tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-969403722930208914.post1995508419605321122..comments2023-11-25T05:01:58.423-05:00Comments on The Coffee-Stained Writer: How to Make the Most of Your Personal LibraryNPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01971083012537277697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-969403722930208914.post-53939843503276813552008-08-06T02:46:00.000-04:002008-08-06T02:46:00.000-04:00Ogods... I get to show myself for the bizarre lite...Ogods... I get to show myself for the bizarre literary ritualist that I am.<BR/><BR/>Nothing's alphabetized, and never will be. Let's just get that out of the way right now.<BR/><BR/>Right beside my bed is a two-shelf cube stuffed to the breaking point with unread books. It's the only place in the house where genres rub shoulders.<BR/><BR/>Each bookcase has its own job. One holds my favorite SF, arranged by favorite author, and then by size. And asthetic value. Then my less-favorite but still beloved in the next case, and so forth. <BR/><BR/>My non-fiction shelves are strictly arranged by category - science, mythology, etc - and broken out within the shelves by subject - i.e., physics, astronomy, cosmology, etc. Size rules here, too.<BR/><BR/>And you do <I>not</I> want to see the complicated shuffle and the agnony that goes into having to rearrange things to fit new books! LOL. Do I kick this author onto the second-best shelves? Do I just weed out some of their second-best books instead? I had this set of subjects beautifully arranged until this silly wrong-sized book appeared....<BR/><BR/>Amazingly, I can find absolutely any book I need in less than five seconds. We'll see if that continues when I pass the billion-books threshold...Dana Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-969403722930208914.post-2925972157731523822008-08-04T11:01:00.000-04:002008-08-04T11:01:00.000-04:00Oh, PC, I couldn't do that. It's the obsessive-co...Oh, PC, I couldn't do that. It's the obsessive-compulsiveness in me, I guess.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268407996242055175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-969403722930208914.post-83653146051575985922008-08-04T10:58:00.000-04:002008-08-04T10:58:00.000-04:00I hate to say it, but with both my music AND my bo...I hate to say it, but with both my music AND my books, I like to leave them relatively unorganized. I just really enjoying finding forgotten 'treasures' as I look for things I need.Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.com