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Today here on Cover2CoverBlog, I am talking about BOOK ORGANIZATION and TBR PILES.
I guess I should start my Challenge post by saying that I love to organize things. I can't stand to have books everywhere or not know what is coming up in my TBR pile. Are you like that? Am I the only crazy, obsessed person? .. I hope not :/
First things first, lets get organized! Here is my deal and then some tips and links.
First things first, lets get organized! Here is my deal and then some tips and links.
So I... don't have enough bookshelves. I think we all run into that problem. So to make up for the lack of space I have been double shelving books - it is sad because I can't see all the titles... but you gotta do what you gotta do... Personally I shelve books by genre (YA, MG, Adult) then last name but I do keep a separate space for my next months TBRs. They are just kind of set aside and ready to go when I need them. Nothing too exciting I know, but there are awesome ways to organize your books and keep them off the floor (ahem ... buy another bookshelf...).
So on to the tips and tricks:
BOOK ORGANIZATION OPTIONS
- You can be traditional and go with Author Last Name all the way through your books.
- Or even more organize-y you -- can do by Genre and Last Name {oooooo AHHHH -- I am a nerd, I know}
- A favorites shelf with all of your loved ones. Here are some fun shelves:
- Or you can get super creative and be colorful and not care about authors, genres, series, etc...
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Blogger/Crazy Person Note: for
some reason while I find this style pretty - I cannot for the life of
me do it. If I have a series I want the books to be together and
sometimes they have various colored spines... it hurts my crazy to think
of separating them... How about you?
- You can make art with your books...
- You can be like me and double shelve books due to lack of space. Here is a great link to a site about purging books if you need one. (I am a book hoarder with no shame [keeps ALL the books]) ...speaking of which...
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SWAPPING/PURGING/HOARDING?
Still finding you have too many books and /or want new books? Here are some places you can swap books:
BookMooch
PaperbackSwap
YA Book Exchange
Some Bloggers that Trade/Swap books (If you are one let me know in the comments and I will add you):
Need to just get rid of books?
On to the other organization I need and love...
THE DREADED TBR PILE {dun dun DUH!!!!}
So I love lists and spreadsheets. I work with them, I live with them, they make me happy -- also, all the color coding. As I have been blogging I have been using various ways to keep track of my books/posts and what I found was that I needed all the things.
I use a Google Calendar for seeing which posts are soon more like an at-a-glace version of my TBR spreadsheet which keeps ALL the info. But what we are really here to talk about it the TBR pile itself and its madness... I have so many books in my Goodreads TBR (320 right now) and that is even after I go through everyone once in a while and 'give up' so to speak on a few.
I use a Google Calendar for seeing which posts are soon more like an at-a-glace version of my TBR spreadsheet which keeps ALL the info. But what we are really here to talk about it the TBR pile itself and its madness... I have so many books in my Goodreads TBR (320 right now) and that is even after I go through everyone once in a while and 'give up' so to speak on a few.
Here are some great tools about TBRs and the such...
LINKS TO ORGANIZATION
A great article from Lit Reactor about cutting down your TBR is HERE
Read.Sleep.Repeat has a Spreadsheet you can download and use: HERE
Snuggly Oranges has a Post about Managing your Reading Schedule/ ARCs : HERE
HERE IS THE CHALLENGE!!
Try something new, let me know how it goes.
Organize your books or calendar, or make a TBR spreadsheet, and then tell me...
How do you organize yourself and all of your book goodies normally? Do you have any tips to share with bloggers? What works/ what doesn't?
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