Scene of the Blog Featuring Bibliophile of Reading in Reykjavík

As many of the rest of you do, I like reading book blogs from around the world. This week Scene of the Blog is traveling all the way to Iceland to visit Bibliophile whose blog, Reading in Reykjavík, has become one of my favorites.

Bibliophile is a researcher and translator, and her book blog reflects her eclectic reading tastes. One of my favorite parts is her series of Icelandic folktales, closely followed by her talking of Iceland's Library Day as well as the fact that displaying the family library in the living room is an old Icelandic tradition. (Can you tell that learning the bookish traditions of other countries is something I love to do?)

I was hoping she'd be able to share a photo or two of Iceland, but the cloud cover was not cooperating. Instead, I would suggest that you also visit her photography blog, Iceland etc. Besides having absolutely wonderful photos of India, there are many of Iceland, like one of a particularly gorgeous sunset.

I sincerely hope that you'll visit both her blogs because they're excellent. As always, please say hello while you're there! And... you know the drill-- Click on any of the photos in this post to view them full size.

Bibliophile's home office

The beauty of having wi-fi Internet is that you can blog from anywhere in the house, although I prefer to do it from my home office.

The home office is still set up as it was while I was freelancing as a translator, so the books you see are mostly reference works and dictionaries, interspersed with craft manuals and office supplies, but my short story collection is  slowly taking over a couple of shelves.

 

Craft area

The home office doubles as a workroom, the current set-up being for rock-painting.

Bibliophile's desk

I got my Great Big Desk when my father’s office was renovated many years ago and they sold the cast-off furniture. It has gone through several moves with me and is still as sturdy as ever. Dad helped me add the shelves, but it’s still not big enough. Stuff tends to accumulate on it in some mysterious and not altogether intentional manner until I lose something and then I tidy up while I look for the missing item. The drawers are full of things that are either useful or might be useful some day, like telephone plugs, old tax returns, postcards, 3.5-inch diskettes and crumbling rubber bands. I keep intending to organise them, but something always comes up (usually a book).

I have a docking station for the laptop on my desk so I can use my extra screen and full-size keyboard. Having two screens means I can blog and do research simultaneously without having to constantly switch between windows.

I love Bibliophile's home office. The yellow walls are bright and cheery, and the window lets in so much light. I can see myself getting a lot of work done in that room.

I also like the large craft area she has in the room. In years past, I often wanted a space such as that so I wouldn't have to put large projects away every day.

Thank you so much for letting us glimpse into your creative space, Bibliophile. We're so glad that you're a part of this worldwide book blogging community!

Who will be next Wednesday's guest on Scene of the Blog? This week we headed east. Next week, we'll be winging our way to the west. See you then!