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mines now in read and to read :D and damn does my shelf look pretty
mines now in read and to read :D and damn does my shelf look pretty
Alphabetical by author and then by title within the author's section. I don't do genre.
I must be an addict to be so fascinated by this thread. :)
Ellie wrote: "I must be an addict to be so fascinated by this thread. :)"Lol... me too Ellie. This is good stuff. It's nice to see what the other book nuts in the world are up to.
Btw, I like to organize by genre first then authors but I like to arrange the books by height (or, more accurately, in the most aesthetically pleasing way) so I disregard alphabetical. I also have several small book areas so I might have two or three places of one genre or another - my favorites being the most prominently displayed of course. :^)
I've been trying to alphabetize, but it's becoming difficult since i books stored in every room of my house. I may try filing them by location, sort of like the person with the rubbermaid system. I found LT before GR--I'll have to check out all the features on GR.
I see-I found GR before LT. It's all in the timing I guess :D
"In piles" came to my mind. TBR. Read. Collector. Cousins. Non-scaries for friends. Scaries for friends. Donate. I'm alphabetically-challenged, as has been proven many times over on GR....I'd never make it ito alpha-order. LOL....
I often have a problem with space and have thought about getting an e-reader but I don't think it would keep me from buying regular books. I suppose I'm proud of my book collection. Unfortunatly my children aren't as attracted to books as I am. That could be why I look for people outside of my circle that have like interests. Some of my best friends pride temselves on not reading a single book since school. I don't press the point but can't imagine life without the rest and comfort reading gives me. As an American in Europe I read different languages at work but my home library is almost exclusivly English.
Thom wrote: "I often have a problem with space and have thought about getting an e-reader but I don't think it would keep me from buying regular books. I suppose I'm proud of my book collection. Unfortunatly my..."I put the different writers together as generally the subject matter follows. I don't have a card or file system but have a general idea where I should look.
I just organize loosely by fiction & nonfiction. Nonfiction are grouped by subject...gardening, fishing, home improvement. Fiction is a free for all with books highest on my to read list occupying a couple of shelves. And of course I have the bibliophile's obligatory pile-o-books on the nightstand.
I sort by an odd combination of theme/author and aesthetics. I'd rather remove from a shelf a book that clashes with its neighbors, even though it's thematically consistent or by the same author.
This also means I try to get common editions of like books; for example, I'm trading my Penguin Classics version of Gilles Deleuze's Anti-Oedipus for the Minnesota Press edition, to match A Thousand Plateaus. Yes, I'm mildly insane.
I wonder if there are people out there like me that have multiple copies of the same books? Joseph Heller's Catch 22 is one of the best books I've ever read. I have at least four copies of it as I tend to wear them out.
Thom wrote: "I wonder if there are people out there like me that have multiple copies of the same books? Joseph Heller's Catch 22 is one of the best books I've ever read. I have at least four copies of it as I ..."I have two copies of Lousia May Alcott's A Long Fatal Love Chase. I will be grabbing more if I find them!
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One of the things I like to collect is multiple copies of my favorite titles, primarily for the illustrations. For example, I have four copies each of Treasure Island and Kidnapped and three copies of Huckleberry Finn.
Schnaucl wrote: "Joseph wrote: "So, what do you think? :-) I think I'm really impressed! I also think it's interesting that you separate fantasy and scifi since bookstores and the libraries I've visited have ..."
well I think sci fi is based round what actually may come to pass. Fantasy being in total realm of make belief
Gabrielle wrote: "Schnaucl wrote: "Gabrielle wrote: "I have always collected books, a habit I learned from my parents. In college I began to seriously invest in my shelves as a defensive measure because the librarie..."My daughetr is 4 yrs old and she knows you need to respect books and has never even as a younger child ripped abook, stood on a book
It is terrible the vandalisim of a book. i hate it when someone has borrowed a book and returns it in a bad state. I once lent a book to a frien (ish) a non reader. Perfect condition when I have it to her (her mum who is a reader had read it) it came back with the dist juscket ripped , looked like cigerette burns. i was soooo upset and horrified and never again
MsBeaglely wrote: "Wow. I'm jealous. I'm single too but I don't think I could come close to that. I can usually average about 50 - 75 pages and hour. Now that I'm done with school, I have been able to read more; ..."can you learn to speed read? or it just happens? and how much do you absorb and recall later?
I think the system is different for everyone. I dont really want to use my e-reader to replace my books, one each book on the e-reader is going to probably cost you money! I keep an inventory and because I have outgrown 2 book shelves, I now buy those big colorful plastic containers and color code them according, so I know exactly where a particular book is, it works well for me.
I load them all onto calibre. Or try and purcahse a book and read it within the week. Very satisfying.
Thom wrote: "I wonder if there are people out there like me that have multiple copies of the same books? Joseph Heller's Catch 22 is one of the best books I've ever read. I have at least four copies of it as I ..."
There is a book I buy every time I find it. Journey by Michener. It is such a different book, only a couple of hundred pages, but a good story. I buy them and give them away. I do not have multiples except when I buy one I forgot that I have on the shelf.I have started a shelf for book club upcoming reads.
For being such an organized, type A personality, my books are all over the place. I only have the most basic organization: one set of shelves for books I read, another set for those I haven't read yet and all my Julie Garwood Books (my favorite author) are together on one shelf. Oh - my Harry Potter books are on their own shelf all together as well.
Joseph wrote: "Thom wrote: "I wonder if there are people out there like me that have multiple copies of the same books? Joseph Heller's Catch 22 is one of the best books I've ever read. I have at least four copie..."You are so correct. I have a copy of Tom Sawyer I treasure because the illustrations are by Norman Rockwell, who is one of my favorite graphic artists.
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I have way to many books I have one shelving unit with three shelves 2 of the shelves are 2 up 2 across with books- and the other 2 across. the top shelf hardbacks and the bottom shelf
I then have a three shelf bookshelf. top 2 shelves are 2 deep 2 high and a line of books on middle shlf are TBR books, Mainly paperback (couple small hardbacks)
The bottom shelf is all hardback and majority unrerad
Then I have a 3 shelf small black bookcase all with TBR -its 2 deep mainly paerback but coupple of hardbacks
I have a 3 draw plasticdraw unit (meant to be for clothers. I draw full of read books other 2TBR books. Mostly ore recent purchases
I have a cardboard boxs of old books which I want to keep but not sure I will read again
I have a childrens storage box with some read books
I have a small storage boxs with more read books
and 2 dras in a 4 draw storage unit with more books mainly read but some unread.
I have a carrier bag for books I am swapping and a tub of children books for my daughter and the rest of her books on a shelf in her room though have a couple of sets of childrens books in their own cases ontop of my cheat of drawers
I have a word docyment with a list of books I have under author name- in black the ones read in blue the ones to read.
i have 2 note books- 1 ) to confirm what books i have read each month
2) I have listed all m tbr on them and cross out as I read them to ensure they get read
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I have one shelving unit with three shelves 2 of the shelves are 2 up 2 across with books- and the other 2 across. the top shelf hardbacks and the bottom shelf
I th..."
Afsana, you can never have too many books! What you really mean is you don't have enough bookcases! lol :-)
Let's face it folks reading enriches the soul.
The only books that are organized are my James Patterson books...and by organized I mean they're all together, but not in order by any means. I should probably organize all my books someday...good luck with that. lol
