Organising my new Bookshelves! (900+ books)

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  • čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
  • After almost 2 years of my books being in storage, it's finally time to set up my brand new bookshelves and reunite all my books together again!
    Slightly chaotic, slightly awkward, but I'm very proud of this video and the end result (I can't stop staring at my new shelves lol), and I can't wait to see what you guys think! 💖✨
    Timestamps for each section mentioned below
    Email literallyelly22@gmail.com
    Chapters:
    00:00 Intro
    02:39 Classics shelves
    09:40 Literary Fiction shelves
    17:56 Contemporary Fiction shelves (with unhaul)
    23:22 Memoirs and World Lit. shelves
    24:45 Historical Fiction, Crime, YA, Non-Fic shelves
    26:11 Bookshelf Extensions and final touches
    28:40 End Result!
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Komentáře • 59

  • @annac9534
    @annac9534 Před rokem +44

    It’s refreshing to see a booktuber with similar reading interests to my own. It’s hard finding videos where majority of the books aren’t fantasy. Your bookshelves came out great!

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +4

      Thank you so much! Us literary fiction and classics readers gotta stick together 🥰✨

  • @onoud9417
    @onoud9417 Před rokem +14

    I'm so glad your channel was in my recommendations, it's always great to find new booktubers who like literary fiction. I'd love a bookshelf/collection tour video!

  • @katrinebh
    @katrinebh Před rokem +32

    This was so therapeutic!! Would LOVE to see a bookshelf tour

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +3

      Thank you so much! 🥰
      I love how calming and comforting bookshelf organisation videos are ☺️

  • @witchreads
    @witchreads Před rokem +30

    i feel like if you want them to be your favorite author then they can be your favorite author it’s up to you…

  • @sinnela5807
    @sinnela5807 Před rokem +15

    You have an amazing collection! Would love to see a bookshelf tour where you talk through the collection and show us your favorites etc. Maybe in several parts since there's so much to see :)

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +1

      Omg thank you! 🥰 Hahaha yeahhh it might be a long process 😅😂

    • @Mah_Sh_ell
      @Mah_Sh_ell Před 10 měsíci

      took the words out of my mouth. I agree.

  • @imanbenouna1185
    @imanbenouna1185 Před rokem +4

    please please please do a book shelf tour and, if you can, show EVERY book or at least a solid shot of each shelf. i’ve never found a booktuber with taste as similar to mine and i neeeeeed to see everything you have 😭❤️

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem

      Omg Thankyou so much! I love this comment 🥰✨
      I can see it already the bookshelf tour is going to be sooo long 😅😂

    • @wheatieee47
      @wheatieee47 Před rokem

      I totally agree! It's so refreshing to see a booktuber with more than just fantasy and romance omgg

  • @wheatieee47
    @wheatieee47 Před rokem +2

    We definitely need a full tour!

  • @LedgerAndLace
    @LedgerAndLace Před rokem +3

    "Bookshelf extenders?" What sweet sorcery is this?! This was the antidote to watching Ashley Tisdale send her husband out to buy 400 books to "decorate" her empty shelves.
    For organizing, something I learned from Dana K. White (here on YT) is to ask, "Where would I look for this first?" Not where "should" I put this or what category will it fit in--because some books could go in a lot of different categories! So the key is to work WITH your brain. I have a TBR shelf, (OK, shelves!) divided by fiction & non-fiction, reference books, favourites & ones that I re-read every year, etc. And then because I have bookcases in every room, books in the bedroom lean toward fiction, whereas reference books stay in my office. The Dewy Decimal System would definitely not work for me, because that's not how my brain works--but holla to all the librarians out there!

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +1

      Omg I love that! Yeah I think the Dewey decimal system is too scientific (?) for me, I want my shelves to be a bit more fluid and just embrace the chaos. I love your advice about thinking where would I look for this book? That’s such great advice. I seem to think of the author when I think of a book, which is why a lot of it is organised with authors associated together 🥰✨

    • @LedgerAndLace
      @LedgerAndLace Před rokem

      @@literally_elly Yes! "Embrace the chaos." My new mantra. Ha!

  • @ObjectionHearsay-jj6tu

    Seeing/reading the books someone reads is like listening to the music they do…it tells so much about someone

  • @MissAikaterine
    @MissAikaterine Před rokem +6

    I wish I had space for so many bookshelves 🥹 you organized them so beautifully 🥰

  • @AGiirlWithBooks
    @AGiirlWithBooks Před rokem +2

    Love seeing videos like this!! Gorgeous bookshelves 💛💛

  • @thepizzaqueenisdead
    @thepizzaqueenisdead Před rokem +1

    watching this process was so fun! I loved seeing you pause during the sped-up moments because I could just SEE the gears turning 😂😂 loved this video, thanks for sharing!

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +1

      Thank you so much! 🥰 The gears were very much turning 😂 sometimes very slowly 😅

  • @megreads9
    @megreads9 Před 10 měsíci

    Wow very lovely bookshelves it resembles so much my new one that I ordered recently but with a brown color as my home furniture is brown but there is a difference in one thing that I don't have such English books collection which makes me so sad because English books are so expensive in my country and I can barely have some, the books I've collected through my entire life is Arabic and french as I am an author, because my country is fluent in french more than English, if you want to get rid next time of some books I will be glad to receive them in my home and I will be thankful indeed. By the way I love the way that you can build a new shelves to the ordinary ones wow that's so nice to have more rooms to more books.

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před 8 měsíci

      Thank you so much! Your new bookshelves look amazing by the way! 😊

  • @aesmaa
    @aesmaa Před rokem +1

    I would love to see your classics collection 🤩

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +1

      The book tour is (slowly) coming I swear! I want to rearrange some things, including my classics shelves so that video will probably come first ☺️

  • @laurenab
    @laurenab Před rokem

    Great bookshelves!

  • @ultraviolencexx1
    @ultraviolencexx1 Před rokem

    I need more book shelves!! My books just pool out everywhere

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem

      Hahah oh no! Treat yourself to new bookshelves! 😍

  • @Sunflwrbtch
    @Sunflwrbtch Před rokem

    I'm so glad you have 'a fine balance'!! did you read it? What did you think??

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem

      I just got it actually! I'm very excited to read it though! I've heard nothing but good things about it. I'll be reading it this year, that's for sure! 😊✨

  • @ems5454
    @ems5454 Před rokem

    we don't have a very similar reading interest but still i enjoyed your bookshelves so much, there was some books that got me curious and ofc some books i've read myself! so cool, subscribed :)

  • @aimeechellew2972
    @aimeechellew2972 Před rokem

    So glad I found your channel! Its really hard to find Australian booktubers on here. It's really nice to see so many of my favourite Australian authors on here, like Jane Harper, Craig Silvey, Trent Dalton and, of course, one of my favourite series, tomorrow when the war began by John Marsden. Love your bookshelf set up btw. Keep up the great videos : ).

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +1

      Thank you so much! Australian fiction has so much to offer doesn’t it?! Can’t wait to read and share more on here 🥰✨

    • @aimeechellew2972
      @aimeechellew2972 Před rokem

      @@literally_elly Australian fiction is truly underrated. Can't wait for more videos!

  • @fedebooks
    @fedebooks Před rokem +2

    Okay, I''ll be your 100th subscribir just because this video was so cool! we have very similar taste it seems

  • @johnsaxongitno4life588

    I am really really jealous of your amazing and fantastic book 📖 shelve love it 🥰

  • @debbiewoten9403
    @debbiewoten9403 Před rokem +1

    Wow! You put a lot of thought into your bookshelves. I have mine arranged by size and color. I don't want 3 or 4 books of the same color together. I want my selves to be colorful but I do want them arranged tall to short.

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +1

      Hahaha thank you! 🥰 I mean, some of the shelves are a mess but let’s ignore them 😅😂

    • @debbiewoten9403
      @debbiewoten9403 Před rokem

      @@literally_elly no, they look great. I was just telling you how I do my shelves. I'm impressed with all the work you put into yours.

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +1

      @@debbiewoten9403 Thankyou! Sorting by colour is a lot of work too! I did it once and it took so long, so I’m impressed that you organise by colour, and by size! ☺️

  • @iankerry6737
    @iankerry6737 Před rokem +2

    that's some serious shelves 😅

  • @MariaAntonia77
    @MariaAntonia77 Před rokem +1

    Why don't you try the Dewey Decimal system, like in libraries? PS> I LOVE the fact that you have an Irvine Welsh book! I have read 90% of his stuff! :)

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem

      Ooh I hadn’t thought of that. I might look into that system ☺️ thank you!
      Do you have a favourite Welsh? I have Glue and skagboys but can’t decide which one to read first because I think they’re part of different series?

  • @morganerobin3724
    @morganerobin3724 Před rokem

    Do you have a notebook 📓 or file with thr list of your 📖? 😊

    • @literally_elly
      @literally_elly  Před rokem +1

      I use goodreads to keep track of all the books I own, have read, haven't read, etc. I've found it's the best way for me personally to keep track of my books 😊✨

  • @christineansorge5519
    @christineansorge5519 Před rokem

    There’s a movie starring Mel Gibson where the CIA forces him to give away his location by making him buy another copy of Catcher in the Rye. Conspiracy Theory.