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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 1901 Views
Alphabetically. Easier to find what I'm looking for. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:11:22 AM 1296 Views
I always know where my books are in the system. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:13:34 AM 1602 Views
I'm sure you do. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:15:14 AM 1668 Views
Re: I'm sure you do. Camilla - 24/11/2009 11:17:00 AM 1492 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 24/11/2009 11:27:09 AM 1600 Views
Re: Yeah. Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:03:49 PM 1524 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 878 Views
Bookshelfs are an outdated concept. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 01:34:07 PM 1654 Views
This has occurred to me Camilla - 24/11/2009 01:42:01 PM 1680 Views
I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:41:33 PM 1542 Views
Re: I feel sure that it is the future of book storage. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:48 PM 1540 Views
With the added bonus of... Kaldric - 24/11/2009 02:57:50 PM 1420 Views
Good point snoopcester - 24/11/2009 03:42:28 PM 1535 Views
Re: Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:18:21 PM 1492 Views
LOL! rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 03:20:33 PM 1643 Views
Re: LOL! Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:47:05 PM 1507 Views
Yeah... rebelaessedai - 24/11/2009 07:27:03 PM 1595 Views
horizontaly Yunalesca - 24/11/2009 03:45:34 PM 1667 Views
Hmmm. I mix horisontal and vertical. Camilla - 24/11/2009 03:48:14 PM 1489 Views
You make it sound like I only have one Tom - 24/11/2009 03:59:38 PM 1676 Views
Yes. I meant it as an encompassing word, not to restrict numbers. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:30:38 PM 1526 Views
In answer to your questions: Tom - 24/11/2009 05:07:07 PM 1596 Views
Re: In answer to your questions: Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:23:51 PM 1597 Views
I do have some forms of synesthesia. Tom - 24/11/2009 05:29:30 PM 1600 Views
Aha! Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:36:20 PM 1549 Views
Which Arabic dictionaries do you have, exactly? Legolas - 24/11/2009 08:50:16 PM 1319 Views
I am not fluent in every language I have a dictionary for, no. Tom - 24/11/2009 11:10:22 PM 1512 Views
Well, I'd hate you more if I spoke Russian. Legolas - 24/11/2009 11:43:56 PM 1564 Views
Re: I don't. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 04:13:44 PM 1517 Views
Re: I don't. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:31:56 PM 1660 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:17:25 PM 1474 Views
Re: It isn't always neat. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:26:16 PM 1711 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:38:15 PM 1566 Views
Re: Two different planes of organisation. Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:44:34 PM 1556 Views
Re: why should they not be? Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 05:50:16 PM 1503 Views
Re: why should they not be? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:52:52 PM 1522 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Danae al'Thor - 24/11/2009 06:09:28 PM 1525 Views
Re: You show a clear demarkation of labour in some ways. Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:12:15 PM 1522 Views
Well, they should fit together. jh - 24/11/2009 04:28:20 PM 1564 Views
Re: Well, they should fit together. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:32:48 PM 1498 Views
Hmmm. jh - 24/11/2009 08:29:40 PM 1597 Views
Re: Hmmm. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:17:36 PM 1586 Views
I don't... anymore. Kaldric - 24/11/2009 04:53:04 PM 1673 Views
Re: I don't... anymore. Camilla - 24/11/2009 04:59:44 PM 1590 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 04:55:12 PM 1628 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:03:20 PM 1620 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? mapthis - 24/11/2009 05:06:46 PM 1450 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 05:18:57 PM 1455 Views
Incidentally... MonCul - 24/11/2009 06:22:28 PM 1640 Views
Re: Incidentally... Camilla - 24/11/2009 06:23:31 PM 1692 Views
Re: Better real estate MonCul - 24/11/2009 07:54:03 PM 1560 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? vandevere - 24/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 1426 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 24/11/2009 08:47:38 PM 1601 Views
Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 01:43:54 AM 1387 Views
Re: Actually... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:16:06 AM 1535 Views
Re: Actually... vandevere - 25/11/2009 05:25:09 PM 1510 Views
Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 24/11/2009 09:28:08 PM 1516 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 24/11/2009 10:18:54 PM 1606 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Craig - 25/11/2009 03:28:10 AM 1459 Views
Re: Apparently I'm just very boring in this regard. Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:17:08 AM 1493 Views
Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Mats imaginary friend - 24/11/2009 10:30:26 PM 1515 Views
Re: Star Wars gets one book shelf, everything else gets what's left...... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:06:12 AM 1504 Views
Mainly by topic/genre Floffe - 24/11/2009 10:47:37 PM 1735 Views
Re: Mainly by topic/genre Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:07:39 AM 1502 Views
Neither, actually Floffe - 25/11/2009 08:28:33 PM 1691 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 884 Views
I can never agree with myself how to organise Pratchett Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:09:31 AM 1622 Views
The better booksn on one shelf then the worse it gets..... Murtach74 - 24/11/2009 11:28:20 PM 1538 Views
How do you decide which books go where on the good shelf? *NM* Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:10:00 AM 839 Views
i have 4 different bookshelf areas... temeraire - 25/11/2009 02:33:35 AM 1343 Views
Re: i have 4 different bookshelf areas... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:13:11 AM 1594 Views
My bookshelves are a mess. It started out alphabetical/author, then favorites, and now .... Bookwyrm - 25/11/2009 04:55:20 AM 1649 Views
Re: See, I don't know what my favourites are. Danae al'Thor - 25/11/2009 05:35:50 AM 1550 Views
Are your books happy with this? Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:14:13 AM 1502 Views
Obsessively Elaine - 25/11/2009 01:38:08 PM 1429 Views
Re: Obsessively Camilla - 25/11/2009 07:31:06 PM 1587 Views
Hmmm. Elaine - 09/12/2009 02:02:44 PM 1431 Views
Hmm.... Great Lord of Chaos - 25/11/2009 10:32:28 PM 1527 Views
Re: Hmm.... Camilla - 25/11/2009 11:22:23 PM 1562 Views
Mainly by series. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 02:31:52 AM 1392 Views
Re: Mainly by series. Camilla - 26/11/2009 09:06:31 AM 1440 Views
I know what my favorites are, of course. j-whitt987 - 26/11/2009 03:51:45 PM 1542 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 02:13:10 PM 1393 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Camilla - 26/11/2009 04:47:45 PM 1492 Views
Re: How do you organise your bookshelf? Dunja - 26/11/2009 06:59:12 PM 1608 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 1458 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 1465 Views
Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Tim - 27/11/2009 02:39:38 PM 1526 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. Camilla - 27/11/2009 04:36:56 PM 1549 Views
Re: Rebekah organises our DVDs like that. jh - 27/11/2009 07:59:26 PM 1629 Views
It is an A. Rebekah - 29/11/2009 10:19:50 AM 1550 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 957 Views
By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 09:26:36 AM 1470 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically Camilla - 29/11/2009 10:10:25 AM 1513 Views
Re: By Genre, then world, then author, then chronologically ajfurst - 29/11/2009 11:43:01 AM 1671 Views
Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away random thoughts - 30/11/2009 03:27:07 PM 1368 Views
Re: Books I want to keep and books I plan on giving away Camilla - 30/11/2009 03:29:03 PM 1493 Views
Perfectly. nossy - 30/11/2009 04:47:34 PM 1639 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 30/11/2009 05:08:43 PM 1531 Views
Re: Perfectly. nossy - 01/12/2009 04:51:17 PM 1542 Views
Re: Perfectly. Camilla - 01/12/2009 04:55:58 PM 1641 Views
I do not believe so. nossy - 01/12/2009 05:02:30 PM 1498 Views
just checking. *NM* Camilla - 01/12/2009 05:03:49 PM 802 Views
Like this Larry - 03/12/2009 05:38:07 AM 1637 Views
Re: Like this Camilla - 03/12/2009 09:08:27 AM 1618 Views
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