I spent the afternoon arranging our books by size and color (and it’s so satisfying and looks amazing) and my partner came home and stared in shock at the bookcase and then said “i’m a librarian, you can’t do this.”
him: you split up all the song of ice and fire books
me: yeah i know, they’re all primary colors, it’s perfect
him: [self-destructs]
You’re a monster
As a former bookstore employee, this hurts my soul. I mean, sure it looks nice, but how do you find anything?
it has occurred me during this process that apparently not everyone thinks about books by what color they are? like, literally when i’m looking for a book, i picture it in my mind. i have a very…tactile experience with the books i read and idk! i thought everyone did that lol.
my partner was like “how will i find [this book] for instance” and i replied “easy, it’s purple” and he looked at me like i was a witch.
I’m a librarian but I also remember books by the color :D One day a patron came in asking for a book (he knew the title) and I was like oh yeah it’s orange and by Holm-something-or-other. I took him to the YA-section and there it was, the author was Holmström and the book was indeed orange. To be fair I know the young adult section like the back of my hand. My own bookshelf is organized by genre/type.
