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Re: Two different planes of organisation. Danae al'Thor Send a noteboard - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM
when the books are too big for the pile, I place them at the side or at the bottom, but in the same pile. I feel bad about it, but not very. The organisation is just for convenience, I'm actually at this point ethically opposed to it. Books should be a jumble. An undusty jumble. (Then it doesn't matter that the big books are at the bottom.)

This means that this weekend I will probably just dust everybook and put them in neat piles.


But if they should be in a jumble, why put them in neat piles?


When I say neat piles, I mean, you know, if they are all tidily in one physical space. I am quite territorial over my books.

But when I say they are jumbled, I mean they are not organised. They are put in those piles in any order or category. The only order is a physical one, mandated by size and alignment. This is a useful order - physical volume and alignment - sicne it helps you put as many books as possible in a space, and also ensures that they are not falling out everytime you open a cupboard, and it also means that pages don't get dented. (all of these has happened to me.)

But Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic is miles away from The Colour of Magic. Right now it's lodged over Abha Daweswar's Babyji and under Don Delilo's Underworld. (Which last is a library book.)
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How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 10:57:57 AM 1776 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1208 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1483 Views
I'm sure you do. - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1581 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1410 Views
Yeah. - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1511 Views
Re: Yeah. - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1431 Views
Bookshelfs are an outdated concept. - 24/11/2009 01:34:07 PM 1568 Views
This has occurred to me - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1580 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1442 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1457 Views
With the added bonus of... - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1323 Views
Good point - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1454 Views
Re: - 24/11/2009 05:18:21 PM 1400 Views
LOL! - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1552 Views
Re: LOL! - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1426 Views
Yeah... - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1498 Views
horizontaly - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1475 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1398 Views
You make it sound like I only have one - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1583 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1432 Views
In answer to your questions: - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1500 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1498 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1481 Views
Aha! - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1468 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1213 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1397 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1456 Views
Re: I don't. - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1418 Views
Re: I don't. - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1496 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1376 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1620 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM 1481 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. - 24/11/2009 05:44:34 PM 1443 Views
Re: why should they not be? - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1410 Views
Re: why should they not be? - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1446 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1440 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1405 Views
Well, they should fit together. - 24/11/2009 04:28:20 PM 1464 Views
Re: Well, they should fit together. - 24/11/2009 04:32:48 PM 1410 Views
Hmmm. - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1487 Views
Re: Hmmm. - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1471 Views
I don't... anymore. - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1559 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1498 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1523 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1534 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1356 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 05:18:57 PM 1362 Views
Incidentally... - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1523 Views
Re: Incidentally... - 24/11/2009 06:23:31 PM 1608 Views
Re: Better real estate - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1439 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1324 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1507 Views
Actually... - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1289 Views
Re: Actually... - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1440 Views
Re: Actually... - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1419 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1433 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1478 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1367 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1392 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1424 Views
Mainly by topic/genre - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1570 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1414 Views
Neither, actually - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1528 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1439 Views
How do you decide which books go where on the good shelf? *NM* - 25/11/2009 11:10:00 AM 789 Views
i have 4 different bookshelf areas... - 25/11/2009 02:33:35 AM 1254 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1501 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1557 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1463 Views
Are your books happy with this? - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1404 Views
Obsessively - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1336 Views
Re: Obsessively - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1501 Views
Hmmm. - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1330 Views
Hmm.... - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1434 Views
Re: Hmm.... - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1432 Views
Mainly by series. - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1296 Views
Re: Mainly by series. - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1353 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1421 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1297 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1405 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1488 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1433 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1457 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. - 27/11/2009 07:59:26 PM 1536 Views
It is an A. - 29/11/2009 10:19:50 AM 1462 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1374 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1376 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1580 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1278 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1388 Views
Perfectly. - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1533 Views
Re: Perfectly. - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1399 Views
Re: Perfectly. - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1449 Views
Re: Perfectly. - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1546 Views
I do not believe so. - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1398 Views
just checking. *NM* - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 761 Views
Like this - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1541 Views
Re: Like this - 03/12/2009 09:08:27 AM 1508 Views

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