tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1794023680149217664..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Side by SideStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-90689926719041718272012-10-08T05:40:35.443+01:002012-10-08T05:40:35.443+01:00I so love snooping on others' bookshelves. Tha...I so love snooping on others' bookshelves. That was a treat, thanks, Simon! Muriel Spark beside Nicholas Sparks, that's a classic! Made me smile.<br /><br />I shelve alphabetically by author, whether read or unread now. I used to separate my unread TBR but I hated seeing so many books unread so I just shelved them in along with the rest. :)clairehttp://kissacloud.lanternalley.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-72609178471447400582012-09-29T13:32:28.857+01:002012-09-29T13:32:28.857+01:00It was a lovely post Simon, and I am so impressed ...It was a lovely post Simon, and I am so impressed with how neat and tidy you are. I would be ashamed to show my messy shelves! I have tried and tried to put my books in alphabetical order, but they never stay that way...Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-14399130843703299262012-09-28T20:37:44.631+01:002012-09-28T20:37:44.631+01:00Lovely post, Simon! Thanks for letting us take a g...Lovely post, Simon! Thanks for letting us take a good peek at your Somerset shelves. It's always a treat to get to look at what's on other people's shelves. :)<br />I have not got the appropriate pictures to share now, but I can share a link to a post of mine a few months back on this same topic, though.<br /><br />http://inkyfoot.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/friday-feature-on-the-company-by-which-our-books-keep/<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-49546208901889017312012-09-28T11:29:01.997+01:002012-09-28T11:29:01.997+01:00Those are very good bedfellows for Muriel, I think...Those are very good bedfellows for Muriel, I think - much better than Mr. Sparks!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-1186154005461551712012-09-28T11:28:37.348+01:002012-09-28T11:28:37.348+01:00When I go home and unpack the boxes of books I'...When I go home and unpack the boxes of books I've sent home, it's an entire afternoon's job, sorting them out again! Especially since they're double-stacked...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40373036169729123592012-09-28T11:28:05.433+01:002012-09-28T11:28:05.433+01:00wonderful, thanks!wonderful, thanks!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30031513913226696652012-09-28T11:27:57.918+01:002012-09-28T11:27:57.918+01:00Lovely! I haven't read my copy yet - I have t...Lovely! I haven't read my copy yet - I have to confess to not much liking Princes in the Land, but I'd bought High Table before I read it.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60714144045824098462012-09-28T11:27:28.637+01:002012-09-28T11:27:28.637+01:00Your DES collection does, indeed, look amazing! T...Your DES collection does, indeed, look amazing! Thanks for sharing that.<br /><br />I love the sections you have - and I love that I assumed Home Front even before you added that! Birds of a feather...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51695962800133308902012-09-28T11:26:44.405+01:002012-09-28T11:26:44.405+01:00I have split authors, in order to have VMC and Per...I have split authors, in order to have VMC and Persephone separate - which is a bit painful, but I decided it was worth it. I had the orange Penguins separate too, but realised that I preferred them intermingled...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29644611596542180592012-09-28T11:26:00.439+01:002012-09-28T11:26:00.439+01:00That is shameful, Darlene! ;) but does offer so m...That is shameful, Darlene! ;) but does offer so much more opportunity for book dinner parties...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-15260089459910871782012-09-28T11:25:31.968+01:002012-09-28T11:25:31.968+01:00Ha! The spare room in every sense... Ha! The spare room in every sense... StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-84221846048347290402012-09-28T11:25:17.463+01:002012-09-28T11:25:17.463+01:00I think one day I'll have mine less formal, ma...I think one day I'll have mine less formal, maybe even by colour, but while I need my parents to find things to send to me, they'll stay alphabetical! (And I am a librarian, after all.)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73055878621544981462012-09-28T11:24:37.147+01:002012-09-28T11:24:37.147+01:00Goodness! Well, I'll be thinking about that.....Goodness! Well, I'll be thinking about that...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-83542435767807378472012-09-28T11:24:06.880+01:002012-09-28T11:24:06.880+01:00She does indeed - in fact, I think she quotes from...She does indeed - in fact, I think she quotes from The Paper House, the same extract, which is what sent me off to read it.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35004296609437513962012-09-28T11:23:43.389+01:002012-09-28T11:23:43.389+01:00Geology and cookbooks together is brilliant! Well...Geology and cookbooks together is brilliant! Well, I did make rock buns yesterday...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-57293497689653014792012-09-28T11:23:19.630+01:002012-09-28T11:23:19.630+01:00Hahaha! Perhaps they do...Hahaha! Perhaps they do...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73818062664120521822012-09-27T22:35:16.202+01:002012-09-27T22:35:16.202+01:00I started off with my bookshelves in strict alphab...I started off with my bookshelves in strict alphabetical order, but then I ran out of bookshelf space and new arrivals had to squeeze in where they could. I like the idea of thinking about them as dinner party companions I must say! The colour thing is interesting, I quite like the idea of having separate shelves of Virago and Persephone but it can look beautiful when they're all mixed up too. Looking at the shelf nearest me I see that Muriel Spark has Stevie Smith and Laura Talbot in Virago green on either side and she looks quite dramatic in her orange! Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234894353642559467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-18431642124653371042012-09-27T20:22:32.275+01:002012-09-27T20:22:32.275+01:00OK - you wanted pictures - here we go!
http://kag...OK - you wanted pictures - here we go!<br /><br />http://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/a-new-volume-plus-bookshelves/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-23613843439706872252012-09-27T19:22:39.770+01:002012-09-27T19:22:39.770+01:00Great question, Simon, and so nice to read other r...Great question, Simon, and so nice to read other replies. <br />I used to have my books in strict alphabetical order, but sometimes I had to re-arange seix shelves, to put a book in the right place. So now it is divided by genre or topic (f.e. history, Italy, Russia, biographies, novels, thrillers, fantasy, childrensbooks, etc) <br />Within each genre I have the books by author, and if necessary in chronological order. I try to put some authors or books together, if they have something in common. <br />Bettina Grissenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024188013121464014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40847361980203299032012-09-27T18:48:08.364+01:002012-09-27T18:48:08.364+01:00P.S. Your DES collection looks amazing......P.S. Your DES collection looks amazing......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-46340510375451981822012-09-27T18:46:40.291+01:002012-09-27T18:46:40.291+01:00You may indeed!
Alas, I don't yet have enough...You may indeed!<br /><br />Alas, I don't yet have enough Persephones to create a wall of grey - it's my Viragos that caused all the trouble, so much so that I have kept some authors e.g. Elizabeth Taylor, Rosamond Lehmann, Muriel Spark separate so that their variety of spines don't mess up the green shelves! I suppose at the end of the day, all that matters is being able to find a book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-22868386977237762762012-09-27T17:17:00.514+01:002012-09-27T17:17:00.514+01:00Just popped back to say that I thought I would hav...Just popped back to say that I thought I would have a check on Amazon as it had been quite a while since I last looked for High Table and lo and behold, there the 1p copies were as you mention!<br />One will hopefully (post permitting) be winging its way to me in the next few days - where it will join the legions of books waiting to be sorted into some semblance of order.<br />My fingers are now itching to get started....LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-72253340060080325662012-09-27T16:58:49.352+01:002012-09-27T16:58:49.352+01:00Liz - copies of High Table are going for a penny o...Liz - copies of High Table are going for a penny on Amazon.co.uk, so you should be able to get one pretty easily! <br /><br />It must be tricky to get books sorted out if they are in a jumble (although what fun!) - mine have been in alphabetical order since my collection was much smaller, so it's not too difficult to keep it that way.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-76448694046203934842012-09-27T16:54:23.472+01:002012-09-27T16:54:23.472+01:00My first thought in reading this post was shame th...My first thought in reading this post was shame that my many book cases are very randomly filled indeed with books being put where they will fit! I would like nothing more than the uninterrupted spare time to get some sort of system to my shelves but I would need about a week home alone to manage that and that's not happening any time soon!<br /><br />My second thought was that you are a very lucky person to have copy of Joanna Cannan's High Table which is fiendishly difficult to find at anything less than an exorbitant price.!LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-55559583027685758732012-09-27T15:23:17.986+01:002012-09-27T15:23:17.986+01:00p.s. by War books, I mean the Home Front, of cours...p.s. by War books, I mean the Home Front, of course.Susan Dhttp://www.destevenson.orgnoreply@blogger.com