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After finishing the book, they would share their thoughts and insights. Due to their love for buying books, the bookshelf in the living room had already insufficient storage long ago. So, they made two wooden shelves to stack all the books they had read on top of them. The wooden shelves had no cover. Furthermore, they were usually busy with work and had no time to clean and take care of the books. As a result, many of the books on top had accumulated dust.

It was a space designed purely for quiet study, and reverence. “These two shelves here are all about the mate bond,” Thefros said, gesturing toward a pair of bookcases halfway down the room. “Lore, case studies, theory. Everything we’ve managed to preserve.” I nodded, pulling down five books at random and settling at the table under the nearest lamp. Thefros took a seat opposite, already flipping through his own selection with practiced ease. The pages felt heavy in my hands, textured like something handmade. These books hadn’t touched a printer, some were written in fading ink, others illuminated with strange symbols or brutal sketches. One book was nothing but badly rhymed poetry pretendin

He shook her from his mind and pushed open the doors to the study. The rug-lined room was bigger than B’s above-garage apartment. Floor to ceiling bookshelves dampened any noise B might made in his whiskey search. There didn’t seem to be a single inch of space on any one of the shelves. Books of all colors, textures, and sizes were packed together. In front of the book spines sat hundreds of little treasures–seashells, pocket watches, glass figurines, and carvings of creatures. So many creatures. B let his fingers drift over the book spines: The Picture of Dorian Gray. The Catcher in the Rye. The Odyssey. Brave New World. The Call of the Wild. White Noise. So many stories he’d never read and

He says, pushing me through the door and into the store. I lead him to the back room where Mrs. B put a bunch of comfortable couches and armchairs as well as lamps for gentle light. Bookshelves line every wall, stacked to capacity with beautiful leather bound books. There's even a bronze, gliding ladder that she doesn't use anymore, but she calls it her pride and joy.

The delicate interplay of light and shadow danced upon the polished marble floors, creating a mesmerizing tapestry that seemed to guide us forward. Rows upon rows of perfectly stacked shelves stretched out as far as the eye could see, their contents a treasure trove of knowledge and imagination. Each book stood proudly, a gateway to countless realms and untold stories. The aroma of aged paper mingled with the faint scent of polished wood, an intoxicating blend that evoked a sense of reverence and awe.

The chair is slightly smaller that the throne in the court hall, meaning it is still too big for a study room chair. There are two shelves at either side of the room. One shelf was for books, almost a hundred of then were lighted by the date they were written and the other shelf was for expensive wines, a few pure silver weapons and liquor glasses. They had brought in all of my valuables from my chambers and had organized it well in my new chambers. Which was why the brown letter was sitting on the top of the desk, trying to compel me to read the content. I let out another sigh before I looked over to the book shelf. Most of the books here are from my previous chambers, some are from the lar

She’d continue in the afternoon. The noon conversations ran long. Not because either of them made them run long. The room was under construction and they couldn’t talk inside it during the work, so they talked at the kitchen table, and the kitchen table had a quality of no-agenda that the more formal space didn’t. “The shelves,” he said, on the third day. “The way you’ve arranged them.” “By category first,” she said. “Then by frequency of use within the category.” “The books I use for work are at the front,” he said. “The personal ones are further back.”

Arian's pov The atmosphere was bubbling with excitement as the reading festival began in the grand hall. Bright decorations adorned the walls and pillars, infusing the space with an air of excitement and creativity. Shelves behind the main hall overflowed with books of every genre: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and more. The colors and titles of the novels seemed to dance on the shelves, inviting attendees to explore their stories. New generation authors and readers mingled, their faces lit up with enthusiasm as they discussed their favorite books and writers. I should have been floating with pride but my stomach was knotted, my palms damp with sweat.

“Your library is already full to the brim, and I don’t think I can just leave them in the boxes.” It wasn’t what I was thinking about, but it was a good distraction and a very important issue. I had nowhere to keep them, and I couldn’t just leave them in the boxes. Books were meant to be on shelves to be read and displayed, not holed up in cardboard boxes and not serving their purpose. “What about the shelf in your room?” Dante asked. “It won’t contain half of what is here, and you said more are coming tomorrow. There’s no magic I would perform that would make all of them fit into that tiny bookshelf.” I sighed, and my shoulders dropped.

I grinned evilly to myself before exiting the room and went for the third one. Alcohol can wait, for some another time. The third room was more like a study room. A grand book shelf on the left side of the room that reach high above my head was filled with so many books that I probably have never seen out of any library. Most of them were antique leather bound books. An office table made of some expensive polished wood, I'm guessing for walnut sat opposite to the book shelf along with a sophisticated looking leather chair. Two sets of posh sofa chairs besides a fire place were at the other corner of the room. Beautiful painting, which I have no doubt costs fortune were decorating the wall pa