Ultimately, over 1,000 people responded with their opinions-because, as Wright correctly identified with her tweet, this is a topic people have opinions on. "My opinion should probably be taken with a grain of salt-there is no room in my house except the bathroom that doesn't have piles of books stacked in random spots, in no particular order. Our own books editor Haber adds that while she's anti-color coding, her own book system could probably use some better organizing. “I cannot for the life of me remember who wrote My Friend Anna, but I know it was pink.” “I’m more likely to remember what a book looked like than to remember who wrote the book,” she says. Jen Ashley Wright/Twitterīut Wright says the system actually works better for her on a functional level.
A potential romantic prospect was convinced I must not be reading the books on my shelf.
One colleague scowled upon seeing my Zoom backdrop, saying she discounts bookstores and people who arrange their books by color. Once the pride of my childhood, my rainbow-organized bookshelves shelves have now become the perfect ice-breaker-and, inevitably, argument-starter.įor all of the people who have complimented my shelves, the same amount have also questioned my sanity. My designated space for video calls is right in front of a row of red novels that transitions into yellows and finishes at blues, a small portion of my shelves’ floor-to-ceiling color spectrum. Moving back to my childhood bedroom for the pandemic has had an unexpected perk: A built-in Zoom background. “Can you come over and do mine?” A few months earlier, Hollywood actor Darren Criss did the same after noticing the shelves standing behind me. On a Zoom call last month, in the middle of answering my question about his new HBO show Lovecraft Country, Courtney B.
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