Thursday, 24 February 2011

Building a Fort..... with my BOOKS!

Never let it be said that I'm completely sane. What else would a single gal get up to on a Thursday night but start building a fort from her books.

I've learnt three things from this exercise:

1) I really absolutely could build a fort from my books - those you see in the pictures to follow are the ones that were just stacked on various surfaces within easy reach. I didn't touch any one of the three bookcases I own that are triple stacked...

2) I have a vast thirst for all types of literature - most genres are represented in these piles: chick lit, contemporary, crime, thriller, science fiction, urban fantasy, straight up fantasy, tie in fiction, YA, children's.... Something for all, I reckon!

3) You need an engineering degree to stack books so that they don't fall down like some sort of hideous jenga game once past a certain height! There was one point I became in danger of looking EXACTLY like this picture that Sam Sykes kindly once drew of me:






So, without further ado, let me present some pictures of my fort building activities (yep, you can start shaking your head at my bizarre life right... about... NOW)...

The foundations of said fort (aka where it all started to go wrong - note the different sizes and shapes. If I'd only gone with just hardbacks *sigh* #chanceslost):





Hmm, using the small floor plan of my living room might have been another rooky error...

The walls creep ever larger:





The point where I started fearing for my life....





Not the most stable of forts, I think you'll agree. Have fun checking out my book titles, why doncha!

Here's another shot:





You know how I plan to entertain myself next? By leaving my mini fort up so that my housemate can stumble upon it on his return from a night out. It's okay, he already knows I'm mad *grin*

I dare y'all to make better forts than I! Report back, soldier!
Posted by Magemanda at 22:26
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22 comments:

  1. Salt-Man Z24 February 2011 at 22:37

    I...I have no words.

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  2. Magemanda24 February 2011 at 22:38

    Is that no words in a good way or a bad way??!

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  3. Ruacach24 February 2011 at 22:48

    I have a little Book fort on top of my wadrobe, yours is bigger but mine has a Trebuchet.... :P

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  4. Allisyn24 February 2011 at 22:54

    I love it! *ponders* I could make a book fort...

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  5. Cray24 February 2011 at 22:55

    My book fort has a door...

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  6. SunTiger24 February 2011 at 23:14

    LMAO. I love LOVE love this posting. It's entertaining and creatively awesome. Now THIS fort building exercise is definitely one reason why having physical copies of books would be better than keeping all the books on an iPad. I kept arguing for the iPad because it eliminated the need to buy more real estate for book cases ... but building a fort could come in quite handy if we're ever under zombie attack or something.

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  7. SunTiger24 February 2011 at 23:17

    I thought this was so funny I tweeted a link and posted it on Facebook. {Thanks for making book blogging so very fun.}

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  8. Sarah24 February 2011 at 23:22

    Love this post! I could totally build a fort with my books, in fact I don't even know why I'm bothering to look for a new flat to move into - I should just build a book fort to live in LOL

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  9. Unknown24 February 2011 at 23:39

    I think you just became my idol.

    Guess who's building their own book fort this weekend? ;D

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  10. Tea and Tomes25 February 2011 at 00:30

    This is so awesome! I'd build a book fort in my dining room, but I think my roommate might have a fit!

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  11. Salt-Man Z25 February 2011 at 01:55

    No words in a good way. But also I hope no one gets injured! And by "no one" I mean "no books"! :)

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  12. Anonymous25 February 2011 at 02:25

    i think thats called bipolar manic behaviour :)

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  13. LearningLifelong25 February 2011 at 02:55

    Hardcovers probably work better but they make a more expensive type of fort!

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  14. Steve Halter25 February 2011 at 03:06

    Cool. You should interleave them though.

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  15. Stephen Aryan25 February 2011 at 07:46

    Oh my....um, we're all here as friends, but there might have to be an intervention. I think you have a book addiction problem! :-)

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  16. Natasha Larry25 February 2011 at 07:48

    that is phenomenal

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  17. Claire (Cem)25 February 2011 at 09:00

    Haha!! That is awesome!! I'd totally live in that. You're also really making me want to build a fort from my own books...no space in my room and parents would fume at the living room tho *sigh*

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  18. Mieneke van der Salm25 February 2011 at 11:37

    Oh man, this is just priceless! I'm so showing this to Wiebe tonight *grins* How did the flatmate take it?

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  19. GunMetalBlue25 February 2011 at 14:44

    Great fort!

    Note: There is no door. Do you phase in and out of it VIA a hole in reality?

    :D

    You're the best Amanda!!

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  20. Aaron Pound25 February 2011 at 14:48

    You need to interlock the books for added stability. Trust me. This advice comes from experience.

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  21. Allisyn5 March 2011 at 03:15

    So I ended up inspired to make a book fort, if you are interested here's my effort: http://takarameri.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-crazy-book-fort.html

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  22. Unknown26 February 2015 at 22:12

    lol love it! could totally do this with my collection :)

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