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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 1776 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1208 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1483 Views
I'm sure you do. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1581 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1410 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1511 Views
Re: Yeah. Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1431 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Bookshelfs are an outdated concept.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 1568 Views
This has occurred to me Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1580 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1442 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1457 Views
With the added bonus of... Kaldric - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1323 Views
Good point snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1454 Views
Re: Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:18:21 PM 1400 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1552 Views
Re: LOL! Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1426 Views
Yeah... rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1498 Views
horizontaly Yunalesca - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1475 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1398 Views
You make it sound like I only have one Tom - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1583 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1432 Views
In answer to your questions: Tom - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1500 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1498 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. Tom - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1481 Views
Aha! Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1467 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? Legolas - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1213 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. Tom - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1397 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. Legolas - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1456 Views
Re: I don't. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1418 Views
Re: I don't. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1496 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1375 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1620 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 1443 Views
Re: why should they not be? Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1410 Views
Re: why should they not be? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1446 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1440 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1405 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 1409 Views
Hmmm. jh - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1487 Views
Re: Hmmm. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1470 Views
I don't... anymore. Kaldric - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1558 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1498 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1523 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1534 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1356 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:18:57 PM 1362 Views
Incidentally... MonCul - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1523 Views
Re: Incidentally... Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:23:31 PM 1608 Views
Re: Better real estate MonCul - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1438 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? vandevere - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1324 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1507 Views
Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1289 Views
Re: Actually... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1440 Views
Re: Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1419 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1433 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1478 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1367 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1391 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Mats imaginary friend - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1424 Views
Re: Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:06:12 AM 1421 Views
Mainly by topic/genre Floffe - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1570 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1414 Views
Neither, actually Floffe - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1528 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 815 Views
I can never agree with myself how to organise Pratchett Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:09:31 AM 1524 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... Murtach74 - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1439 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 1254 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1501 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... Bookwyrm - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1557 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. Danae al'Thor - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1463 Views
Are your books happy with this? Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1404 Views
Obsessively Elaine - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1336 Views
Re: Obsessively Camilla - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1501 Views
Hmmm. Elaine - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1330 Views
Hmm.... Great Lord of Chaos - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1434 Views
Re: Hmm.... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1432 Views
Mainly by series. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1296 Views
Re: Mainly by series. Camilla - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1353 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1421 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1297 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1405 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1488 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 1379 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 1384 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Tim - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1433 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Camilla - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1457 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 1462 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 912 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1374 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically Camilla - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1376 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1580 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away random thoughts - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1278 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away Camilla - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1388 Views
Perfectly. nossy - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1533 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1399 Views
Re: Perfectly. nossy - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1449 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1546 Views
I do not believe so. nossy - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1397 Views
just checking. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 761 Views
Like this Larry - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1541 Views
Re: Like this Camilla - 03/12/2009 09:08:27 AM 1508 Views
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