How do you arrange your books?

@GardenGerty @nicegolden @Ronrybs

@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

When I move mine around then I can't find what I want for ages.

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@nicegolden (216)

• Shenzhen, China

27 Mar

@GardenGerty me too

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458388)

• Switzerland

26 Mar

We do the same, we arrange our books by subject, but those too large go all together on the shelves that will accomodate their height. I am re-arranging our DVDs now, no matter how we arrange them we can never find the film we wanted to watch. I am arranging them by actor now and on my database I add the name of the main actor.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458388)

• Switzerland

27 Mar

@JudyEv - At least I can check if we already bought the book, because it happened that we bought a book in French when we lived in Monte Carlo, forgot about it and bought again later in Italian.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

That's a good idea to have a data base so you can (hopefully) find what you want easily.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

@LadyDuck I recently discovered I have two copies of one book too. Luckily it's one I like but I still can't read two at once! lol

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45506)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

26 Mar

Let's see now... Some of my books are arranged by topic, others by author, and others alphabetically... tall books in the tall shelves, short books in the short shelves...

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157562)

• United States

26 Mar

Sounds about right.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45506)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

27 Mar

@JudyEv Opposite situation here. Most of mine are fixed but a couple are adjustable.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

Some of my shelves are adjustable but a couple are fixed.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86773)

• United States

26 Mar

The total of 3 books I have...

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86773)

• United States

27 Mar

@JudyEv Well I do have the downloaded ones ..but I never read them. Ever.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

Really?? Only three books? Do you have some on Kindle or whatever?

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Mar

@RebeccasFarm I can't see myself reading of a device.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73472)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

26 Mar

I mostly have paperback books now and just stack them on shelves, My Freddie seems to want to start reading he now likes to get into a shelf along with all the books

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

Freddie will be a well-read cat soon.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73472)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

27 Mar

@JudyEv

that is for sure. Guess what he finished reading yesterday he let me know by shoving two booking off of the shelf

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Mar

@RasmaSandra

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38659)

• Midland, Michigan

26 Mar

My bookshelf in the living room is built in and somewhat small. Right now it's very messy and needs my attention but not today. We have a larger quote one in the basement that my brother made years ago I think. That one is much neater but we don't look at those books very often. I usually organize them by height. I no longer have many by the same author unless your were to count Bibles. We have a lot of those, different versions and types. I'm going to try to show my messy bookshelf it it'll load. Wow, I can't Believe it made it first try. Maybe I need to do long skinny images rather than square or rectangle.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (134483)

• Roseburg, Oregon

27 Mar

That is a nice book case.

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38659)

• Midland, Michigan

27 Mar

@JudyEv when I was in my twenties I already had over three hundred. But I was planning on moving out of state without my car so I had to get rid of them. My parents didn't have room to store them.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

I can see what you mean. Every time we move, my favourite chore is unpacking all my boxes of books.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (85549)

• United States

26 Mar

I organize my books by size; tallest go first. That is how I do it as an adult. I’m sure when I was younger I probably did it by author.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

I really like arranging my books from time to time - and then rearranging them. You can tell I have a bit too much time on my hands!

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Amber

@AmbiePam (85549)

• United States

27 Mar

@JudyEv I did it a lot myself as a teenager; it was fun!

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snowy

@snowy22315 (170046)

• United States

26 Mar

l like to sort mine by height. That seems to make the neatest presentation.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

I can understand that. I have the three Stieg Larsson books (Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, etc) but one is larger/taller than the others so I prefer to keep those together which then upsets any height arrangement. Life wasn't meant to be easy!

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@capirani (2738)

• United States

27 Mar

Mostly I have Christian non-fiction books and I don't do much to organize them other than by size. I want to see balance on the shelves. I used to have a lot more books than I have now so I arranged them by category (genre) as well as size.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

Others have their books arranged by size too. It would certainly help make them look neat.

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Sanna_S

@psanasangma (5884)

• India

26 Mar

Wow!! This looks well arranged. My books are still yet to be arranged perhaps one day I stay at home

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Sanna_S

@psanasangma (5884)

• India

27 Mar

@JudyEv

Happy for you!!

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

It's hard to find time for everything in your life but now that I'm retired I have more time.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (205874)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Mar

I arrange my records by alphabetical order of musician. But my books (and CDs) are random. Guess that show my priorities.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

Our records are random but the CDs are sorted by category as in classical, folk, etc.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306514)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

26 Mar

I have six bookshelves. One is Christian books and Bibles, another is resource books, two are random books, and one bookshelf is DVDs. The sixth is the bottom half of my secretary. It has Christian books and Bibles too.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306514)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

27 Mar

@JudyEv It's amazing that I can, but I know exactly which shelf to find certain books.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

That sounds very organised. Good for you. You would be able to find what you wanted quite easily.

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paigea

@paigea (35706)

• Canada

26 Mar

Wow, you have a lot of books. I've been getting rid of them. They are somewhat arranged by -to be read and discarded. And to keep.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

I'm trying to get rid of more but it can be hard to part with some.

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paigea

@paigea (35706)

• Canada

27 Mar

@JudyEv I know. I think really hard. Am I ever going to read it again. And sometimes I check if the library has it, and then I don't need it.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (156392)

• United States

26 Mar

They are put upright and sideways so that I can fit them all in one bookcase. I have a couple hundred books I think...???

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

It's difficult making them fit sometimes. I should maybe stack the larger books on their side.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (156392)

• United States

27 Mar

@JudyEv What I should do is start reading again!

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157562)

• United States

26 Mar

Mine are not neat and orderly at all, and some are packed in boxes. I have gotten rid of a lot of them. The only ones really neat are all of my husband's "Chiltons" which are car repair books. They are filling and on top of one cupboard.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

The part I most like about unpacking is arranging my books again out of the boxes. They all get muddles up as I pack them according to size.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215504)

• Chile

26 Mar

I have my books by genre. Narrative is in a shelf in one of the rooms. Poetry is in a small closet and drama in in one shelf in another room. I´m glad that they are in different places as Anita does not take them from one room to the other. I used to have them by author too until she came. Not any more.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

Some people don't understand how important the order of our books is!!

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (48506)

• Canada

26 Mar

My bookshelf is solid oak, and the shelves are set and not adjustable. This means that I have to lie down some of the really large books, and make a stack like that while the others are standing beside it. It looks very interesting.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

I don't have too many stacks that lie down but perhaps that would be a better use of some of the space. Most of my shelves are adjustable which is very handy.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95290)

• Marion, Ohio

26 Mar

I don't have a lot of books anymore but just had them laying on the shelves when I did. I do try to keep series books together

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

I am still hoping to get rid of more over time. I have way too many.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12598)

• Ireland

26 Mar

@judyev I have a bookcase reserved for French and Italian books. The get shoved all over the show and I have far too many.

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@JudyEv (325851)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Mar

I eventually decided I'd never get back to France so I disposed of my French novels although I've kept the 'learning' books.

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Jessica

@JESSY3236 (18923)

• United States

26 Mar

I have mine arrange by if I read yet or not. My uncle had a bookcase in his bedroom which I have kept. I hope to someday read the book that is in the bookcase.

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