I Hate Bookshelves(Bookshelf challenge)

by Mighty-Joe Young

The shelf itself is little, by grownupstandards (one word)
but when i was a kid it was huge. When the lime green paint was new it used to house DR. Suess,Where the Wild Things Are,a book about model trains, and a Darth Vader action figure carrying case
Now the green paint is barely visible, and the only Seuss book is his book of erotic paintings. I never got a model train, but i guess it’s never to late when it comes to a boy’s love of model trains. I still have the darth vader case, but now it houses my coin collection.In one slot, where luke used to live, there’s a car wash token from the day my mom found out she was pregnant with my sister.(1984) There is a movie token from the first time i met my dad(i jumped the turnstile and kept the token1980) in the slot Yoda lived in. My most valuable coins live in Boba Fett’s old slot, a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny. Forty one cents, from the time my grandpa took me to breakfast at Mabelle’s and let me keep the change.(2007)

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. I Hate Bookshelves(Bookshelf challenge)

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I hate bookshelves because I can never fit all of my favorite books. I would literally need wall to wall shelving. Hmm…. And I just learned something new about Dr. Seuss, reading this. Nice job describing the coin collection and its significance.

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    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 3 months ago

    Well, bookshelves CAN just hold clutter. And they are cumbersome when moving, not to mention all those heavy tomes! Nice segway into something personal which also fulfills the challenge. :) I have a few coins myself, though mostly golden dollars and Canadian coins that I can’t spend here in the midwest. Thanks for entering!

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    Jenunique's Buddy Icon Jenunique

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    A place for our stuff…;D (RIP- G.C.)
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    I don’t think (even with the week long celebration in honor of The Geisel) that the new generations fully appreciate Dr. Seuss the way we did way back when.
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    I love the description of your valuable coins. Most would expect some rare mint, oddly dated coin. But yours are definitely priceless!

  4. I Hate Bookshelves(Bookshelf challenge)

    chakatreatmentson!(LoA)'s Buddy Icon chakatreatmentson!(LoA)

    Posted 3 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    I hate bookshelves cuz ninja moles can push them over on you and you’ll be trapped for days and days and no one will care, because the jank gnomes will have prank called all your friends from your phone so they’ll all be pissed and not tryin to holla at a nigga anyway

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