When my books are in order, my life is in order. Well. OK, that's stretching it a bit, but it certainly feels that way. After nearly a week of apartment-chaos, everything is back in its place. Mostly. But at least the books are sorted. And they are sorted (double-shelved, of course) as follows:
- Southern fiction
- British (mostly English) fiction
- Mysteries and thrillers
- Series (Harry Potter, All Creatures Great and Small, Tales of the City, etc.)
- Classics (mostly fiction, but some non-fiction)
- New York fiction
- Christmas books
- Biographies
- Reference
- World War I non-fiction (yeah, I have enough books on World War I to warrant its own category)
- General non-fiction
- New York guidebooks
- Bibles, hymnals, BCPs
- Humor, satire, and general silly stuff
- Large picture and reference books (coffee-table books)
I did a good job of filling a couple of large bags with books I no longer want, and they'll be donated to Housing Works. I also re-discovered some old friends, which caused major distractions as I got sidetracked thumbing through books I'd forgotten about. Still, I managed to complete the job. Now I'm sitting back, enjoying my nicely organized and line-up shelves.
Yep. This is as well-ordered as my life gets. All's right with the world.
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2 comments:
Now that's my sort of apartment lined with books!
I am so impressed with your sorting - and range of books. Most of mine are frivolous frothy novels!
But what a job that must have been ...
Liz, what makes you think that anything fiction (Southern, British, general, etc.) *isn't* frivolous/frothy? FF novels can organize into a plethora of high-minded categories. ;-)
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