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BackFromTheDud

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Just some guy, born and living in England by accident of birth, pushing 60, and weary of being reasonable in an unreasonable world.
Ruled by my cats.
ASD.
Still playing (badly) Bass, guitars, synths, effects, etc.
Motorbikes, scooters, and other noisy stuff may also turn up.
Watches "Star Trek"
Pronouns: He, Him, "That Bald Bastard".
Thela Hun Ginjeet.
vaj qeylIS mIwvam'e'!
"Work makes you Fret!"
"Everyone I know goes away in the end"
Sometimes (often?) Sweary.

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Scotter , to bookstodon group
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Next book I'm listening to. So interesting! Covers so many words--their first use and how their use evolved. Pretty quick at 8.5 hours and just under 300 pages.
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BackFromTheDud ,
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@Scotter @bookstodon it would make gynaecology appointments more interesting, and it's much easier to say than gynaecologist 🤔😉

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@Scotter @bookstodon also, do you have a link to the book?

albnelson , to bookstodon group
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Besides Shakespeare, were you assigned more than one book by the same author in school? K-12, not college. @bookstodon

BackFromTheDud ,
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@albnelson Orwell: We got "1984" and "Animal Farm" in the same year. @bookstodon

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@albnelson Nice, uplifting, cheery books. Just the thing for someone in their teens to read! 🙄 @wampusmm @bookstodon

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon group
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I need to reorganize my fiction bookshelves. What system has worked best for you? I'm leaning towards going by author, though that leaves the question of how to treat anthologies. Maybe anthologies could be first, or shelved by the editor's name. Alphabetical by title (preceded by numbers) might work just as well as by author.

I had been doing them by height size, except for the graphic novels, which tend not to match any standard size.

These particular bookshelves are all fiction (except for graphic nonfiction) so organizing by subject seems unwieldy.

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BackFromTheDud ,
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@Likewise @kimlockhartga @bookstodon FWIW I usually put mine in Author (A-Z)/Date of Publication.

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@kimlockhartga It was handy when I had all my Terry Pratchett books on the shelf, that's for sure! @Likewise @bookstodon

BackFromTheDud ,
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@kimlockhartga @Likewise @bookstodon I have a friend who arranges their books by height. You can never find the thing you're looking for!

aburtch , to bookstodon group
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After an H.P. Lovecraft kick last year, I’m now reading Edgar Allen Poe. And let me tell you, macabre doesn’t even begin to describe it.

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@aburtch A nice bit of light reading. @bookstodon

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