Booking Through Thursday

A weekly meme about (mostly) books and reading.

Unique Sorting June 25, 2009

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Browsing through my blog, I found a link to this post about the “Sorted Book Project.” Go read it. I’ll wait.

The idea is to take a few books and physically sort them in such a way that the titles make some kind of sense … something that I’ve never quite gotten around to doing and photographing, but which fascinates me.

What title/combinations can you come up with? (Bonus points if you actually assemble the books and photograph them, like in the original post.)


Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

 

41 Responses to “Unique Sorting”

  1. gautami tripathy Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 2:00 am

    Are we having two different BTT posts this thursday?

    :D

  2. J.G. Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 6:13 am

    Whoa! Bonus Thursday! I love it.

  5. BTT #2 this week: Unique Sorting « Elizabeth Willse Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 8:58 am

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  6. elizabethwillse Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 8:59 am

    Loving the bonus Thursday, and can’t wait to see others’ clever arrangements.

    Puns and potential poems on my shelves.

  7. BTT: A Book for All Seasons… « The Book Lady’s Blog Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 9:06 am

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  8. Carol Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 9:11 am

    Hi Everyone….. My post is up….. Happy BTT!….

  9. iwriteinbooks Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 9:31 am

    This is so cool! I may get around to doing the summer post as well but here is my book spine story for now:
    http://iwriteinbooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/booking-through-thursday-unique-sorting/

  10. Booking Through Thursday: Unique Sorting « Stray Thoughts Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 10:00 am

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  11. Barbara H. Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 10:02 am

    I think some participants are misreading the question: it’s not asking how we have books sorted on the shelves. It’s asking up to put certain book titles together. If you click through the link there will be some examples that show what they mean.

    I thought this was a lot of fun! I could play with it all day if I had time. But here’s what I came up with:

    http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/booking-through-thursday-unique-sorting/

  12. Popin Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 11:54 am

    This was fun. Like Barbara, I could send all day with this thinking up new ideas. Here is mine.

    http://proudbookworm.blogspot.com/2009/06/unique-sorting.html

    ~ pOpin

  13. teacherninja Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    I don’t have time to do this today, so maybe someone can steal this idea and set up a photo. For an endcap in a big bookstore a friend and I found all the fiction titles that had a body part in the title and displayed them in rough anatomical order. Some titles I can remember: Audrey Hepburn’s Neck, Footsucker, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Wolf by the Ears, Girl with Curious Hair, Cheek by Jowl, Skinny Legs and All, and many more.

  14. BTT: Unique Sorting « Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 1:04 pm

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  17. terri Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 2:06 pm

    Oh this was so much fun! Here’s mine:
    http://teelgee7.blogspot.com/2009/06/booking-through-thursday-unique-sorting.html

    I too could spend hours, maybe days doing this. I’m sure I’ll come up with more through the next weeks.

  19. Carrie K. Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    Cool idea! I didn’t have time to stack and photograph, but I did come up with a few:

    http://booksandmovies.colvilleblogger.com/2009/06/25/booking-through-thursday-june-25-2009-book-sortingboo/

  20. Booking Through Thursday – JUne 25, 2009 (Book sorting)boo | BOOKS AND MOVIES Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    [...] The idea is to take a few books and physically sort them in such a way that the titles make some kind of sense … something that I’ve never quite gotten around to doing and photographing, but which fascinates me. What title/combinations can you come up with? (Bonus points if you actually assemble the books and photograph them, like in the original post.) [...]

  22. Emily Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    I made three. This was such a fun little exercise!

    http://www.eveningallafternoon.com/2009/06/stacks.html

  23. Frances Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    Now this is fun!!! Someone should host this as a regular weekly exercise. Here is mine:

    http://nonsuchbook.typepad.com/nonsuch_book/2009/06/booking-through-thursday-unique-sorting.html

  27. Novroz Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    wow…I didn’t know there’s a second post. I have to take the pictures first…be right back with my post

  28. LizzyJ Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Oh yeah finally, it took me a bit here is my photo and 3 sentences kinda,
    http://historicallyobsessed.blogspot.com/2009/06/booking-through-thursday-sorted-book.html

  30. Caty Says:
    June 26, 2009 at 6:16 am

    Uh, *mine*. Oops.

  31. CoversGirl Says:
    June 26, 2009 at 8:04 am

    This was so much fun! Mine is here.

  32. lahni Says:
    June 26, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    This looks like so much fun. I don’t think I have enough books to try it though…

  34. Kris Says:
    June 28, 2009 at 12:27 am

    After going through my books, this is what I came up with. On my new domain too :) http://inthesound.us/bookheart/?p=302

  35. Books making sense « Graasland Says:
    June 28, 2009 at 10:24 am

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  37. The Secret Stories Your Book Titles Tell « filling my patch of sky Says:
    June 29, 2009 at 9:19 am

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  38. erinstraza Says:
    June 29, 2009 at 9:26 am

    Here’s my entry: The Secret Stories Your Book Titles Tell

    This was a wonderful creative exercise! So fun.

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    July 7, 2009 at 3:11 am

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