Since the invention of the printing press, books have been battling for spots on shelves all over the globe. With limited shelf space, available competition can be fierce. Recently, I remodeled my office and added a brand new bookcase. Now I must fill it with brand new books. Join me as I review the latest bestsellers of the day, with the occasional classic thrown in.
Which books will be deemed worthy of being on my shelf? Tune in every week to find out.
Bookshelf Battle 
Love the tag line!
Thank you. We here at bookshelfbattle.com aim to please. By we I mean me.
Hi there. I like this blog and was wondering if you’d be interested in doing something collaborative between our blogs to share viewership. Perhaps I could do a guest post.
I particularly enjoy your stuff on writing, but I’m open to just about anything. Let me know if you’re interested. No pressure.
Thanks for visiting and following Bookshelf written for book lovers like you. And welcome to the blogosphere. Great concept of having books battle it out for shelf space. Let the literary wars begin… Look forward to see what books are victorious and which die a noble death. Cheers, Alex.
Thanks, the books talk a big game about trashing each other on the battlefield, but at the end of the day, they sit by the campfire, make Smores and engage in a rousing chorus of “Kum Bai Yah.”
I think to reverse the weight of your reviews, i.e., reviewing the classics with an occasional best-seller thrown in the mix, would be a wonderful boon to literary knowledge for the current generation. Of course, it depends where you draw the line and how you actually define the term “classic.” For example, Vonnegut would fall into my borders and definition of classic.
I look forward to reading your reviews to stay abreast with what’s coming out these days.
Thank you also for visiting my online writing studio, and for electing to follow my work.
Oh, I should tell you I am of the “Kum Bai Yah” ilk.
Hi Skip. Thanks for stopping by. You’ll be happy to know I’m working on a review of The Three Musketeers as we speak.
Wonderful! I’m “all for” that!
Thanks for the Follow. Normally I just follow other photographers, but this looks really interesting. So I am signing up. Looking forward to your posts.
Thanks Robin. Glad you like it. I’ve been known to dabble with a Canon Rebel from time to time.
Your blog’s name immediately caught my eye! I will drop by each week to check on new books that I can add to my platoon too.
Thank you for stopping by my blog. 🙂
Hi, thanks for finding and following my blog! SD
What a fun blog – and thanks for following mine (COLD)
Defintitely not enough book shelves. Great site.
I love the title and tagline for your blog. Thanks for following mine! 🙂
Like the Tag line of your blog….
Thank you for reading my latest. I hope you enjoy it… Mick Dawson
Thanks for visiting, and commenting at, my blog. I’ll look forward to following your work here.
I like the soldiers on your shelf. I actually have a few items adorning my bookshelves that pertain to the particular subject matter located there…
Thank you for following my blog! I’m looking forward to hearing more from yours!
Hey, I’ve been enjoying your blog so much, I’ve nominated you for a Very Inspiring Blogger award: http://jedibyknight.com/2015/01/10/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
You’ve been making me think a lot about indie publishing lately, so who knows? Maybe I’ll head down that path. thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Thank you! I’m glad you like it! Now if you could just tell 10,000 of your friends, I’ll be able to get this party started!
I have to admit I haven’t been practicing what I’ve been preaching about self-publishing. Ten days into the new year and I haven’t written much. Oh well. New Year Resolutions don’t really start till March.
Someone nominated me for a Liebster Award, what is that? I’ll have to go back in my comments and thank the person. My cynical self assumed it was like some sort of scam where there’d be a claim that a Nairobi Prince was trying to transfer money to me.
Haha, you are half right. All these awards are basically like chain letters. There are different rules for each, usually answering some questions in a blog post, and then passing on the nomination to others. Liebster is given to small/new blogs to give them some love and help them cultivate new readers.
Thanks for liking my blog. I like yours too. I hope you’ll contribute to some conversation. – Emma
Thanks – so I take it you’ve started a blog where you’re going to discuss your efforts to get published, get an agent, etc? That could be interesting, and maybe motivational. I find that if I say I’m going to do something on my blog, I at least try harder to do it. (Even if only 3 people are listening).
I have. I hope it will be interesting and will let other writers see that they’re not working in a vaccum. Having an audience always makes me more likely to follow through too.
Thanks for stopping by bravenewdeadline! Can’t wait to read more of your posts. if you like to review mysteries, let me know. All the best – Joe Brewer
Thanks so much for following my blog! I’ll be back to read more of yours.
Thanks for following my blog! Your blog looks very cool–and I love your tagline.
Thanks!
Thank you for stopping by my blog and for the follow. Fun blog! I will definitely take a look around yours.
M.
Thanks!
Thanks for finding and following my blog. I look forward to reading your posts 🙂
Hey! Love to add you on the G+ discussion group. Tweet me at imlostinbooks with your e-mail addy!
Or find me on G+ either one.
I guess I’m not the first to say I love your tagline, featured image and concept!
Great idea.
Hi bookshelfbattle!
I just created an experimental little real-time self-modifying game in the comments of the post below. I think you might enjoy it and I’d love to have you join in if you’re interested. No worries if not.
I guess this isn’t really the place for this sort of message, but I wasn’t sure where else to reach you. I found myself starting to look for a relevant post to put the comment on, then realized that is prehaps the worst form of communication yet conceived. Except maybe starfish.
Cheers!
Ben
Thanks for liking and following my KenMaursCorner. I’m curious how you “found ” me, and why you would follow me……
I was interested to read of your commitment to post every day, when a couple of years back, I decided that I “didn’t have to blog every day”.
I love reading and belong to several book clubs as well as my personal choice of books. I look forward to seeing how you stock your new bookshelf.
Thanks for following my blog! I look forward to reading your reviews. My books are currently taking up four shelves in my closet and even that is running out quickly. Thank goodness for ebooks!
Do they fight?
I have a little bit of room left on my physical bookshelf (after clearing yet another shelf for them), so they haven’t had to fight yet. The ebooks however have had to fight for cloud space.
Far easier to store “real ” books than e-books. Too easy with e-books to file attachments on computer, in case………..
I came here because you wished me “good luck” on my site. I didn’t expect to find an idea I liked so much! Book Wars! Yeah! Sign me up!
Consider yourself one of my 3.5 readers
Love the tag line – and Mr. Dixon – I have a bobblehead of my own of him watching over my computer. Thanks for giving my blog a follow – I appreciate it! Definitely going to take a look around…
I’m only a month late in responding but who’s counting? Feel free to look around. Sadly, we’re without the Walking Dead until next season. Did you like the finale?
I did like the finale. I know a lot of people were expecting it to be more…dramatic? In a way that maybe elicited more emotion out of the viewer, but I liked that it was a bit more subtle. I’m still trying to figure out how Glen survived though 🙂
Two books enter. One book leaves. Literary thunderdome.
Thanks for the follow!
–Matt
Actually a column idea I’ve been thinking of for awhile but I can’t think of two books to compare.
Thanks for following The Write Edge! I hope it edifies and enhances your day. Have a great weekend!
A little late (from me) but thank you for stopping by.
Those Walking Dead action figures grabbed my attention immediately. LOL. I look forward to reading your reviews.
Thank you! It’s about time someone does!
Hey there! I’m doing a project where I’m following ten exciting, fresh, and interesting bloggers each day for the month of March 2015, and you’re today’s #7! Feel free to come visit me when you can at http://www.thatssojacob.wordpress.com, and follow if you like what you read. Have a good one!
Too many books, too few shelves – now that’s what I call a relateable statement! I’ve always been conscious that I’ve read far too few of the so-called ‘classics’ (i.e. the Canon of World Literature), but it doesn’t worry me so much lately.
I did a Creative Writing module as part of my second first year at university – I was the only guy in a class of girls young enough to be my daughters. At one point, the lecturer and I were discussing ‘Wuthering Heights’ – and we soon became aware that we were the only two people in the room who’d read it. I’d always thought it was a ‘must-read’ for teenage girls until that point. Now I tend to refer to that genre of books as ‘B.T.’ and ‘A.T.’ – Before and After ‘Twilight.’ 😉
You never got the memo that if you’re over 30 you’re supposed to slink off to a cave somewhere and live like a troll?
Doesn’t look like it 🙂
I love the header photo. 😀
That’s how my bookshelf rolls.
What a great premise for a blog! Love your photo and tagline!
“Aspire for greatness” is the motto around here. I’m pretty humble about it.
I’ve only read a bit here and there, but I must say I’m really enjoying your style. I love the humor and am always excited about good reviews. Keep up the good work and good luck with your future endeavors. I’ll swing by here more often. 😉
Thank you Kai. Now I just need 999,999 more of you.
Hey, thanks for the follow on my blog! I hope you enjoyed the GoT review.
I did. I’ll keep checking back throughout the season. I put a lot of GOT stuff through mine and GOT fans always welcome to stop by, make a comment, plug whatever they’re up to in the comments.
Thanks for the follow, and I’m tuning in.
Thank you!
I’d recommend the Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan… Talk about battles! Good luck my friend as I am currently filling a new bookcase as well.
It looks good. Never read it unfortunately.
Cheers for following my blog. Yours looks interesting and fun. My bookshelf is overflowing so I’m trying to fill a Kindle now instead.
True, this might have been an antiquated idea. My I should change my name to Kindle Q. Battler.
Hi ! I really love your blog I nominated you for the liebster award
https://inquisitivemindandstubbornheart.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/liebster-award-nomination/
Thank you for this distinguished award. I’ve attached it to a chain that I will wear around my neck when I go clubbing.
Hahahahahahahaha xD That’ll be an interesting sight :p
Loving this blog!
Thank God, I knew someone eventually would.
Thank you for following my blog. 🙂
Hi there. Thank you for visiting and following HoB. Much appreciated!
No problem.
Thanks for the follow. I am now Following you. “Be afraid…”
That’d of been scarier if you weren’t smiling in your picture. Thanks for following.
Thanks for following my bookish blog. I gave up the bookshelf battle about a decade ago; the books are stacked in every corner. The battle now is for my limited time. Have you read A Tale Of Two Cities?
I haven’t yet. Is it your favorite?
I see “Rejection” on the spine of one of the books on your banner shelf – ha! Enjoyed poking around on your site and observing the bits of wit and wisdom. Thanks for the follow today!
Oh yeah! It’s not mine. Though it could very well be. It’s a book about authors who made it despite being rejected.