Do You Organize Your Books?

Do You Organize Your Books?

I am NOT an organized person.  I really, really wish I was.  I want to be organized.  Organized people seem so together, and….shiny.

But I am not.  And I kind of hate all you methodical freaks!  Kidding….really.

Although I did like this definition from UrbanDictionary.com

 1. organized

a word used to describe people who are too lazy to look for things

“Did you clean your room?”
“No…organized people are too lazy to look for things.” 

 Even though I’m not organized, that doesn’t mean I’m messy.  I like for things to be clean and look nice.  That just means I throw everything away.  I don’t keep anything.  Pictures the kids draw?  “Aww, honey, that’s so cute!” *trashed* Yep, I’m that bad.  BUT!  Now that I’ve become quite the book hoarder, I’ve had to come up with a system for ALL

As I mentioned before, my house is kind of a library.  I like having books in order so that when people come over, they can easily spot books that they might like.  I know some people like to organize in alphabetical order, by author or by title.  My older daughter has her bookshelves sorted by color, which I love.  But both of these ways make it hard for me to easily find books to recommend. Click here to read more about Dear INVADED (Alienated #2) by Melissa Landers.

So I organize my shelf by genre.  

All my rom-coms are together, my time travel, dystopia, fantasy.  Then, within those categories, there are often sub-categories.  Like in paranormal romance, it’s divided into vampires, werewolves, angels, etc.  And then to further complicate things…or make things exciting, depending on how you look at it, each section is sorted by color. 

The reason I like to sort by genre is because when people come over, they tell me they really liked Divergent, or whatever, and I can say, “Here’s my dystopian shelf!  If you like Divergent, you’ll probably like the books in this section!” The other day one of my good friends was over and she said, “Oooh, this is my section!  I can tell by all the pink and blue books.”  Heehee.  Chick-lit!

Of course this does not include my shelves of unread books or ARCs….but that’s a whole different post!

So, what about you?  

How do you like to organize your shelves?  Or do you just toss books into the air and hope they end up in the right place?