Categories: random
Date: 20 September 2007 22:17:06
I seem to have developed a habit of sorting bookcases. This is the third now in two weeks. I quite enjoy it though - working out the best order and layout for them, either by subject, size or general bulkiness. This current bookcase is relatively simple, compared to the previous two. This one only has 3 shelves. Bottom shelf - nursing books. Middle shelf - God and related areas. Top shelf - fiction. Easy. Although it never is... my dictionary, thesaurus and Winnie the Pooh have ended up on the God shelf because they fitted nicely in the gap. That I can cope with. The top shelf, on the other hand, also has maps, cookbooks and Martyn Joseph (signed copy of Notes on Words). Which is fine... except that because the books are in height order, Martyn Joseph is the tallest, and because the bookcase cuts off relatively low down, Martyn Joseph peers over. Literally - his face is on the cover and from my bed I can clearly see the top half of his face! At the moment I can't decide if this is great because I get to glance up at the gorgeous Martyn Joseph whenever I fancy. Or spooky because his eyes gaze over the bookcase at my constantly. I could of course, easily solve this problem by promoting Martyn to the God shelf. Is he Godly enough? Is he more or less Godly than Winnie the Pooh? Or I could rearrange the top shelf, so there are other books between Martyn Joseph and myself? Or I could leave him where he is? Hmm... what do you think?