organize my books

I already went through all the boxes, and have only 4 boxes of books to give. Second round I will check the remaining boxes to fill at least four more of books to give…

I have a lot of books and have read most of them and reread them and reread lots of them frequently. It would make it a lot easier and faster if they were uncatalogued so I would know which ones I already have. I could also put some away and throw others out. Blisssss

I’m classifying my books in three categories: Books read or unfinished, books not read, and books to give. I have five boxes for each of the first two categories, and last week I finally filled a whole box of books to give. It’s going slow, but steady, and that’s what’s important.

Last week I decided to get rid of half my books. I know, it’s a pretty radical decision, considering how attached I seem to be to them, but I must. Clutter is clutter. If my books are trapped in boxes, not being read; or some of them read, but not interesting enough to warrant a second reading; I must get rid of at least half of them. Time to bless someone else with my overflow of books…

When my life is desorganized, I always decide to organize something. In this case, my library is in desperate need of organization.

...I started going through my boxes of books, just one at a time, and sorting them somehow. I’m having some difficulty because I can’t seem to let go of as many books as I would like. I recognize that I’m too attached to what they
represent(ed) in my life. What matters, for now, is that at least I finally started this project.

A friend of mine had the crazy idea to own every book on the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list. I now own a copy of all the the pre-1700s books from the 1st edition list. They aren’t exactly new or in terribly good shape, but they’re legible. Now that this idea is in my head, I’m positive I won’t be able to forget the idea. Hm. More books to organize on the way.

One day. As soon as we get all moved in next week. Probably that weekend. So the 4th-6th. ...Hopefully.

This will be a monster task for me. I have alot of books. Many of them I haven’t bothered to read yet. I have two smaller book shelves and one big one. They all are double-rows right now. One shelf is nothing but Stephen King…I plan to organize them by author. I also need to replace one of the smaller shelves since the bottom shelf has broken, the front end fell and cant be fixed..When I replace it I may get the 5 shelf one but then I would have to find a new place for it… So much to do so little space right now.

I have WAY too many books. I started organizing them in boxes, and sorting them to check which I should keep, and which ones should go. I plan on donating some of them to the local library, and only keep those books that I would love to read again someday. Others I could sell.