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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 2053 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1460 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1754 Views
I'm sure you do. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1835 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1628 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1740 Views
Re: Yeah. Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1660 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 956 Views
Bookshelfs are an outdated concept. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 01:34:07 PM 1809 Views
This has occurred to me Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1817 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1674 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1699 Views
With the added bonus of... Kaldric - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1560 Views
Good point snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1690 Views
Re: Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:18:21 PM 1648 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1792 Views
Re: LOL! Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1671 Views
Yeah... rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1751 Views
horizontaly Yunalesca - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1814 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1660 Views
You make it sound like I only have one Tom - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1810 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1702 Views
In answer to your questions: Tom - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1770 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1746 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. Tom - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1760 Views
Aha! Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1699 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? Legolas - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1488 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. Tom - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1675 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. Legolas - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1713 Views
Re: I don't. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1678 Views
Re: I don't. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1804 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1628 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1850 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM 1721 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:44:34 PM 1723 Views
Re: why should they not be? Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1661 Views
Re: why should they not be? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1644 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1664 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1696 Views
Well, they should fit together. jh - 24/11/2009 04:28:20 PM 1744 Views
Re: Well, they should fit together. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:32:48 PM 1647 Views
Hmmm. jh - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1739 Views
Re: Hmmm. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1778 Views
I don't... anymore. Kaldric - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1827 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1722 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1775 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1773 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1588 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:18:57 PM 1597 Views
Incidentally... MonCul - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1779 Views
Re: Incidentally... Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:23:31 PM 1852 Views
Re: Better real estate MonCul - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1698 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? vandevere - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1590 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1740 Views
Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1519 Views
Re: Actually... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1710 Views
Re: Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1644 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1645 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1767 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1642 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1633 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Mats imaginary friend - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1656 Views
Re: Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:06:12 AM 1642 Views
Mainly by topic/genre Floffe - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1890 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1667 Views
Neither, actually Floffe - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1881 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 949 Views
I can never agree with myself how to organise Pratchett Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:09:31 AM 1754 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... Murtach74 - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1675 Views
How do you decide which books go where on the good shelf? *NM* Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:10:00 AM 915 Views
i have 4 different bookshelf areas... temeraire - 25/11/2009 02:33:35 AM 1485 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1755 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... Bookwyrm - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1787 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. Danae al'Thor - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1691 Views
Are your books happy with this? Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1655 Views
Obsessively Elaine - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1583 Views
Re: Obsessively Camilla - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1799 Views
Hmmm. Elaine - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1573 Views
Hmm.... Great Lord of Chaos - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1687 Views
Re: Hmm.... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1697 Views
Mainly by series. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1537 Views
Re: Mainly by series. Camilla - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1609 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1720 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1546 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1636 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1772 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 1603 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 1627 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Tim - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1675 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Camilla - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1706 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. jh - 27/11/2009 07:59:26 PM 1791 Views
It is an A. Rebekah - 29/11/2009 10:19:50 AM 1705 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 1027 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1616 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically Camilla - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1649 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1818 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away random thoughts - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1505 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away Camilla - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1657 Views
Perfectly. nossy - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1812 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1715 Views
Re: Perfectly. nossy - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1664 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1772 Views
I do not believe so. nossy - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1704 Views
just checking. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 882 Views
Like this Larry - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1778 Views
Re: Like this Camilla - 03/12/2009 09:08:27 AM 1797 Views
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