According to topic.

Because I tried to do that Instagram thing of arranging according to colour, and it was an epic fail. I mean, it looked pretty. But it was perfectly useless. To find a book, I had to remember if it was a yellow book, or a red book and my books ended up with Jodi Picoult sitting next to Jordan Peterson. It did not make any sense. Another reminder that sometimes, social media trends don’t mean much in real life.

This time, my shelves are arranged according to themes. Career. Fiction. Childcare. Interesting Non-Fiction. Husband’s mish-mash of books (because his taste is eclectic). The boys, bless their little souls, have one section of the shelf for their 5 Books of The Week. (No, I’m not a mean mom, but I simply cannot have dozens of children books in my living room. So they’re only allowed to keep 5 in the living room).

I have boxes of books to give out.

The first idea I had was to exchange them for vouchers at coffee shops. Maybe this is me projecting my desired future on my favorite cafes but I really like the idea of having a mini-library in cafes, where I can eat a muffin, drink great coffee and read Wuthering Heights in peace.

What do you think?

I’m on the look out for what else I can do with all the books. I have at least a hundred to give away. I wish we had public libraries I could donate to. But people don’t read these days, right? Asked my little cousin (15) if she’d like to borrow a book from me (people who know me know that I hardly ever offer my books to be borrowed) and she shook her head, “I don’t like books.”

Let me know if you have any ideas what I could do with the books. I’m partial to anything that encourages young people to read more.