking on those linked will (hopefully) lead to a brief synopsis and a reason for its continued 'shelf-life', as it were. (Did I mention that another of Alarra's hobbies was bad puns?)
Of course, this is not the definitive list, as it is constantly evolving and also due to monetary constraints. Maybe later I'll put up my wish list of books to own as well. If you're good.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe and Everything
So Long, And Thanks for All the Fish
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Pride and Prejudice
Regeneration
The Eye in the Door
The Ghost Road
Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty
The Pilgrim's Progress
Alice in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass
The Silver Pigs
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
The Little Prince
Night Letters
Hanging In There
Belgarath the Sorcerer
Polgara the Sorceress
The Virgin Suicides
The Service of Clouds
The Great Gatsby
A Room With A View
Sophie's World
The Solitaire Mystery
Smoke and Mirrors
Lord of the Flies
Impunity Jane
Six Degrees of Separation
To A Different Drum
Catch-22
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Magician's Nephew
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
Behold the Man
The Orchard
The Eight
A Calculated Risk
Animal Farm
Mort
Pyramids
Moving Pictures
Reaper Man
Interesting Times
Maskerade
Feet of Clay
Hogfather
Jingo
Carpe Jugulum
The Fifth Elephant
The Truth
Good Omens
The Shipping News
Confessions of a Cineplex Heckler
All Quiet on the Western Front
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Catcher in the Rye
Twelfth Night
Henry IV Part II
King Lear
Othello
A Town Like Alice
The Joy Luck Club
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings
Brideshead Revisited
The Importance of Being Earnest
As of the twenty seventh day of the twelfth month of the two thousand and first year
* I am not really a creative person. This title was borrowed from an article I read in the newspaper. It's good though, isn't it?
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