Bookshelf & Office Tour (as of 2022) - Almost 900 Books!

Mike fulfills maybe the #1 request on the channel and gives a full shelf and office tour as of November of 2022.
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#MikesBookReviews #bookshelf #bookshelftour

[@lisacole6037]

Wow, that is one impressive collection of books. And your shelves look great!!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Gracias!

[@Wanderwilderreading]

At 1000 books you have a library, according to some pretentious journalist from The NY Times. You’re so close!

[@mikesbookreviews]

2023 will be the year, methinks.

[@asusminor]

It's funny how humans like numbers like that, why not 987? It's just as arbitrary and probably more random than the most likely biased 1000.

[@sabrinamarino3031]

Lol I read 2000 is a library

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hey Bookworms! Yes, I know I had Well of Ascension and Hero of Ages flipped. It wasn't brought to my attention until after I had recorded. Everything will be okay...the Cosmere is back in balance again. Thanks for watching!

[@emilejacobs3310]

;)

[@chaparra217]

Haven't even started watching yet and I am already squealing with excitement! Been wanting to see this for a while now

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hope it lived up to expectations.

[@chaparra217]

@@mikesbookreviews surpassed them, wonderful collection!

[@Hammy900]

I will never get tired of updated bookshelf tours; I like seeing readers update and showing off their collection.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Thanks for hanging!

[@turtleanton6539]

Cool😊

[@nicklovett]

Holy shit, I’ve been watching your videos for some time and never noticed you lived in Cypress! I grew up here and moved back after college. Love the content!

[@token4774]

When you said send me a shelfie -LOL! I haven't heard shelfie before. Toward the end of your tour with your stacks of books, I was happy to see that. That's how my library looks. I saw Abandon by Blake Crouch on your shelf - I don't want to oversell it, but it's a fast and fun thriller-horror-mystery, great for a winter weekend.

[@cathyspiegel6765]

Financial books have been so helpful. I’m 54 and my wife 50 we are both retired with over $3 million in net worth and no debts. Currently living smart and frugal with our money. No longer putting blames on FED for our misfortunes. Saving and investing lifestyle in the stock market made it possible for us this early, even till now we earn weekly.

[@bernardwright891]

May I ask which investments are good? I've been looking at a few different ones but want others' opinions as well!!

[@cathyspiegel6765]

*ROCHELLE DUNGCA-SCHREIBER,* That's whom i work with

[@cathyspiegel6765]

What I think everyone need is a Financial Adviser, who can help you get in and out of any investment at any time and you'd sure be in Profit

[@bernardwright891]

is ROCHELLE DUNGCA-SCHREIBER on youtube? please how do i reach her!!

[@bernardwright891]

Thanks so much. I was able to find her page and I already leave her a message.

[@CliffsDarkGems]

Awesome tour! I just love the quality of your books and the organization of your shelves. A thing of beauty!

[@jennthebookwyrm5484]

I think the book that I hated the most that I was forced to read for college was Dante's Inferno. If you got something out of it, you're a better man than me...(literally, cuz I'm not a man. lol). Great shelfs. I love how much of your family is represented in your hobby. Great job!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Ha ha it's a tough read but definitely left some things in my mind.

[@rodhamm8484]

Awesome collection! I noticed my favorite story of all time, The Belgariad buried off to the side there, I hope Mike can read those soon, I would love to hear his thoughts on it.

[@MattSH06]

Now we need your top 50 books of all time.

[@archersworldofliterature]

"I do everything on my excel spreadsheets, to be honest" might be the most 'Mike' thing I've ever heard

[@mikesbookreviews]

I excel spreadsheet my kids Christmas lists.

[@apebblemaster4570]

This was the best and most interesting "bookshelf tour" video I've ever seen, and it's probably for two reasons (1) your organizational skills are a joy to witness, and (2) the music kept tricking me into thinking something exciting was happening, like in a movie. Well done!

[@colin1818]

Why would anybody hate that you have Ayn Rand on your shelf? If you don't like her stuff then don't read it. It's that simple.

[@theunknown21329]

Me seeing new books: Write that down, write that down!!

[@thewatchfemme4051]

You’ve got a real treat when you get to Lonesome Dove, I’ve read it three times, it’s an all time favorite. Also, so cool to see your illustrated Gormenghast trilogy, fantastic series and tragic story of an author we lost too soon.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I'm definitely interested in both.

[@Yesica1993]

Really nice room. I also love that clock. Your wife's creations are so cute. It's great that she support your interests!

[@AutomailUser]

Great bookshelf tour, but what's up with the new intro? I mean no disrespect by any means but it feels like a step down in quality from your old one. But that's just one person's opinion, if you like it then that's that.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Just trying to keep things fresh. Thanks for the feedback.

[@wayne_404]

Ever thought of a book cart, since you don’t have room for another shelve in there.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I hadn't until now.

[@myoldchannel0690]

Your shelves are so free of dust!

[@angelaholmes8888]

I guess he cleans the shelves often

[@mikesbookreviews]

Swiffer is magic.

[@angelaholmes8888]

@@mikesbookreviews thanks 🙂

[@JaketheMovieGeek]

I’ve been waiting for this!

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Metal lunch boxes! Yes! Mine was a Peanuts lunchbox.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Those things were a bullying equalizer

[@Yesica1993]

@@mikesbookreviews HA!

[@praetorxyn]

Very nice collection. I can't see well enough to read physical books... so about all of those I have are the Harry Potter first editions, which I got through by squinting, eye strain, and headaches. But my digital library is over 200 and growing.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Digital books count.

[@rae1509]

so jealous of your shelves! they look amazing! i only have a couple shelves right now because i just don't have space in my home for more without throwing out my refrigerator or other "necessary" household items, lol. i borrow from the library a lot, but it's my dream to have a whole reading room lined with shelves + a cozy chair in the corner. :)

[@SwagbertoFredrick]

Music is too loud

[@maxhardisty6970]

looks like those numbers on the harry potter books might ascend to the top as the series goes on

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hopefully.

[@spencercorpuz]

This was the most epic bookshelf/office tour ever! You must feel so at home while working in there, really really awesome!! I've always been so curious what the whole space looked like!

[@IndigoStat]

Man, the way you stacked the Vagabond volumes hurts me. If you stack it in the opposite order by placing Vol 1 at the bottom and 10 at the top, the spines all match up

[@oberstul1941]

900? Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket. Cheers, cool room and collection!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Ha. If I included all the books I've gifted or donated, those numbers would be stupid.

[@jimronnysrlie8601]

It's been 10 months. I'm just wondering If you have reached library status yet? :)

[@andreamiller3578]

I just finished the Chakraborty triliogy. I read each book in one night over 2 weekends. I highly enjoyed them. They aren't perfect, and I'm not sure they're your taste, but it was a breath of fresh air in the fantasy genre for me. I just let myself go along for the magic ride and enjoyed something that wasn't western culture oriented. Great fun. I will say I think the character are very well-written. My only quibble is that one is written in a way that you think you might should be more sympathetic toward but I remained unswayed. If I were 14, maybe. But as an adult, no way. LOL

[@noahemersenbailey6904]

You should read REDWALL! Its a classic

[@3powpow]

Mike, where did you buy your bookshelves? I love the black and love that they are all the same.

[@jerryfiore5818]

Zuh-Lahz-knee (author corrected me when I was a youngin.

[@primalbaaha6979]

Where/How did you get the posters for stormlight/first law?

[@sherribugd3799]

If you make some vertical stacks, you can fit more on a shelf.

[@DanielGarcia-fz7qr]

Read the Bone Ships! I happened to finish the trilogy just an hour or so before watching this video. I haven't been more emotionally affected by the ending of a series in a long time as this one. It is set mostly at sea, which I know isn't a selling point for you, but the characters are some of the best I've read in a long time, and the emotional highs and lows of the series are tough to see matched anywhere else.

[@DZIGIN]

Shrike poster is Epic 😁

[@clydebillingsworth8574]

Mmmm.... Those carpet lines... Thanks for cleaning before bringing the world into your home. Love your personal takes on things and you are great at connecting with people without feeling fake. Always appreciate you being open.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Heh. I have a black lab. I have to vacuum 2 or 3 times per week just to keep up.

[@clydebillingsworth8574]

@@mikesbookreviews ahhh! It all makes sense now. From one black haired dog owner to another... I feel your pain.

[@kingzzz6509]

I’m 18 and I had a metal lunch box back in the day. It was retro Marvel.

[@tyrellharrison3443]

Hey Mike, are you looking to sell the duplicate copies of forgetting moon and blackest heart? 👀

[@mikesbookreviews]

They’re both signed and personalized so definitely not ha ha

[@tyrellharrison3443]

@@mikesbookreviews that’s so cool! The hardcover for Forgetting Moon is so difficult to find.

[@nishthagupta1357]

I don't know half the books here but it looks amazing! 💗💗

[@davidstephenson1904]

Hey mike, where do you get the styrofoam blocks? I checked amazon, but I'm not sure what dimensions I should get! I'm sure you've probably answered this same question a hundred times, lol.

[@Pillowvp]

He's said that he got them custom made at Hobby Lobby. What I use is empty trading card boxes and they work pretty well too.

[@mattjones4415]

I love the random Monty Python Holy Grail quote! One of my favorite movies

[@mikesbookreviews]

I figured since the Lady of the Lake features in the Witcher series it was appropriate placement.

[@mattjones4415]

@@mikesbookreviews oh my gosh! That's great. I didn't catch that during the video

[@michaelkibble740]

I have no room for bookselfes in my room isad 😢

[@redjarl]

Wouldn't something like Kallax from IKEA fit in near the window? There are great books stacked in piles❤️

[@mikesbookreviews]

Perhaps.

[@laurenduke300]

Just put up another shelf. Who needs windows? Lol

[@mikesbookreviews]

Ha ha I considered it.

[@pjstef555]

Mike you did a great job on this. Well done as a video as well as a collection!

[@MichaelRSchultheiss]

Your shelves are amazing! Also, thank you for including The Altar of My Fate, The Spiral of My Destiny, and The Third Way of My God!

[@mikesbookreviews]

My pleasure!

[@regulah2125]

Mike, have you seen the new Interview with the Vampire series that just came out? I haven't read the books myself (definitely planning on it now though) so I can't comment on how faithful it is, but I must say it's one of the best shows this year. Incredibly well done.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Nah, the trailer alone made me think it wasn't for book fans.

[@saleen12]

What bookshelves do you use?

[@Julian-pf5ql]

WHERE IS THE BANE TRILOGY???

[@jimave]

That’s a lot of books and merch! About 30 years ago, I made the decision not to collect books because I didn’t have the space for them. I was in college and still moving a lot. I’ve been using the public library since. I’ve read/listened to about 900 books. The original Star Wars is the only Star Wars! I won’t watch any more Disney Star Wars because they have ruined it.

[@heidi6281]

I just purchased all the Elric omnibus books too, I plan to read them soon, hope they are on your 2023 TBR!

[@mikesbookreviews]

I'll probably do like I did with Conan and just do a little at a time.

[@Pandas_and_Books]

The Mists of Avalon? 😬

[@beLIEver31415]

IF YOU LOVE ENDER'S GAME I REALLY THINK YOU'LL LOVE ENDER'S SHADOW AT A MINIMUM :) Sorry for yelling but I love ES so much :) As someone who's read them all I also think you'll love Speaker for the Dead but otherwise the other are more middling to me but those 3 are A++ :) Beautiful shelves!

[@texaspipeman8973]

Where is Sting?

[@mikesbookreviews]

In my kid's room.

[@spinecollector9931]

You prob won’t see this but something to help with your lack of space issue ……I used to have those black billy bookcases for my library. But if you measure the wooden space of where one ends and another begins you lose 1-1/2” to almost 2” of book space. I had 4 of them butted up together and I found I lost almost 5’ of prime book space. I ended up getting shelves that are just open ended and put 3 of those together and idk how it happened but I ended up opening 12’ of book space. Not to mention I can still run a long shelf above it to add an additional 9’. Hope that all makes sense. Basically what I’m saying is it’s not always the room in which you have your books in, it’s how they’re being stored

[@Aidanomic]

Have any of your books gone yellow? If they have do you keep them away from your non yellow books or not bother?

[@colin1818]

10:30: "I've only read Ender's Game" I understand the concerns with the Ender sequels. I read books 2-4 this year and the quality drops along the way. You absolutely should read book 2 which is Speaker for the Dead. It was phenomenal. I will absolutely be re-reading Ender's Game and Speaker at different times. But the last two books of the quartet (Xenocide and Children of the Mind) should absolutely be skipped.

[@Vojtechsroub]

Awesome video, thank you. Again though, still no Terry Pratchett....hopefully someday...)

[@coltonhaun6588]

Hey Mike! I enjoy watching your videos. If you liked Ender’s Game, I think you’ll equally enjoy Ender’s Shadow. Bean is a highly intelligent, quiet, and deep thinking individual. It parallels the timeline of Ender’s Game which was also neat for me.

[@iWizard]

Btw, what kind of mic do you use for these book shelf tours and other videos where you're on the move?

[@zachbrehany2253]

And now i have inspiration for whenever i get my own place again and decide to create my library. As for your video: im in love. Though, as the hard core Anne Roce fan boy, would recommend putting The Mummy after Queen of the Damned (given her entire multiverse, that novel fits in between Damned and Body Theif as a way of fiving some light after the vampire smackdown in Queen plus to elaborte on what a certain vampire in Lestat said when he mentioned knowing Ramses; if Sanderson fans can go juts over Well and Age being misplaced, then i might as well throw the ghost of Rice a bone as well). Note for the people: dont take my posts all that serious, one of the few times i can geek out over this so might as well be the annoying fan boy. Lol

[@p_joshy_p3624]

Mike: unfortunately Melissa Mcphail sadly passed away before she could finish…….OMG I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS BOOK FOR MONTHS. 😂

[@jaredschmidt8440]

Shogun. Top 5 read. Read the whole Asian Saga which continues the story, but Shogun was amazing. Simply no regrets.

[@drasticbread249]

I hope you do reviews or even a read along of the Thomas Covenant books, at least the first trilogy. I am also wondering about that specific paperback set you have. I just ordered box set of the trade paperbacks for books 1-3 over 40 years old still in the shrink wrap, and I wonder how those new sets compare for reading.

[@timmeyer9191]

I've read Shogun. It's awesome historical fiction. Basically a European is plopped down during the Tokugawa rebellion in Japan, although names are changed. I highly recommend it.

[@joseph_b319]

I like what you do with the Funko. I have a Funko Velociraptor guarding my 1993 movie tie-in Jurassic Park book along with the rest of my Jurassic Park books. Hey Mike I would love to hear your review on Neuromancer, which that book has been sitting on my shelf for a few years waiting to be read.

[@dpbreviews1513]

Amazing!!!! Surprised you don’t have Dune book 2 graphic novel? Thanks for the vid

[@Arational]

A comic book publisher friend of mine was travelling through Maine and it was late. Rather than paying for a motel, he noticed an all night movie house and decided to spend the night there. Can you guess where this is going? The other person who decided to spend the night watching movies was Stephen King. They had both seen the movies on offer before and spent the night talking horor and comic books.

[@j.s.173]

I have something like 7k books at home. I read many, but maybe only 10% of them. My parents are greedy readers, now they pass any book they read to me because I now have more space left in the rooms than they have. 😅

[@jaredschmidt8440]

I just bought Tad Williams’ Otherland series in hard cover. One of my favorite reads second to WoT back in the late 90’s!

[@samm8190]

I will gladly take your Brian Lee Durfee extra books off your hands. I know it’s a great sacrifice, but I would be willing.

[@T2Darlantan]

you gotta read Speaker for the Dead in the Ender's Game series, it's a must read

[@appleoatmeal4634]

Love the Star Wars books quit reading after Chewie died but love them and yes the are canon 🙋‍♀️

[@andrewramsdale]

Mike ward is hated in the warhamer 40k community cuz he basically was an ultramarines fan boy and ruined a lot of other chapters

[@donovanchilton5817]

Real percussion pistols are extremely cheap and don’t need an FFL to acquire in Texas. Might’ve even gotten off cheaper.

[@Yesica1993]

I've always thought of reading some Star Wars books. But there are so many that it's overwhelming trying to figure out where to start. And I'm sure some are better written than others.

[@YaFeya13]

Your wife crocheted that Yoda for you ❤️❤️❤️

[@mikesbookreviews]

Yep. She's a wizard.

[@reading.with.rachel]

I wish I could send you my shelves but unfortunately most of my collection is in storage so my shelves right now are just a tiny sample.

[@kingzzz6509]

I’m not sure if it’s on the channel somewhere and I just haven’t seen it, but I’d like a video about the chronological order of the Star Wars books/series.

[@M_aryAnne]

Idk if you use the closet in that room but you could put some shelves in there to put book in.

[@musicbydeandre5242]

You probably have answered this a lot, but what are your top 3 favorite Stephen King books of all time?

[@wardo1602]

Awesome shelves / books! Great organization and displays. I've never counted mine, but we're probably comparable in number. However I only acquire them when I plan to read them soon, so no physical TBR really. Hey, I saw Rogue Squadron hiding there. Here's your monthly reminder that you will certainly enjoy it. The EU is canon forever.

[@RedFuryBooks]

Yep, you know you have a lot of books when you discover a book you thought you lost! Been there lol

[@kingzzz6509]

I have the paperbacks for Harry Potter, but I want to upgrade to hardcovers because the more I lend out my paperbacks the more damaged they are, and hardcovers hold up a lot better.

[@alanthompson7551]

You have to be trolling with arranging Vagabond that way. Seeing that beautiful artwork all backwards made me laugh.

[@larrykylemoose]

Idk if you’ll see this, but where did you get the actual bookshelves? Or the brand

[@silverx_1848]

What, read cursed child!! For the fun 😂. It will take around a day, it's not long

[@Stickitrigit.the3rd]

RUN by Blake crouch Is a great book! Glad to see a someone has a collection of his work, I have almost all of his books. Thanks for sharing!

[@Arational]

Besides what I have on the shelves, I have 501 books on my phone now in audio format.

[@farva8340]

My wife says I have a problem because I have 250 books. I should show her this video

[@ThisIsJaysWorld]

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government" 🤣🤣🤣

[@tootootmcbumbersnazzle6741]

Nice collection man! Where did you get your actual shelves from? They look sooooo good and I need some new shelves for my books

[@Arational]

I was hoping to see something from Mick Farren on your shelves. Keep an eye open, they are rare.

[@Newlotusdarma]

Soon you'll have to s5art putting book shelf in the middle of the room

[@ybernier1925]

Love this. I think your solution would be floor to ceiling book shelves look at all the real estate you're missing out on haha

[@teaandreads]

Your going to have to move to a bigger house. So you can get the double door library with a fireplace.