I ran a school library for a while as well as teaching, so my books are organized in a fairly logical manner...
The main section is mostly fiction, Literature (prose, poetry and drama), and the lit crit that goes with it. This is organized by strict alphabetical order. Within each author area the books are arranged by date of publication/sequence in the series. Where there is crit to go with the lit, this follows the main text. I have over a yard of Shakespeare and related crit...
Himself has another section with his hard SF. Again, organized by author in alphabetical order.
On the landing is a huge bookcase containing most of the over-sized books, and reference books (dictionaries, Fowler, etc.). Here are things like English Castles from the Air, The Art of Josh Kirby, and all sorts, in their sections.
Above the sewing machine bench is my sewing and costume library. Lots of lovely things here, including Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlocked and one on corset building.
There are 150 or so cookbooks (some fairly specialized, like my copy of New Food for Life, a Middle Eastern one, and one just about cooking with chocolate!).
There's a box on the landing of things borrowed from various friends, which need to go home at some point.
I have no idea how the GMNT is organizing his books at the moment. Most are on the shelves (the end wall of his room is shelved from floor to celing, which sounds impressive until you know his room is only 5'11" wide!). He has several hundred in a dreadful muddle. Some are school books. Most seem to live in a sort of compost heap along with his clothes on the floor.
There are not enough shelves. There are never enough shelves.
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Date: 2010-01-05 12:54 am (UTC)The main section is mostly fiction, Literature (prose, poetry and drama), and the lit crit that goes with it. This is organized by strict alphabetical order. Within each author area the books are arranged by date of publication/sequence in the series. Where there is crit to go with the lit, this follows the main text. I have over a yard of Shakespeare and related crit...
Himself has another section with his hard SF. Again, organized by author in alphabetical order.
On the landing is a huge bookcase containing most of the over-sized books, and reference books (dictionaries, Fowler, etc.). Here are things like English Castles from the Air, The Art of Josh Kirby, and all sorts, in their sections.
Above the sewing machine bench is my sewing and costume library. Lots of lovely things here, including Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlocked and one on corset building.
There are 150 or so cookbooks (some fairly specialized, like my copy of New Food for Life, a Middle Eastern one, and one just about cooking with chocolate!).
There's a box on the landing of things borrowed from various friends, which need to go home at some point.
I have no idea how the GMNT is organizing his books at the moment. Most are on the shelves (the end wall of his room is shelved from floor to celing, which sounds impressive until you know his room is only 5'11" wide!). He has several hundred in a dreadful muddle. Some are school books. Most seem to live in a sort of compost heap along with his clothes on the floor.
There are not enough shelves. There are never enough shelves.