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Mainly by topic/genre Floffe Send a noteboard - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM
This is important stuff. At least to some of us. I mean me.

My bookshelf is organised not according to genre or the alphabeth or chronology, but according to how it makes sense in my head. Books that feel the same belong together. This is not only based on content, but also on how the book looks. I can have books by one author in several different locations.

Because most of my books are in Norway, and I have limited space for my books here, I find it increasingly difficult to organise my bookshelf in a way that makes me happy. Which means I keep reorganising it.

Oddly, all my school theory books are in alphabetical order according to author.

Am I mad?
How do you organise your bookshelf?

And within that, the rule is that the same author goes together. Exactly which end up together depends on how many of each I have. Pratchett gets most of two shelves, and then some other fantasy will be in the rest of the second, for example. And now it is almost midnight and I must go to sleep.
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How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:57:57 AM 1694 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1131 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1406 Views
I'm sure you do. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1493 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1344 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1425 Views
Re: Yeah. Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1357 Views
K is law, KD is UK law, and KDC is Scots law. That's all you need to know . *NM* Tim - 27/11/2009 02:35:34 PM 801 Views
Bookshelfs are an outdated concept. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 01:34:07 PM 1488 Views
This has occurred to me Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1510 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1360 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1380 Views
With the added bonus of... Kaldric - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1248 Views
Good point snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1379 Views
Re: Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:18:21 PM 1306 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1463 Views
Re: LOL! Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1354 Views
Yeah... rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1420 Views
horizontaly Yunalesca - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1381 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1319 Views
You make it sound like I only have one Tom - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1512 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1352 Views
In answer to your questions: Tom - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1418 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1417 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. Tom - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1395 Views
Aha! Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1395 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? Legolas - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1135 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. Tom - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1302 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. Legolas - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1372 Views
Re: I don't. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1331 Views
Re: I don't. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1398 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1291 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1534 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM 1405 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:44:34 PM 1361 Views
Re: why should they not be? Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1320 Views
Re: why should they not be? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1366 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1362 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1316 Views
Well, they should fit together. jh - 24/11/2009 04:28:20 PM 1388 Views
Re: Well, they should fit together. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:32:48 PM 1331 Views
Hmmm. jh - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1409 Views
Re: Hmmm. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1388 Views
I don't... anymore. Kaldric - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1470 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1419 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1452 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1454 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1276 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:18:57 PM 1277 Views
Incidentally... MonCul - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1448 Views
Re: Incidentally... Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:23:31 PM 1551 Views
Re: Better real estate MonCul - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1360 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? vandevere - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1246 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1417 Views
Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1219 Views
Re: Actually... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1356 Views
Re: Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1340 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1354 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1376 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1285 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1320 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Mats imaginary friend - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1337 Views
Re: Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:06:12 AM 1376 Views
Mainly by topic/genre Floffe - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1474 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1331 Views
Neither, actually Floffe - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1442 Views
The Pratchetts are in chronolgical order, and everything else is just fitted in wherever i will it *NM* Stephen - 24/11/2009 11:16:14 PM 788 Views
I can never agree with myself how to organise Pratchett Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:09:31 AM 1435 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... Murtach74 - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1355 Views
How do you decide which books go where on the good shelf? *NM* Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:10:00 AM 769 Views
i have 4 different bookshelf areas... temeraire - 25/11/2009 02:33:35 AM 1168 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1429 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... Bookwyrm - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1473 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. Danae al'Thor - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1381 Views
Are your books happy with this? Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1323 Views
Obsessively Elaine - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1257 Views
Re: Obsessively Camilla - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1414 Views
Hmmm. Elaine - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1251 Views
Hmm.... Great Lord of Chaos - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1358 Views
Re: Hmm.... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1351 Views
Mainly by series. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1215 Views
Re: Mainly by series. Camilla - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1270 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1342 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1221 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1312 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1412 Views
right now they're in stacks on the floor as i don't have enough shelf space moondog - 26/11/2009 11:57:44 PM 1309 Views
Re: right now they're in stacks on the floor as i don't have enough shelf space Camilla - 27/11/2009 08:34:52 AM 1302 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Tim - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1357 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Camilla - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1372 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. jh - 27/11/2009 07:59:26 PM 1460 Views
It is an A. Rebekah - 29/11/2009 10:19:50 AM 1379 Views
No it is not. Sushi might look like pickled herring but it is not the same thing. *NM* jh - 01/12/2009 06:01:07 PM 882 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1297 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically Camilla - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1292 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1503 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away random thoughts - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1199 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away Camilla - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1319 Views
Perfectly. nossy - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1439 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1303 Views
Re: Perfectly. nossy - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1366 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1460 Views
I do not believe so. nossy - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1315 Views
just checking. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 721 Views
Like this Larry - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1456 Views
Re: Like this Camilla - 03/12/2009 09:08:27 AM 1456 Views
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