I am a thick glasses wearing, accidental hand inking, snort laughing nerd. Bookworm by day, wordsmith by night.
I tell you this because I am going to nerd out for a moment. I've been working on an organization project. There were three full, full bookshelves in the library that were left to us and so totally unorganized. And, because organization happens to give me chills of joy and I needed to see if any of my coursebooks were hiding in those shelves, I gained permission to overhaul.
The Result of 3 days' work:
Far Left Case (starting from the top):
- Bibles of all sorts
- Hymnals and books about hymns
- Derick Bingham (the deceased library's owner and prolific author)
- Religious books
- Bottom shelf are all Bible reference books
Middle case:
- General reference books about words and writing
- Books on Britain and travel
- Books on Ireland
- Fun books
- Poetry
Far Right Case:
- Art and history
- Bronte
- Tolkein and Tolstoy
- CS Lewis
- Winston Churchill
- Biographies
You're like, who cares, Jamie? You're in Ireland and all you can blog about are some dusty old books? I care! I love books and libraries and what they tell you about someone.
For instance, I learned about Professor Bingham that he was enraptured by the Bronte sisters and Da Vinci and the story of the Irish people. He also had a thing for CS Lewis, but who doesn't? Not everyone has a book of his in Korean, though. Just sayin'.
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