Let’s be clear. Books are dumb. They really are a waste of time. Not just because the internet has rendered them useless and boring (you too, newspapers, ha-ha), but because on a whole, they are uninteresting, slow-moving, flat, dull, use-your-own-imagination time-killers. But, having said that, I defend books, for one reason and one reason only: Bookshelves. That’s right. Bookcases. Shelves for books. Glorious. Incredible. Wonderful. It is SOOOOO GREAT to be able to have shelves and books just lined up on them — organized, classified, categorized in order — by title, author, or whatever wacky system you may utilize. Bookshelves. Bookcases. Wonderful. So while I’m 110% for DVDs and CDs and BluRays, I’m about 32% for books. And we’re speaking here about books on shelves. Not books in general. Books in general I would give about 6%, and that’s just because I love those great joke books. I admit, I have more than a few of them. Call it a weakness for “Dead Baby” jokes, but alas, I do have books. Joke books with Dead Baby jokes. I would use my favorite Dead Baby joke here, the one about “How many dead babies does it take to fill a shelf?” — but it’s probably not appropriate. But what is very appropriate is to tell you about a really humdinger of a shelf, a BOOKshelf, that would be terrific for books, joke books, baby books — any kind of books you can imagine. Let me tell you about the Bookshelf - 2 Shelf from Stacks and Stacks. Prepare to be impressed.

It’s almost too good to be true: both strong steel exterior and shelf construction together with a solid fiberboard back, making these bookshelves the best value on the market today. Attractive, plastic snap-in radius corners make assembly easy and add to the overall strength of these bookcases. Shelves adjust at 1″ intervals during assembly. Generous 12″ deep shelves accommodate 3-ring binders and large publications. Shelf count includes fixed bottom of bookcase. You can choose printed steel in Medium Oak or baked enamel finishes in Black, Gray or Sand, if the spirit moves you. Comes in a 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 shelf unit. Easy assembly with quick-lock fasteners, which make this a triumph for the short and the tall among us. Perhaps one day evolution will weed out the short, and the tall will no longer be tall as there will be nothing to compare them to. Until that day, we will have step-ladders. And whiners. And so on.

The Bookshelf - 2 Shelf. Recommended.