#sorting books

[laziestgirlintown]

This "article" pushed The Guardian even further down in my regard. It's clearly written by an illiterate dumbass and the only good thing I can say is: at least they didn't publish it under Culture.

[faythgoddess]

My book self. 📚🖤

[lissad27]

when you have enough books that you wonder if it would be easier to sort based on dewey decimal or library of congress.

[ace-malarky]

This is me only just sort of realising it's Sunday lmao

May give a ramble a miss this week! Just bc different place and things going on (our freezer is possibly bust so I'm ferrying stuff to a friend's house so we can use their outdoor freezer)

So I'd be even more disjointed than usual

But I'll be back next week with whomever I was supposed to be doing this week

[the-nightwatch-librarian]

What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookcase? An introduction to sorting algorithms:

[thirtysixsquaremeters]

Sorting books.

Okay, seriously, what should I do with my old teen books? I’m talking specifically Nancy Drew and Twins of Sweet Valley (but the series when they’re 12, not when they’re in High School). Do I keep them? Hoping maybe one day I’ll have a kid that’ll want to read them?

I have a niece, but while she’s not averse to reading, she hardly needs all of these.

I could sell them of course. But that’s such a hassle, if you don’t get them sold, they’re just laying about in some kind of limbo in my house, not packed in boxes, but not ready to be packed in boxes either. And then there’s charity of course.

Sorting out books is harder than I thought it would be. I need someone to come in and convince me that they are in fact not my babies and I should learn to let go of them.

[bookish-thinking]

Ex Libris Challenge - Days 1 to 4

My own challenge, inspired by "Ex Libris" by Anne Fadiman, but I thought I would answer the questions myself so that you will be inspired to answer them as well. Please do, I am always interested in other opinions. 

You can find the whole challenge here. 

Day 1: How do you sort your books? By titel, author’s name, color, subject, not at all? 

My english books are sorted by color, because my dorm room is rather boring whit-ish/grey and I wanted a bit of color, so I sorted them into a rainbow. My german books (there are only five or so) are sorted by the name of the author. And my eBooks are sorted by subject. 

Day 2: Which of your books are particulary weird?

I have a few journalistic books, like "Publishing Law" and "The Title" and so on, because I had planned to go to journalism school and already bought the books. But I was not accepted in the end...

Day 3: Name the longest, weirdest or most random word you have ever stumbled across in a book! 

Well Joyce constantly makes up new words, long words... But I don't remember any off the top of my head. 

Day 4: When does someone “treat a book badly”? 

I have no problem with someone breaking a spine or dog-earing the book (small and purposefully places dog-ears). Dropping a book into the tub can happen, getting sand into it on the beach is okay as well. Making notes on the margins and underlining funny/important/whatever passages is perfectly fine. I draw the line at intentional damage like ripping out pages or mindlessly scribbling. I would also get mad if the book is really valuable and/or old. But other than that, I am of the opinion that books should be read and, thus: used. 

[atlas-bugged]

Okay, gotta run. I'll be back after 3-4ish or so.