Every day or so, a book appears on the hold shelf for me.

Every day or so, I take that book off the hold shelf and put it in my office to check out later.

Because I cannot physically carry home the amount of books I put on hold.

This is a cycle that will never end.

This is my drawer of shame.

Checked Out

1. Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan
2. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
3. Marriage Rules by Harriet Lerner
4. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
5. Midnight in Paris
6. The Muppets Movie
7. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship by Russell Freedman
8. Domino Book of Decorating by Deborah Needleman
9. The Book of Mormon Girl by Joanna Brooks
10. The Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw
11. Design*Sponge at Home by Grace Bonney
12. Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield
13. Dinner: A Love Story by Jenny Rosenstrach
14. Dying to Know You by Aidan Chambers
15. How Fiction Works by James Wood
16. Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
17. Penelope by Rebecca Harrington
18. This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
19. The Five Love Languages by Gary D. Chapman
20. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
21. I Thought It Was Just Me by Brene Brown
22. The Impostor’s Daughter by Laurie Sandell
23. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
24. The New Rules of Marriage by Terrence Real
25. Signed by Zelda by Kate Feiffer
26. This is not a Test by Courtney Summers
27. Confessions of an Introvert: The Shy Girl’s Guide to Career, Networking and Getting the Most Out of Life by Meghan Wier
28. Fifty Shades Darker by E L James (judge away)
29. MWF Seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche

On Hold

1. Daring Greatly:How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
2. The Future of Us by Jay Asher
3. Happy Endings, Season One
4. Jeff Who Lives at Home
5. My Teenage Dream Ended by Farrah Abraham
6. Titanic
7. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray – audio
8. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos – audio
9. Every Day by David Levithan
10. Sharpen Your Hells: Mrs. Moneypenny’s Career Advice for Ambitious Women
11. A Wrinkle in Time Graphic Novel by Hope Larson
12. Young House Love by Sherry Petersik
13. 2012 Olympics: USA Women’s Gymnastics (I didn’t have cable!!)
14. The House That Groaned by Karrie Fransman
15. Live Through This by Mindi Scott
16. No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Michaeux Nelson
17. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
18. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel
19. Off Balance: A Memoir by Dominique Moceanu
20. The Dinner by Herman Koch
21. Dare Me by Megan Abbott
22. Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
23. It Starts With Food by Dallas Hartwig
24. The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle
25. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
26. Motherland by Amy Sohn
27. You’re Not Doing It Right by Michael Ian Black
28. Mad Men Season 5
29. God Bless America
30. Shameless Season 2
31. Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer
32. The Wire Season 1
33. Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
34. Wanderlust
35. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
36. The Artist
37. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
38. The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
39. The Hunger Games
40. Cabin in the Woods
41. The Five-Year Engagement
42. Marvel’s The Avengers
43. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn