Comment on This Op Shop seems to have ordered their secondhand books by colour for some reason
EveningPancakes@lemm.ee 5 days ago
My wife does this to our books and it drives me nuts.
- “Where’s The Art of War?”
- “It’s in the black section”
One year her mom and I reordered them by author last name while she was away on a work trip. Took her 5 seconds upon returning home to notice it was different and she was furious.
SmokyOrange@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Put yourself in her shoes. If she derives joy from a colorful sorting of the books, it’s likely any other sorting would cause some annoyance/anguish (however minor). She would feel this way each time she laid eyes on the bookshelf.
On the other hand, a colorful sorting would only negatively affect you when you are actively looking for a book. I’m guessing that’s far less often than she merely looks at the bookshelf.
A compromise could be that she sorts the books by color and then by authors name. Not the most efficient sorting method for finding books, but would save a considerable amount of time compared to no author name spelling at all.
PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Or book jackets. That’s what I’d do. Gives an opportunity for creative outlet, too!
GaMEChld@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This is the smartest solution. Order and aesthetics simultaneously!
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 days ago
it’s ridiculous and insane.
SmokyOrange@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
I know, right. It’s crazy to me that people need to actually read the spine of a book they own in order to know what it is. Like, don’t you know exactly what it looks like? It’s your book. In a personal library, it makes sense to group books by how similar they look.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 days ago
you do you, crazy man. keep telling yourself this shit makes sense lol
toast@retrolemmy.com 4 days ago
No, unfortunately, it would remind me every time that I looked at it that I had somehow married someone who thought this was acceptable.