Sorting by pragmatics I understand! I have been forced to make concessions in that direction as well (though I try to avoid as much as possible, by laying tall books on their sides where I can). It's sorting by *appearance* that tells me your books are for display rather than reading, and that's what I took Dantal to mean.
The thing that I have never forgiven him for is that he also puts the paperbacks in TRIPLE LAYERS. I ASK YOU.
What. I would never have forgiven him either! You are right to object.
I have relatively few books (~400-500), because my book collection is a research library consisting mostly of expensive non-fictional reference works that have stood the test of several move-induced cullings, which means there are not nearly as many as I would like. As a result, they are also inclined to be large and heavy hardcovers, though by no means all. Cheaper books for light reading are all on my Kindle (along with a bunch more expensive scholarly ones, of course).
Book sorting
The thing that I have never forgiven him for is that he also puts the paperbacks in TRIPLE LAYERS. I ASK YOU.
What. I would never have forgiven him either! You are right to object.
I have relatively few books (~400-500), because my book collection is a research library consisting mostly of expensive non-fictional reference works that have stood the test of several move-induced cullings, which means there are not nearly as many as I would like. As a result, they are also inclined to be large and heavy hardcovers, though by no means all. Cheaper books for light reading are all on my Kindle (along with a bunch more expensive scholarly ones, of course).