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Re: Mainly by topic/genre Camilla Send a noteboard - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM
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.


Do you subdivide within the genre alphabetically? Or according to sub-type?
*MySmiley*
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How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:57:57 AM 1774 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1206 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1482 Views
I'm sure you do. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1579 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1407 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1509 Views
Re: Yeah. Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1428 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 830 Views
Bookshelfs are an outdated concept. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 01:34:07 PM 1566 Views
This has occurred to me Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1577 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1440 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1453 Views
With the added bonus of... Kaldric - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1319 Views
Good point snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1451 Views
Re: Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:18:21 PM 1398 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1550 Views
Re: LOL! Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1423 Views
Yeah... rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1495 Views
horizontaly Yunalesca - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1472 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1396 Views
You make it sound like I only have one Tom - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1580 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1431 Views
In answer to your questions: Tom - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1497 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1495 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. Tom - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1479 Views
Aha! Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1464 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? Legolas - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1210 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. Tom - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1394 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. Legolas - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1453 Views
Re: I don't. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1415 Views
Re: I don't. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1492 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1372 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1617 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM 1480 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:44:34 PM 1441 Views
Re: why should they not be? Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1407 Views
Re: why should they not be? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1443 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1438 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1402 Views
Well, they should fit together. jh - 24/11/2009 04:28:20 PM 1463 Views
Re: Well, they should fit together. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:32:48 PM 1408 Views
Hmmm. jh - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1484 Views
Re: Hmmm. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1468 Views
I don't... anymore. Kaldric - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1555 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1495 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1520 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1532 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1353 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:18:57 PM 1358 Views
Incidentally... MonCul - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1521 Views
Re: Incidentally... Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:23:31 PM 1605 Views
Re: Better real estate MonCul - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1436 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? vandevere - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1321 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1505 Views
Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1286 Views
Re: Actually... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1437 Views
Re: Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1416 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1430 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1474 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1364 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1389 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Mats imaginary friend - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1422 Views
Re: Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:06:12 AM 1420 Views
Mainly by topic/genre Floffe - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1567 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1413 Views
Neither, actually Floffe - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1525 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 814 Views
I can never agree with myself how to organise Pratchett Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:09:31 AM 1521 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... Murtach74 - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1437 Views
How do you decide which books go where on the good shelf? *NM* Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:10:00 AM 788 Views
i have 4 different bookshelf areas... temeraire - 25/11/2009 02:33:35 AM 1251 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1498 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... Bookwyrm - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1555 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. Danae al'Thor - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1460 Views
Are your books happy with this? Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1402 Views
Obsessively Elaine - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1332 Views
Re: Obsessively Camilla - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1497 Views
Hmmm. Elaine - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1330 Views
Hmm.... Great Lord of Chaos - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1431 Views
Re: Hmm.... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1430 Views
Mainly by series. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1295 Views
Re: Mainly by series. Camilla - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1350 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1419 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1294 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1404 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1485 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 1376 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 1382 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Tim - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1431 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Camilla - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1455 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. jh - 27/11/2009 07:59:26 PM 1535 Views
It is an A. Rebekah - 29/11/2009 10:19:50 AM 1459 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 911 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1371 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically Camilla - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1374 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1577 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away random thoughts - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1276 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away Camilla - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1387 Views
Perfectly. nossy - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1530 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1396 Views
Re: Perfectly. nossy - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1447 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1543 Views
I do not believe so. nossy - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1393 Views
just checking. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 760 Views
Like this Larry - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1538 Views
Re: Like this Camilla - 03/12/2009 09:08:27 AM 1505 Views
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