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Books in Order or Not

Someone I know always get a nervous break down (or close to) when he sees my books... Ok, back to the explanation. I read books, lots of them, and as I figured out many years ago, it's cheaper to buy them, than to pay the fines at the library when I return them to late. Also I like the idea about having books... Years ago I saw an interview with a language geek who taught people in Hollywood English dialects who said; "Home is where you put stuff, while you go out to get more stuff", for me stuff is equal books, and CD's (music, and my CD's are also a mess). Now for some years I was able to keep the book in more or less alphabetic order, but as space is a luxury, and bookshelves are a premium I ended up having to have 3 layers of book, and simply ended up just putting the last read book where there is space. This is fine as long as one can remember where a specific book is - within a row or two... But as I got more and more books this system started showing some f...