You may recall in July 2011 that I was cleaning out my bookshelves and that I'd reorganized my one case. Like so:
Anyway, probably in October 2011, I went to IKEA and bought two new bookcases (a full one and a smaller side case). Alz and the Sister helped me build them and then I went about removing all my books from the old case and putting ALL THE BOOKS onto all the cases at my disposal. This is the result:
Glass-fronted case on left is what Sis and I call our "Nerd Case" / "Geek Cabinet." |
As you can see, I have an entire case dedicated to YA/MG. It's pretty awesome. I also meant to share this like in 2011, but that didn't happen. Please excuse the delay. Here's a tour.
- Very top: geeky things on display - a sword (old birthday gift); a Godric Gryffindor letter opener (last Christmas gift); Bleach mug; stuff from Germany; keychains; fountain pen ink.
- First shelf: YA dystopian that goes into YA Fantasy/Paranormal; 2010-2011 Breathless Reads pins; Mockingjay pin; Legend pin; mini Daruma doll.
- Second shelf: YA Fantasy/Paranormal continues (Daughter of Smoke & Bone and The Scorpio Races are out on loan.); angel-atee (from Alz, of course); perfume (from my roomie); Tokidoki unicorns, Ulquiorra from Bleach.
- Bottom shelf: MG series (Harry Potter, Heroes of Olympus, Percy Jackson, Narnia); LOTR Extended Edition DVDs (stand-ins as we buy the Heroes of Olympus books); Harry Potter from Page to Screen; Star Wars lunch box.
You saw the side-shelf on Monday. From top to bottom: Non-fiction/Writing craft shelf; Reference/Mythology (with Hello Kitty make-up brush set - another xmas gift); U.S. History /Mythology.
The close-up is from the top of the other shelf. It's a postcard of the archangel Michael casting the Devil out of Heaven and an eraser that says in German: "Life is like drawing without an eraser." Wise words. The Sister bought these for me in Dresden.
And here's the old bookcase newly reorganized.
These are my "grown-up" books. Top shelf is a mix of classics, humorous essays, and fiction. Also, that silver thing? It's a giant individual-person coffee filter.
Middle shelf starts with fantasy art books and fairy tale collections and turns into Fantasy books (and my lucky frog). Bottom shelf is dedicated to MG/childhood classics, picture books, and graphic novels/art books.
Aaand on Friday, I'll be back to give you a glimpse inside the Nerd Case / Geek Cabinet. See you then!
I decided to organize by genre and then alphabetical by author - more or less. How do you organize your book shelves?
I love looking at people's bookcases! When we visit people, I have to force myself not to stare at their shelves for more than five minutes--it gets awkward after five minutes.
ReplyDeleteI organize my books by time period. Pre-Greek, Greek, and Roman stuff on two shelves. British on three. Shakespeare gets his own shelf. Lit Crit gets a half shelf. American gets another shelf. My YA shelves are a total jumble because they constantly get pulled out, re-read by me or the kids, and put back.
You are SO cool! I love that your bookshelf is dedicated to YA and MG fantasy, and that you have genre-appropriate decorations on top. So full of awesome. I'm looking forward to hopefully buying a place in the near future so I can fill one room with tons and tons of books on beautiful shelves :)
ReplyDeleteOMG I love your bookshelf. AMAZING BOOKS!!! And all your decorations XD IT'S AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteI love that you did this. I think we may have been separated at birth. I organize mine by SF/Fantasy, then by "grown-up" books, then reference, with poetry plays and manga rounding out the set.
ReplyDeleteSigh. I love books.
I'm loving the book shelf. Great the way you have it organized.
ReplyDeleteThe current book shelf situation at my home is interesting. I have half of it for me and the other half for my daughter's books. No organization though. Probably should do that :-)
Awesome! Nice work. I like to group my books based on genre too.
ReplyDeleteLove your trinkets--Yoda!!!!! ;)
Is it weird that I can tell we'd get along even more in rl based solely on your bookshelves?
ReplyDeleteAwesome books and bookcases! :)
ReplyDeleteWe have those extended release LOTR DVDs too. I recognized them immediately!
ReplyDeleteI'm like Connie, I love spying on other people's bookcases!
Ooh the Nerd Case! Thing 2 is sitting beside me and looked at your pictures with me. He wants to know what those Pokemon-looking creatures were. Oh, he says they were unicorns or something. Or pretty ponies :)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Few things make me happier than seeing a large collection of books on display. Love all the geeky collectibles. You should see my Harry Potter bookends. Hehe.
ReplyDeleteI spend much too much time reorganising and creating new structures for my bookshelves. I like having books of the same height together and separating black or white covers from coloured covered books. Then all the coloured books can be arranged like a rainbow. I also spend too much time staring at other peoples' bookshelves.
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