What are your thoughts on this meme?
Slapdash Sunday is a day for your proverbial week ‘leftovers.’ Is there something you wanted to say, but just forgot? Is there something you want to write about, but isn’t worth a whole page? Do you have a random thought, funny or otherwise that needs to be written down?
That is what Slapdash Sunday is for!
Yesterday I started loading some, just 3 boxes lol, of my books into my new bookcase. I knew how I wanted some of the shelves organized, but not sure of the other shelves. I put my review tbr books in order on the 1st shelf along with my signed copies (which I am proud of). The next shelf was for the books that I have won since blogging but haven’t read yet, along with my dark ages dictionary…..yes I know…there are dictionaries online but this may be an antique since its from my school days lol and a few personal favorites. Then I got to the 3rd shelf and had this moment:
Well, you know how many books I have, and I think this is a great question! I organize my shelves alphabetically by author. I mix HC with PB, genre, etc, but if I didn't have them in order by author I would never be able to find a specific book when I wanted it–know what I mean?
Cheryl, I only really organise by authors when I have a few by the same author. Mary Higgins Clark has a whole shelf.
I do like my HB seperate from the PB but that is mainly because of size.
Have fun organising.
Well I have about 500 books, 300 dvds, and maybe 200 cds. We organize EVERYTHING alphabetically lol. I do it all by author. and then if i have multiples by the same author its alphabetical by title. I also have a index card file with each and every book, cd and dvd (like a card catalogue) both in an excel file and in a actual plastic shoebox. For easy referencing. If i pull one out I take the card out of the file box and put it where the missing item should go. that way it goes back. Totally anal. I know but you can never be TOO organized.
First of all thanks for stopping by, and leaving your kinds words. We truly appreciate them. Secondly, as far as bookcases I have two. One is in my room downstairs. It's my catch all/laundry room actually and I have a bookcase in there filled with nothing but Stephen King books. So, I don't have to sort by author. There's only one! LOL My other book case is every other book in the house. Now DVD & VHS is another thing. I got GAZILLIONS! LOL Love movies. Question: A book is just like a movie. Don't you hate it when it's a really good book, and it ends? You want it to go just that tad further or you think or I would've done this or that?
Well, I don't really need to organize my bookshelves or Media shelves. I recently went through and purged the books that weren't my favorites. Paperbacks I send to the library so they can use them and everything else goes to the 1/2 price bookstore. I have hung onto my Dee Henderson books, cookbooks (about 1/2 of them), Brock & Bodie Thoene books and that's about it. The rest of my books are Usborne Books and any review books that I am reading & posting about. Now about media – I have like 8 DVD's and gosh probably less than that of Videos. I have more CD's and they are split up between here and work – maybe 40 of them in all. It's not to hard to keep track of them.
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