Irascibility makes the world go round

Library of Congress!

So I just finished organizing all of my books in lovely Library of Congress order.  A project that took about 10 hours, maybe more, of my time.  No comment needed.

Here are some interesting stats:

First book: Roland Barthes, Mythologies (call number AC25 .B3132 1972b) which I have only read part of.

Last book:  The Ethnography of Reading, edited by Jonathan Boyarin (call number Z1003 .E87 1993), which I read for an independent study on Literary Theory.  I don’t remember liking it a whole lot…

Median book (according to database):  Alan Weisman, The World Without Us (call number GF75 .W455 2007), which was a gift from my Dad at Christmas and I finished over break.  Very interesting book about how quickly everything we’ve built would fall apart if mankind were to be wiped out/raptured/whisked away by aliens.

Total books:  465 (approximate - I have some loaned to friends, know I’ve misplaced a few, etc)

Total bookshelves filled: 6

Most books by the same author:  12, Umberto Eco.  I enjoy his literature and use his literary theory and semiotics works, so this makes sense.

Most books in a call number range:  78, the BL range, which includes general religion material and mythology.  So all of my Hinduism stuff is in there, as is a lot of my comparative material.

I had to crunch the data somehow to make this seem like it wasn’t a huge waste of my time and/or a desire to soothe my desire for order.