Linda | 
01 21st, 2010| 
Martin from This Rugged Life emailed me a response to my blog entry about organizing my bookshelves. He said he spent a whole Friday night in to rearrange. He did a pretty decent job! You can tell a lot about someone by the books they have… It’s almost like peeking in their underwear drawer. He was brave enough to let me share his collection! It’s an impressive one. If I didn’t know him (which I kind of don’t), I’d guess that he’s a well traveled, boxing, social-justice-and-politically-aware guy who enjoys Stephen King and knows how to cook. I wonder how far off I am? I especially love his nonbook artifacts that are also displayed.
Biographies, Politics, and a Hammer for his Gong
Fiction
More Fiction
Boxing Books
More Politics, Sociology, Philosophy
Sociology, Philosophy and a Piece of Corral from Thailand.
Travel Books, Backpacking, Survival and Topographical Maps
Cook Books, Reference and an Opium Pipe
Photo Albums
Comics (per Martin: “Don’t judge”), Boxing Magazines, and his Grandfather’s Bayonet
Texas native. Living and working in Austin, TX. Twenty something. In hot pursuit of good food, adventure, and laughter. Dreams of owning her own place with a big giant library.
January 21st, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Heh. If I ever did this I would do some judicious editing before I posted. No one should know just how many romance and fantasy novels I have. ;)
January 21st, 2010 at 4:48 pm
meffy,
lol i know some girl friends who keep some books underneath their bed whenever guys come over.
and i know a guy friend who takes pictures of his dates’ bookshelves with his phone!!!
January 21st, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Hey, thats my stuff! Regarding the non-book objects, I should bring attention to the second picture. There is a grasshopper made out of vines. When I was in Costa Rica, I was riding in the back of pickup truck with a local guide. As we passed by a large tree with vines wrapped around it, he reached out and pulled a handful of plant from it. While he drove he twisted it around into the shape of the grasshopper that I still have. It was remarkebly accurate and looks just like a real one. Cool, huh?
January 21st, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Martin,
that’s SO cool. it looks like a dried up real grasshopper. I love it. and am a little envious
January 21st, 2010 at 8:49 pm
gotta love a man with enough books to actually fill a bookshelf.
bookshelves are totally my version of the medicine cabinet (so much more interesting snooping, in my opinion).
i keep my “girly” books on my shelf but the embarrassing self-help-y ones are in my closet. :)
January 21st, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Kim, true that. we always talk about wanting men who actually read. Too bad Martin’s in Cali or I’d have a handful of girls to introduce him too!
i sometimes put my journals in my closet when i have guests :)
January 22nd, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Sounds like I need to move Austin…