Looking at my current collection of books
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1dizzydame
I cluster my books into 3 basic groups:
1. My Filipiniana section--books by authors of Filipino ethnicity, descent, heritage and/or books about the Philippines and Filipinos
2. The literary books--mostly poetry, short stories, novels, essays, writing philosophy and instruction
3. Everything else--how to books, books on yoga, meditation, complementary health systems, personal growth, development and recovery, books on travel and culture, brain teasers, language lessons, graphic novels, dictionaries, thesauri and atlases.
Roughly, I must have 1000 books, mostly on the shelves in a spare bedroom, but also sprinkled liberally throughout the apartment on my nightstand, in a basket by my reading chair, on a couple of desks, and stacked on the bathroom floor.
1. My Filipiniana section--books by authors of Filipino ethnicity, descent, heritage and/or books about the Philippines and Filipinos
2. The literary books--mostly poetry, short stories, novels, essays, writing philosophy and instruction
3. Everything else--how to books, books on yoga, meditation, complementary health systems, personal growth, development and recovery, books on travel and culture, brain teasers, language lessons, graphic novels, dictionaries, thesauri and atlases.
Roughly, I must have 1000 books, mostly on the shelves in a spare bedroom, but also sprinkled liberally throughout the apartment on my nightstand, in a basket by my reading chair, on a couple of desks, and stacked on the bathroom floor.
2SweetbriarPoet
I wish I was so organized, dizzy! We have about three floor-to-ceiling bookshelves that are double stacked in the downstairs area of my house, and then I have my own personal huge bookcase in my room. However, nothing is organized as such. Usually it's just classified as read and non-read and favorites. Lol
That's what I'm using librarything for...to try and keep track of the books I've read so far.
That's what I'm using librarything for...to try and keep track of the books I've read so far.
3Jakeofalltrades
I've got my Harry Potter books piled on my shelf horizontal near my Graphic Novel collection, and underneath that are my DVDs. Above that shelf is my Children's Lit collection.
Currently my Nick Hornbys are squeezed at the end of my DVDs with my limited edition hardcover of Stardust, as I am running out of room for more books.
Currently my Nick Hornbys are squeezed at the end of my DVDs with my limited edition hardcover of Stardust, as I am running out of room for more books.
4JDHomrighausen
My whole situation is weird since I have two rooms, one with my old family who I haven't been able to visit to get my stuff from for the last year, and one with my new family.
My old room has ~1000 books, lots of good stuff.
But in my new room, it's sorted by subject. Music books are with my CDs. On my nightstand are
1. A pile of books that were given to me, loaned to me, or recommended to me - these are priority reads;
2. Numerous anthologies and essay collections - if I'm bored with any of the 6 books I am reading now, I will read a short story or essay.
My old room has ~1000 books, lots of good stuff.
But in my new room, it's sorted by subject. Music books are with my CDs. On my nightstand are
1. A pile of books that were given to me, loaned to me, or recommended to me - these are priority reads;
2. Numerous anthologies and essay collections - if I'm bored with any of the 6 books I am reading now, I will read a short story or essay.
5WholeHouseLibrary
Organization doesn't happen automatically when you get older. See my Profile for the big picture....
One's ability to acquire, though, is a whole different matter. I've just recently realized that since having joined LibraryThing last November, my wife and I have more than doubled the number of books we have -- to just shy of one thousand.
The goal was to organize by the DDS, and to a very small degree, there is a hint of that. But, most of the books are shelved in the order of the date of acquisition. I don't recommend it as a standard, but until I get back home (March or April '08 *), it's not going to change drastically.
* I am a compute programmer/Contractor. My home is in central Texas, and I'm currently working in Delaware. You'll recognize me on the corner holding my cardboard sign scrawled with, "Will code for food".
One's ability to acquire, though, is a whole different matter. I've just recently realized that since having joined LibraryThing last November, my wife and I have more than doubled the number of books we have -- to just shy of one thousand.
The goal was to organize by the DDS, and to a very small degree, there is a hint of that. But, most of the books are shelved in the order of the date of acquisition. I don't recommend it as a standard, but until I get back home (March or April '08 *), it's not going to change drastically.
* I am a compute programmer/Contractor. My home is in central Texas, and I'm currently working in Delaware. You'll recognize me on the corner holding my cardboard sign scrawled with, "Will code for food".
6andyray
i turned 64 yesterday. on october 1, 2004, at the tender age of 61, i started my newest (third) library, BASED ON THE ABILITY TO READ A BOOK ONLY!
i have read 199 books since then and numbered them on the spine using non-lethal stickers, and writing them by number in a separate notebook complete with notes on what is going on in my life. thus, i have an annotated library and a diary!
if i'd began this way at the first book i read, which (as i vaguely recall) was a edgar rice burroughs tarzan book, i'd probably be on number 4,000 or so now.
the only rule i have is that the book be interesting enough to me to read past the 20th page.
the only three books i've "rejected" so far are:
the haunting of hill house
by shirley jackson. just couldn't get into her stilted prose.
one flew over the cuckoo's nest
by ken kesey. the movie spoiled the heck out of the book for me. the book is written from the Chief's POV, and he is a paranoic schiz. i dont have room for fear in my life and this approach made it impossible for me to read what probably is, given no movie made, a great novel.
Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz
This i may return to; i just wasn't in the mood for dean at the time i picked this up. also, it began much more disjointedly than his other books and did not capture me within said 20 pages.
i have an obsessive-compulsive nature, and in my first two libraries i could not put paperbacks of any kind in them. i had to have hardbacks.
since my books have only been published as trade paperbacks, i insisted that i have all kinds of books in this library. Still, although i mix paperbacks with hardbacks and trades, i cannot mix them randomly. i have hardbacks at the ends of my shelves, the trades next to them, and paperbacks (at least 10) a shelf) in the middle.
i do go on, don't i. what i'm saying to you is i recommend the cataloguing by number and journal as soon as you can. it provides a lifelong way to keep track of what you have read and provides the absolute loveliness of only reading what you feel like reading. It may also give you some surprises. I thought I loved Ian Fleming, but trying him after a drought of 25 years, I find him dry and uninteresting. Maybe the films had something to do with that, too.
i have read 199 books since then and numbered them on the spine using non-lethal stickers, and writing them by number in a separate notebook complete with notes on what is going on in my life. thus, i have an annotated library and a diary!
if i'd began this way at the first book i read, which (as i vaguely recall) was a edgar rice burroughs tarzan book, i'd probably be on number 4,000 or so now.
the only rule i have is that the book be interesting enough to me to read past the 20th page.
the only three books i've "rejected" so far are:
the haunting of hill house
by shirley jackson. just couldn't get into her stilted prose.
one flew over the cuckoo's nest
by ken kesey. the movie spoiled the heck out of the book for me. the book is written from the Chief's POV, and he is a paranoic schiz. i dont have room for fear in my life and this approach made it impossible for me to read what probably is, given no movie made, a great novel.
Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz
This i may return to; i just wasn't in the mood for dean at the time i picked this up. also, it began much more disjointedly than his other books and did not capture me within said 20 pages.
i have an obsessive-compulsive nature, and in my first two libraries i could not put paperbacks of any kind in them. i had to have hardbacks.
since my books have only been published as trade paperbacks, i insisted that i have all kinds of books in this library. Still, although i mix paperbacks with hardbacks and trades, i cannot mix them randomly. i have hardbacks at the ends of my shelves, the trades next to them, and paperbacks (at least 10) a shelf) in the middle.
i do go on, don't i. what i'm saying to you is i recommend the cataloguing by number and journal as soon as you can. it provides a lifelong way to keep track of what you have read and provides the absolute loveliness of only reading what you feel like reading. It may also give you some surprises. I thought I loved Ian Fleming, but trying him after a drought of 25 years, I find him dry and uninteresting. Maybe the films had something to do with that, too.
8oregonobsessionz
>6 andyray: Happy birthday!
If you ever feel inclined to give Kesey another chance, try Sometimes a Great Notion. It is less well known than Cuckoos Nest, but it is his best work by a long shot.
If you ever feel inclined to give Kesey another chance, try Sometimes a Great Notion. It is less well known than Cuckoos Nest, but it is his best work by a long shot.
9SweetbriarPoet
Happy b-day!
10SusieBookworm
I organize my books by genre; fantasy, sci-fi, mystery (I have about three shelves of those), animal, non-fiction, historical fiction (separated into series and non-series), classics, realistic fiction, and biographies. Then Harry Potter and my old books are separate.
11dizzydame
WholeHouseLibrary, I should have thought your cardboard sign would say, "Will code for books."
12WholeHouseLibrary
Funny that you would write that on my first day of sudden non-employment.
The contract got cancelled. You'll be able to see my near the entrance to 95 East, near Rte. 3.
The contract got cancelled. You'll be able to see my near the entrance to 95 East, near Rte. 3.
13Jakeofalltrades
Now I put my Children's books on the top shelf, with a pile of them resting on top. EEEEK! Clutter!
14joehutcheon
My paperback fiction books, by far the majority element of my library, are stored in roughly alphabetical order, on purpose-built shelves. I have a biography shelf, a humour shelf and a poetry/drama shelf.
Everything else is a bit random, and the books in cupboards tend to fall out when the cupboard is opened. My 'better' books (eg first edition hardbacks) are stored separately in a glass-fronted bookcase.
Everything else is a bit random, and the books in cupboards tend to fall out when the cupboard is opened. My 'better' books (eg first edition hardbacks) are stored separately in a glass-fronted bookcase.
