It's Friday, what are you reading? (March 1)

[dorothyinAus]

So it's a new month, what are reading?  Are you enjoying it?

And to encourage activity on the board (and because I just got new bookshelves and am generally curious):

Q(uestion) o(f) t(he) W(eek):  How do you shelve your books?  Do you divide by genre?  Alphabetize by author?  Separate by color?

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I'm about 2/3 of the way through Mourning Gloria, a China Bayles mystery by Susan Wittig Albert.  I am enjoying it, but I had to stop reading it immediately before bed.  There is a case of arson involved in the plot and fire is my worst fear.  It was giving me nightmares.

QOTW:  I separate my books out by genre and then first alphabetically by author, then in chronological order by copyright date, unless it's a series and then it's in series order regardless of copyright date.  Books/series with multiple authors are shelved by the first listed author.

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Sloppy Seconds: The Tucker Max Leftovers.

I know, it's shamefully but I find his stories entertaining.

[whitepicketfence]

I'm reading Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill. This is one of the creepiest books I've ever read.

QOTW: I've totally given up on organizing my books. Our built-in bookshelf is at a level where my kids can easily access it. My books get pulled down and rearranged at least once a day, LOL.

[charlatti]

I'm reading The Burning Air by Erin Kelly, which is fascinating. I've enjoyed her previous two books but this one is really good.

QOTW: Our books are arranged by color. DH always had his that way and mine got incorporated after we were married. Our living room shelves have blue, green, gray and some black books, and all other colors are on the shelves in the basement. Library books and DD's books are not organized at all, which makes DH sad, I'm sure.

[fredaruth]

I am currently reading The Night Circus on Kindle and To Kill a Mockingbird paperbook at lunch time.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

I just finished The Light Between Oceans which I liked, even though it was kind of infuriating at times. I just started When It Happens to You by Molly Ringwald. It's ok so far; it's really just killing time until I get to the library to pick up The Casual Vacancy(which I have zero expectations for, so I'm hoping I won't be disappointed), and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

As for my bookshelves, they stopped being organized like three moves ago. I tend to just throw things on there wherever they'll fit.

[aurora]

According to the results of the poll I posted a week ago, I'm reading Stephen King's Wolves of the Calla and definitely enjoying it!

I organize by author, topic, and size (some of my shelves are taller than others). However, I have to use the word "organize" loosely because I either need to get more bookshelves or get rid of some books. I think I'll choose the former.

[rootbeerfloat]

I'm starting The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker this weekend.

QOTW: I organize by size first, then author.

[bluelikejazz]

I'm currently in HP3 of my HP re-read.

QOTW: I don't organize. They are all randomly stuck on my bookshelves in a back room. I do keep my College Textbooks on a different shelf than my fiction books, that totally counts for something, right?

[amy726]

Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch

QOTW: I don't own many books but the ones I do own aren't organized in any way (except for the HP series which are in order).

[duckduck]

I just started reading A Feast for Crows. I'm listening to The Wettest County in the World.

QOTW: DH and I keep our books separate, except for Bibles and devotional books, which are all shelved together. I try to loosely organize mine by genre, but size of books and varying heights of shelves makes it tough. I also had this idea of organizing them by the time period they depicted, but that didn't make it very far. My shelves are all full to bursting, so I cram things in however I can these days. Since our house is a Cape Cod, we've sort of run out of space for bookshelves. Thank goodness for my Nook and borrowing from the library!

[booknerd]

I am currently reading The Villa by Nora Roberts. I have been reading this for weeks. I am normally a fast reader but grad school is taking up all of my free time. I can't even decide how interested I am in this book, and I love NR!!

QOTW: My books (over 500 and counting, and that doesn't include my Kindle books) are organized first by size, then author, though really a lot of the hardback and trade paperback are just sorted at random. I group books by the same authors together, but due to different sizes and amounts of each author they are sort of shoved however they will fit best. My mass market paperbacks are sorted alphabetically and wonderful. Textbooks go on a separate shelf, as do my Harry Potter books. Husband's books go on his separate bookcase and are arranged just alphabetically since he doesn't have very many.