Book Organization: How I Decide Which Method to Use

See yesterday's post for a bit more context - Book Organization: When to Use the Different Organization Methods.

As mentioned quite a few times yesterday, there is no "right" or "wrong" way to organizing your bookshelves. You shouldn't feel pressured to organize your bookshelf one way or another just because someone else says that's the way to do it. (Whoever says there's a "right" way to organizing bookshelves is wrong.) It's completely up to you how you organize your bookshelves.

When I do a reorganization of my bookshelf, I decide based on how I'm feeling that particular day. I usually combine two of the organization methods: the first being the "base" organization, and the second be the "sub" organization.

I know that might be a bit confusing, so here's an example. My bookshelf is currently organized by genre, and then each genre is organized alphabetically by the author's last name. Since I only have 3 main genres - history, historical fiction, and mythology - it isn't really hard for me to decipher what books go within each genre. Other times, I've organized by color (base organization) and then height (sub organization), or by genre (base organization) and then color (sub organization)

It is perfectly okay to let your mood dictate how your shelves are organized. They are your shelves, after all. (Wow, I could have made a few puns there, but moving on . , . )

You also don't have to stick to one organization method for an extended amount of time. If you feel like you need to reorganize your bookshelves, and it's only been a month, then do it. That is okay.