I have really enjoyed looking over people's bookshelves during these remote interviews and things, and it's especially fun since they know people are going to be looking and they curate or arrange things intentionally.
By only keeping the things I actually am interested in or use regularly I feel like, if someone wants to browse my shelves, they're going to get a much more accurate picture than if I tried to put something impressive together. Some of the most used and cherished books I own are in places people might not even really go - for example, no one much goes into my studio/office area. That's where my philosophy, art, design, and folklore stuff is shelved. I recently started shelving exercise, running, health and fitness stuff in the kitchen because ... why not. ;D There are two catch-all bookcases where, for better or worse, my vintage cookbooks live since I don't want them exposed to any more cooking grease and kitchen abuse than they've already endured.
I also found that the people I actually know in reality no longer used any of the social book sites. My only active "friends" were people who'd just randomly added me and I know nothing about them. And we didn't seem to have much in common, as far as tastes in books are concerned. I'd not worry about my literal neighbors and family knowing what I read though it might start some political fights.
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Date: 2021-05-22 11:25 am (UTC)By only keeping the things I actually am interested in or use regularly I feel like, if someone wants to browse my shelves, they're going to get a much more accurate picture than if I tried to put something impressive together. Some of the most used and cherished books I own are in places people might not even really go - for example, no one much goes into my studio/office area. That's where my philosophy, art, design, and folklore stuff is shelved. I recently started shelving exercise, running, health and fitness stuff in the kitchen because ... why not. ;D There are two catch-all bookcases where, for better or worse, my vintage cookbooks live since I don't want them exposed to any more cooking grease and kitchen abuse than they've already endured.
I also found that the people I actually know in reality no longer used any of the social book sites. My only active "friends" were people who'd just randomly added me and I know nothing about them. And we didn't seem to have much in common, as far as tastes in books are concerned. I'd not worry about my literal neighbors and family knowing what I read though it might start some political fights.