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  Emily B.

  3 months ago

  My ex-girlfriend, an art director at an ad agency, had a shelf in our living room with a lovely color-coded shelving system -- an entire spectrum of books in which I, the librarian in the relationship, could find nothing. She despised my Dewey systemed bookshelf almost as much. She's dating another art director now, and I'm sure their home is beautiful and disorienting.
  
  Since having children, my books are organized with only one imperative: that MAMA'S SPECIAL NIGHT TIME BOOKS stay on the tippity-topmost shelf.
  
  Good work, Marinelli.
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  vmarinelli

  3 months ago

  Bwa ha ha ha. Mama's special night time books, I'm going to be giggling about that (along with "I'm sure their home is beautiful and disorienting") all day now, thanks :)
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  mikeb302000

  3 months ago

  I love your Yucky / Yummy system, I think mainly because I love books. Anything to do with organizing them or not organizing them is for me. In my case an unusual system has evolved. I guess the total must be 1000 +, which although we moved into a bigger house 2 years ago, far exceeds the space available. I left several massive boxes unpacked in the garage, boxes containing 50 or 80 volumes randomly selected in the days immediately prior to our move. As we grew into the new house, the three adults and three children which comprise my immediate family, we gradually discovered that there'd never be enough space for all the beloved books. So, every few months I take a box from the garage, struggle it up the stairs to the house, and exchange its contents with stuff that's on the shelves, more or less maintaining random selection. By now I've recycled between garage and house all the books we own at least once. It's proven to be a wonderful way to keep refreshing what's visible on the shelves while maintaining a sense of anticipation at regularly discovering long lost friends.
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