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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 1731 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1164 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1442 Views
I'm sure you do. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1527 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1370 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1462 Views
Re: Yeah. Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1384 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 817 Views
Bookshelfs are an outdated concept. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 01:34:07 PM 1526 Views
This has occurred to me Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1536 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1390 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1410 Views
With the added bonus of... Kaldric - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1279 Views
Good point snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1412 Views
Re: Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:18:21 PM 1348 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1504 Views
Re: LOL! Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1383 Views
Yeah... rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1452 Views
horizontaly Yunalesca - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1423 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1351 Views
You make it sound like I only have one Tom - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1537 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1389 Views
In answer to your questions: Tom - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1451 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1452 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. Tom - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1435 Views
Aha! Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1426 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? Legolas - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1166 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. Tom - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1337 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. Legolas - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1406 Views
Re: I don't. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1368 Views
Re: I don't. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1433 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1327 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1569 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM 1437 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:44:34 PM 1392 Views
Re: why should they not be? Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1358 Views
Re: why should they not be? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1399 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1397 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1355 Views
Well, they should fit together. jh - 24/11/2009 04:28:20 PM 1420 Views
Re: Well, they should fit together. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:32:48 PM 1367 Views
Hmmm. jh - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1445 Views
Re: Hmmm. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1423 Views
I don't... anymore. Kaldric - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1509 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1452 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1484 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1487 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1312 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:18:57 PM 1312 Views
Incidentally... MonCul - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1480 Views
Re: Incidentally... Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:23:31 PM 1580 Views
Re: Better real estate MonCul - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1393 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? vandevere - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1277 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1456 Views
Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1250 Views
Re: Actually... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1392 Views
Re: Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1375 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1391 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1412 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1322 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1353 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Mats imaginary friend - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1383 Views
Re: Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:06:12 AM 1399 Views
Mainly by topic/genre Floffe - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1518 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1365 Views
Neither, actually Floffe - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1482 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 800 Views
I can never agree with myself how to organise Pratchett Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:09:31 AM 1475 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... Murtach74 - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1391 Views
How do you decide which books go where on the good shelf? *NM* Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:10:00 AM 779 Views
i have 4 different bookshelf areas... temeraire - 25/11/2009 02:33:35 AM 1208 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1462 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... Bookwyrm - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1508 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. Danae al'Thor - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1414 Views
Are your books happy with this? Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1359 Views
Obsessively Elaine - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1287 Views
Re: Obsessively Camilla - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1448 Views
Hmmm. Elaine - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1285 Views
Hmm.... Great Lord of Chaos - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1392 Views
Re: Hmm.... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1386 Views
Mainly by series. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1251 Views
Re: Mainly by series. Camilla - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1306 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1378 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1252 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1358 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1444 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 1337 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 1336 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Tim - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1388 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Camilla - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1411 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. jh - 27/11/2009 07:59:26 PM 1496 Views
It is an A. Rebekah - 29/11/2009 10:19:50 AM 1415 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 896 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1328 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically Camilla - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1333 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1532 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away random thoughts - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1237 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away Camilla - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1353 Views
Perfectly. nossy - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1475 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1346 Views
Re: Perfectly. nossy - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1404 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1496 Views
I do not believe so. nossy - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1350 Views
just checking. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 739 Views
Like this Larry - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1492 Views
Re: Like this Camilla - 03/12/2009 09:08:27 AM 1482 Views
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