Comments on: New column: By the Book

By: Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:18:02 +0000

Oh Liz, this is a great piece! I really loved it.

I’m married to an accountant. He “reorganized” my books recently–ALL alphabetical order without regard to type. I have to group books by genre (mystery, trashy novels, classics, things I’ll probably toss after I read) to accomodate my inability to remember who wrote what. I’ve been lost ever since.

Really nice piece. Thanks for sharing it.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:02:46 +0000

Ahh books! Shelf space is a luxury I don’t have anymore. I have shelves, they are just filled to the brim with books. I have to stack them up on top of each other to save space. People hate helping me move, because I have so damn many books. Everyone is like: can’t you just sell some of them? I’ve convinced myself that I need every single book I have and that I’ll never be able to get the money out of them that I put into them, so I might as well keep them. My dream is to someday have a place where I can have my own library room. The OCD part of me that is currently buried in the I’ll do that later, I don’t care if it is a mess part of me, longs to alphabetize and order my book collection. Someday. I guess I should pick up my clothes off my couch first! Oh how the OCD part of me is longing to come back!!! Love the books column. I’m thinking of becoming a librarian. Seriously.

By: John M.

John M. — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:53:51 +0000

We had an addition put on the house and a loft built in with beautiful bookcases on two sides of it (it’s room-sized). The books there are mostly unused. One side is old college books. The other side are my collectible volumes (authors whose firsts I have, etc.) and Harry Potters.

Downstairs, the books are on shelves according to my partner’s sense of order – by date acquired. He reads the oldest one first, discards it, and takes another.

I’m a librarian.

(Doesn’t that sound like a PostSecret?)

By: susan

susan — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:12:32 +0000

My books – I have over 500 at last count, are arranged by subject and then alphabetically, but in the last few years it’s a hodgepodge. Nighttable has favorite books and bathroom has magazines and chick lit.

Oh, favorite Lou Reed album is Berlin. I wonder what that says about me.

By: ttq

ttq — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:54:56 +0000

I toted all my books to my marital abode…my husband was very patient and helped box them up. In exchange I relented and let him keep a China Cabinet with glass shelves and doors. I was sick of it, I grew up with it… As soon as it arrived here and I put it into one our guest bedroom, I filled it with BOOKS!!!!!

I arrange mine by height. Tall on the left and growing smaller to the right. On each shelf. Unless of course I get lucky and a few rows of a bookcase are all the same height. insert: *gleeful clapping*