Organising Books and Magazines

(Sorry this is late again - troubles getting the kiddie to sleep - hubby has gone out for the evening and left me to fend for myself!)

I've shown glimpses of my bookshelves before, and people have commented how they like them. So I thought this weekend I'd give a closer look at how they're organised. Some shelves are sorted by theme, others are by the size of the books!

Bookshelf 1, top two tiers:

Which house my Harry Potter books in pride of place at the top, along with my Brambly Hedge books, though there's one missing (I'm sure it will turn up one day), and some Christopher Paolini books. And, on the second shelf, are my 'grown up' fiction books - the classics and Terry Pratchett. The contrast of which says a lot about me I'm sure!

Bookshelf 1, next shelf down:

This one has mainly reference books - dictionaries, travel guides, etc - all the smaller refernce books, as the bigger ones come below...

Bookshelf 1, bottom two shelves:

The top one of these holds medium-sized reference books, and then some medium sized picture books which are too special to go in the kids book box (which gets quite a battering!). The base layer holds large reference books, from walking, to growing vegetables, then crafting, and general reference.

Bookshelf 2, top shelf:

This hold all my other favourites - Roald Dahl, Artemis Fowl, Inkheart etc. At the back, where you can't see, there's a fairly sizeable collection of 'The Babysitter's Club' books, which I read as an older-child, and I still re-visit them now and then. I know my daughter will be reading them in a few years time!

Bookshelf 2, middle two shelves:

Which hold the rest of my fiction books, which are mostly children's or young adult's - these are my favourite age ranges to read - I don't like adult fiction much! The top one of these holds mainly fantasy, and the next one mainly real life, though there's some cross-overs!

Bookshelf 2, bottom 2 tiers:

The top one has my large collection of old girls annuals, which every now and then I go through a phase of reading again! The bottom shelf has my other reference books, mainly about fantasy and adventures , and some large picture books.

In my study I have a shelf above my desk which holds vintage books and my favourite craft reference books at one end: 

And at the other end some more of my favourite fiction books, including the Narnia Chronicles, which were given to me as a seven year old, and they are still my favourites. Every time I pick them up I remember reading them with a torch under the bedcovers as a child. See how one is different? I leant it to my sister a couple of years ago, and she lost it - I was so mad, as the replacement I bought (that you see is different here) didn't match the collection. But my sister just phoned me yesterday to say she's found the original copy - hooray! This end also holds my thesaurus and dictionary:

And, finally, I have some magazines under my desk - I just usually keep the latest ones here, and the rest get stored away in boxes or recycled. At the moment it's full of Mollie Makes because I keep opening them for inspiration, but it also currently holds an issue each of Popular Crafts, Simply Cards and Papercraft, Papercraft Inspirations, and Scrap 365:

So there we go, a tour around my books and magazines. Spot anything you know and love? 

The thing I most love about the organisation of this at the moment, is having my favourite craft reference books above my desk. I only moved them there at the end of last year, and I use them so much more now than when they were on the bottom shelf of bookshelf 1!

Remember that a comment on this post, or on any of my posts from this weekend, will count as an entry into the Grand Giveaway {NOW CLOSED}- but only if you've registered your interest in winning that here!

See you again shortly for the last post of today! x

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