A Dating Coach's Lookshelf

1) Who are you and where are you?

I'm Adam LoDolce and I'm an inspirational dating speaker and a dating coach based out of Boston.

2) What do you do for work?

I help people improve themselves for the dating world. I focus on building men and women's self-esteem, confidence and something known as their social freedom: the ability to be outgoing and socially comfortable.

3) What do you do for fun?

Love to ride my motorcycle and play guitar.

4) Tell me something about your bookshelves.

I love self help books and books on dating.

5) Tell me something about ONE of the books on your shelf.

Being Alone Sucks is a book I wrote and, yes it's showcased on my shelf. It tells my own story and helps people with their dating lives.

A Kingsley Amis Lookshelf

1) Who are you and where are you?

I'm Tim and I live in Oakland, California.

2) What do you do for work?

I'm a writer.

3) What do you do for fun?

Enjoy the California coast, read, eat out.

4) Tell me something about your bookshelves.

These three shelves are devoted to a collection of novels and other writings (journalism, ephemera, criticism, etc.) by and about Kingsley Amis, one of the great figures of post-war British literature. All of the books shown here but one are British first editions, many of them signed by the author.

5) Tell me something about ONE of the books on your shelf.

"Colonel Sun" (2nd shelf, 2nd book from left) was the first authorized James Bond pastiche; it appeared in 1968 under the pseudonym "Robert Markham," though Amis's authorship was well publicized. Amis wrote two other books about the James Bond "canon."

A "One Man's Trash..." Lookshelf

1) Who are you and where are you?

Madeline Stewart, 24 year old Australian in Brisbane. 

2) What do you do for work?

I am a flight attendant, my face muscles constantly hurt from fake smiling at obnoxious, vile business folk. I am also a health promotion student working diligently toward a career where hopefully all smiles will be genuine.

3) What do you do for fun?

The usual, music festivals, house parties, road trips, painting, growing strawberries...

4) Tell me something about your bookshelves.

The bookshelf is organised in no particular order however as I'm short I put the ones I don't like (like my boyfriend's fish encyclopaedias) much further up the top. Those shelves didn't make the photo.

5) Tell me something about ONE of the books on your shelf.

The red book in the bottom left I plucked from a suburban garbage pile in Greenwich Village. I was on foot and treated it much like a flower picked passing by. As fate would have it, it was an art students watercolour journal from the 90's. It's full of amazing, provocative entries. I googled the owner and they're now the director of a rather famous art museum in New York.

A Transformers & Exes Lookshelf

1) Who are you and where are you?

I'm Lincoln living in Staten Island.

2) What do you do for work?

My 9 - 5 job has me stuck in an office doing accounting for a mid-sized Manhattan construction firm. After that, I work as a free lance bar & liquor reviewer.

3) What do you do for fun?

Write, walk around Manhattan and discover new spirits.

4) Tell me something about your bookshelves.

The actual bookcase is from my ex. It's one of the thing I got when we split. The books are mostly from my childhood in the Bronx. The shot glass is from my girlfriend in Canada.
 
5) Tell me something about ONE of the books on your shelf.

The set of books next to the Transformer are filled with quotes from friends, family, Television shows & movies from 1990 - 2005.

A Grouped-By-Author Lookshelf

 1) Who are you and where are you?
My name is Jessica and I'm a Women's Studies major at Brooklyn College. I live in Brooklyn, NY.
 
2) What do you do for work?
I intern part-time for a non-profit organization, Alternatives to Marriage.
 
3) What do you do for fun?
I read a lot. I usually read at least three books at a time. I also enjoy cooking, watching movies/TV, walking, play records, brewing and drinking tea and spending time with my best friend's cat.
 
4) Tell me something about your bookshelves.
I have two bookshelves. One is big with four shelves. The photo features a portion of only two of them. My other bookshelf contains twenty or so books I've already read and love. I also have a milk crate below the big bookshelf that stores the rest of the books I've already read. I don't organize by topic, genre or color. I do group the same author's books together though.
 
 5) Tell me something about ONE of the books on your shelf.
It's not in the photo I sent but I'm proud to say I have a 1937 copy of Thoreau's "Walden." It's in great condition. It's a small, orange, hardcover book and I never intend to give it away.