Welcome to Booking Through Thursday, another bookish journey that allows us to explore various topics and ponder questions.
Today’s Thoughts to Ponder:
How do you organize/store your books? Do you go through them often? Or
do you pretty much just shelve them and then leave them alone until
you need them?
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A topic I think about, worry over, and spend endless hours considering.
I have always kept the “read” books separate from the “unread,” which presented something of a dilemma for me at one point, when my TBRs reached around 166. That’s when I started my Curl up and Read blog, dedicated to the journey through those stacks.
When I moved into this condo, which is much smaller than my previous home, I knew I had to do something! As I unpacked the “unread” boxes (yes, they were packed and labeled in this manner), this is what the result looked like.
Over the past three years, the stacks have gradually dwindled and I bought a bookshelf for the remaining unreads.
Yes, I made a button out of it…..
But now I have depleted those stacks until they are just a few that I can stack on my desk, like this:
Note that I said Old TBR stack…well, here are the newer ones. Not as bad as the old ones were, but something to keep track of….
I once had spreadsheets to help me manage these stacks, but I do best when they’re “in my face,” so to speak.
Oh, and by the way, the “read” books are stored on several shelves throughout the house, like these:
What about you? What works in your bookish world?
AN INTERIOR JOURNEY 
I shelve my books until I’ve read them, I also have a bookcase for the books I’ve read, and friends and family take whatever they want of those books and the rest I generally donate to the library.
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I keep too many books…I know. But I do periodically donate to the library. I’m getting ready to take some ARCs to the gym.
Thanks for stopping by, Ann, and enjoy your reading corner.
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Wow that’s a lot of books and I wish my room tidy and organize like yours 🙂 Thanks for stopping!
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I have lots of time to organize, Mermer…thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your books.
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I am so happy to know I’m not the only one who has stacks of books on the floor! I usually just put all my books into my bookcase, regardless of whether I’ve read them yet or not but maybe I should try to keep the two apart! Thanks for sharing 🙂
My BTT
Juli @ Universe in Words
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Yes, I was afraid that if I didn’t keep them separate, I would never get around to reading them all. I’m happy to report that I’m closing in on the finish line! Thanks for visiting, Juli.
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Thank you for the tour. I enjoy being surrounded by my books and it seems you feel the same way. So organized. I not only have different bookcases for different purposes but I also catalog on a spreadsheet, mainly for my EReaders, because I tend to forget what I have downloaded. Thanks for stopping by and have a nice upcoming weekend.
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I like the spreadsheet idea as a backup….on my old computer, I had some. But they are incompatible on Louisa May, my laptop. So I’d have to create new ones…ugh!
Thanks for stopping by, Cheryl….I also forget what I’ve downloaded, so I organize them into collections.
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Very organized! I should separate my read from unread books so I know what I’m up against. 🙂
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Yes, I had so many unread ones at one point that I had to do that, Diana…thanks for stopping by, and good luck with your organization.
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A whole lot of books to organize, good job doing it.
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/09/booking-through-thursday_13.html
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Thanks, Tribute Books Mama…I guess the fact that they were blocking the walk ways had a lot to do with my motivation! lol
Glad you could stop by.
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I can’t imagine having that many “unread” books lying around the house. That would drive me crazy. (Thank goodness for the invention of ebooks)
BTW, those knicknacks on that bookshelf behind your adorable kids are so cute!
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Oh, it did drive me crazy, Lizzy! Which was why I added another blog to address the issue…lol
As if I needed a blog for that, but it made the process more fun. I’m kind of obsessive about books (and knicknacks–thanks for noticing!), so naturally I would be an obsessive blogger.
Thanks for stopping by….
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I like that your books are organized but everywhere also (does that make sense?). I have three bookcases that I store my books in.
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It makes perfect sense, Rebecca…I do practice a kind of “arranged clutter” with my collections…lol.
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your books.
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Oh my…I see that you spend a good part of your time dusting!
I resort to folders on my Kindle…order coming in on my iPad…and stacks in the dining room…nothing really works…I still pick and choose randomly!
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Ha-ha….Yes, sadly, dusting is unavoidable. But it doesn’t have to be done every day! Thanks for stopping by, Patty, and thanks to you, I know how to create the “collections” on the Kindle. Are the folders different?
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Seems like you have a good system going for you there. I’m always comforted when surrounded by books, so I like having bookcases spread out throughout the house. Thanks for visiting my blog earlier.
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I do like them surrounding me throughout the house, even though I’ve also wished for a whole room with books. But seeing them everywhere feels like a cocoon.
Thanks for stopping by, William, and enjoy your books.
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