Okay, so I love when a book series has the numbers on the spine. Especially for longer series. However, I recently found a matching set of the Maze Runner books at a Thrift Store and it is so annoying to me that they are numbered in publication order verses chronological order. I can’t move them how I want because the numbers being wrong hurts my head but so does this.

It also made me think that even if I read books in a different order, I prefer to place prequels before the rest when I put the series on my shelf. Like I read in publication order but still like to put prequels first on the shelf.

Anyways, nothing super dire. I’m just curious but what are your thoughts? Do you like books numbered in publication order or chronological? If they aren’t numbered, how do you arrange them?

I’m curious to see what others do!

Edit: just to clarify, I like to read in publication order. I just like to put my books on the shelf in chronological order.

Which one are you? I personally prefer reading on my kindle since I can take it anywhere with me

Do you guys take into account a book’s rating before deciding whether to read it or not? And if so, what’s the lowest rating a book can have for you to still want to read it? For me, if it’s a book I’ve never heard about before, I think anything below 3.5 is a bit discouraging, but maybe I’m too harsh😅

My favorite extreme sport is trying to match up the timing of my physical holds at the library with my e-audiobook holds so I can dual read/listen. The suspend hold button hates to see me coming.

Does anyone else do this? It's a constant balance and battle. 🙈 Interchangeably listening and 'eye reading' (thanks to Bill Nye for introducing me to that term yesterday) is my ideal form of book consumption. 💜