Off the Shelf - Michele Celeste García

Off the Shelf – My Reading Life in Pictures

Off the Shelf displays book covers for most of my reading life. Although I occasionally DNF books, if they’re here, I read them. I admit it, I do tend to be lenient. On the other hand, I’ve started to lose my patience a lot more easily than I did in the past. Sometimes I write my thoughts about a particular book on my Reveries page. A finished book here doesn’t necessarily mean a recommended book.

The search function to the right or on the bottom of this page links out to Bookshop.org, an indie source for books. In addition, the book covers here do as well, whenever possible. Those links go to my storefront on the Bookshop.org website, and I receive a small commission if you purchase a book there.

As of the end of January 2025, Bookshop.org finally has ebooks. so I’m linking to those as I update this page, whenever possible. Make sure you have access to the Bookshop.org app before you buy. While in some cases publishers have allowed the books to be sold DRM-free so you can sideload them onto a device, this is not the case for all of the ebooks right now (this is true for Kindle and Nook, too, FYI). Please support indie!

Are any of these books “off the shelf” for you, too? If so, what did you think about them? Let me know in the comments section below.

Off the Shelf 2025

Book cover for The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Book cover for Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

2024

Book cover for Stranger Things Worlds turned Upside Down Behind the Scenes Companion

Book cover for The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Off the Shelf 2023

Off the shelf, Book cover for How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies by Amy Wallen, illustrated by Emil Wilson, showing a cream-colored background with the title in brush stroke berry-colored text with the subtitle Sweet and Savory Secrets for Surviving the Writing Life below the main title, with a slice of cherry pie topped with white ice cream or whipped cream on a pink plate and the author and illustrator names at the bottom

Off the shelf, Cover of Cormac McCarthy's two-volume set, The Passenger and Stella Maris," with the left half showing a dark orange sky with a view from above a large body of water which seems to be the ocean, with clouds in the middle of the cover, somewhat darker than the orange of the rest of the cover. On the right-hand side is the cover of Stella Maris, which shows what looks to be the bright orange cloud of a nuclear explosion on the left side with the right side showing what appears to be a dead woman lying with her eyes closed in smoky blue tones with what seem to be water drops on her.

2022

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2 Comments

February 23, 2023 at 5:37 am 3 years ago

Kendra

This was nice to see. We have some overlaps with Jodi Picolt, Outlander, Harry Potter, Claire Keegan, The Girl Who Fell From The Sky,and now I have some new books to check out. Thank you.

1. February 23, 2023 at 6:37 am 3 years ago
  
  Michele G
  
  I just read the first Harry Potter for the first time, if you can believe it. Have read Small Things Like These twice now (listened, love the audiobook) and will reread it every Christmas, I think. I LOVED The Girl Who Fell from the Sky. The audiobook is really great. What did you think about the change in direction in Wish You Were Here (without giving any spoilers)?