Books...yes YOU LOVER OF BOOKS...how arrange them?

[Qqmike]

Finally, I got a tablet awhile back. But it won't be a book reader for me. I'm with you DYK on this aspect of a materialistic life: a material, tangible book to hold. I'm in the habit of making notes in the book, marking in the book, adding to its TOC, adding to its Index, adding to its list of References. By ink pen. It's my book, after all.

[DoYouKubuntu]

First of all, I LOVE books. Books. Real books that I can hold. A book that I can casually flip through its pages, and stick something in to mark where I left off, and hand to a friend to let them borrow it.

So I have tons of books, and I cherish them; some are 50+ years old, like me!, and they're still in perfect condition [NOT like me ].

As for arranging them, it's pretty much by topic. A quick glance at two of my [floor to ceiling] bookcases reveals:

. Linux, UNIX, programming, system administration
. ballet, dance, the arts
. Hollywood-related: TV, movies, silent film stars, filming locations in LA
. gardening, plants, landscaping, miniature railroads
. the entire Agatha Christie collection

I still have my textbooks from back in the day, my pre-med stuff: biology, organic chemistry, calculus, physics, psychology...damn, how did the mid-'80s get so far away?!

[Qqmike]

This one (referring to your postings) is sane and simple: by subject. Physics goes with physics, astronomy-cosmology with astronomy-cosmology, writing-grammar-editing-dictionary books go together, your growing-roses books go together, bird-watching books go together, private detective books go together, home repair (sub-topics plumbing, carpentry, etc.) go together, each hobby's books go together, keep your fiction by author. Get it? Keep the subcollections together. Ain't a perfect system (is woodworking your hobby or home repair? -- put woodworking books as a subcollection along side your home repair subcollection, etc.), but it works well enough, assuming you own just a half dozen book cases or fewer, and you do not own 10,000 volumes. Make decisions. I no longer collect books, if I did, they would fill this small house. I keep a small number of quality books now. I will never pursue real estate at this stage--I gave those two dozen books away. If I need one, I'll buy it back, maybe used at Amazon or local, or get the info elsewhere, maybe free off the Internet. This is a simple, natural, sane way to do it.

[woodsmoke]

Yes.........I KNOW you..........

We LOVE the "feel" of "a book"......we love the "smell of an "old" book"....

We LOVE OUR BOOKS........

So.....a simple question........

How do YOU........"arrange" your books?

FOR DECADES I tried to arrange them by "type", "subject", Dewey Decimal.............

And after a couple of divorces........one because she had "clinical depression" and "had to get "the HE$$ out!!" and the other had a husband blew his brains out in the bed from cancer pain....."maybe that is something that "healthcare" should address instead of forcing an agenda........

But.......I've been in an "apartment" for several years........and........

have gone through.....what.......five......different "bookcases".......

other people say that I am a "hoarder".............

But.........WHO would have ever thought that I would be teaching PHYSICS......considering that my degree is in Plant Ecology!??

NOOOO.......I just LOVE MY BOOKS..............

And ..........as I have gone through many life changes.......my books have been "rearranged".........

LOL

NOW.............I arrange them according to how TALL they are!! LOL...................

Shelves are built in terms of how many books of a "certain height" can be therein placed.

So............I am now STUCK........not arranging them how I WANT to arrange them but......how I HAVE to arrange them.....

Sooooooooooooooooooo

I KNOW........that you love your books..........

How do you arrange them on your shelves?

(pictures might be nice also if it is really avant' garde' lol )

woodwouldliketoknowsmoke