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Okay, and right back to the organizing by color discussion ... It's never ending, is it?
Brains work differently, okay? People have different amounts of books to keep track of and reading habits differ. Color coding isn't weird or ridiculous or impractical to some. Others may prefer alphabetical order ... It's a highly personal thing and doesn't have anything to do with being an avid reader or not. And frankly, the reproach of not using your books, I don't get that. Do you touch/pull out all your books all the time? I usually take one book out, read it (within one to four weeks usually, depends on my time and the book) and then decide wether I put it back or not (often I don't because it is simple math how many book you can reread in your life so only the really brilliant ones get to stay)
Personally I mix organizing by color, by subject, by height and by placement. Big books go on the bottom shelves and get loosely grouped by subject. I have one special interest that get's its own shelve. When it comes to fiction and normal sized non-fiction: I don't like to mix that. So I have fiction shelves and non-fiction shelves. Within those I group by color because it is soothing for the eye. I place those few color coded shelves at eye level. New books get stacked up vertically or are placed front faced (depends on the space I have) so they get my attention and get read.