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Organizing My Physical & Digital Library as a Mood Reader
Description
Organizing your bookshelves or Kindle starting to feel chaotic? In this Season 3 finale, I’m taking you behind the scenes of how I organize my physical and digital romance library without making it a full-time job.
We’re talking sapphic shelves, BIPOC-only shelves, signed books, Kindle collections, Handy Library, StoryGraph, and how it all works together so I stop double-buying books and always know what to read next.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How I organize my main bookshelf on camera (Elizabeth Stevens, Kennedy Ryan, Katie Robert + a dedicated sapphic romance section that reflects my values)
- The structure of my office bookshelves, including a BIPOC-only shelf and a separate shelf for everything else (contemporary, dark, queer romance, etc.)
- Why I use the Handy Library app to catalog my physical books, avoid duplicates, and even track my husband’s and kids’ books
- How I organize my Kindle collections for mood reading: Up Next, KU, physical TBR, podcast prep, Free Black, BIPOC, ARCs, anthologies, dark, contemporary, etc.
- How Handy Library, Kindle, and StoryGraph each play a different role in my reading life
- My system for reading three books at once (physical/audio + Kindle + Kindle app) without getting plots confused
Things Mentioned:
Tasty by Taahesi B. Williams (Amazon)
Running list of books mentioned (Doc)
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Storygraph
Running list of books mentioned (Doc)
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