I've been adding to my catalogue by bouncing through recommendations and going "I already have it!" and saving the data entry

Duh! How simple! Back to the site (addictive little bugger).

OK, this Library Thing is getting addicting--I've been inputting titles and ISBNs for three hours now, and still haven't reached 300 books yet. I've still got my nonfiction 6-foot tall, 3-foot-wide shelves to get through, as well as all those romances, and I'm thinking about just staying up until I get them all done, damnit!

It's a sad, sad compulsion I have, to categorize and organize all my books. That's always my first task when I move, since getting all of my books out of their boxes means I have a hell of a lot less things to do afterwards in comparison.

ETA: X-post with Connie on the addictive nature of this beast!

From the PCMag's review of LibraryThing, a Very True Statement:

In letting you post your book collection for all the world to see, it's a means of connecting with other people—and a way of feeding your vanity. If you're not into books, you may not see it that way, but trust me, book lovers are very vain when it comes to their books.

ETA: A few of those reviews mention that the website offers CueCat scanners (that they picked up cheap when some company from the dot.com boom went bust) for only $15, so if you have a ton of books you want to track, but don't want to key in the ISBNs or search through the titles, you can pick one up and just scan the barcode!

It's fun adding more and more books, then checking to see how the Watch list has changed. Hello, fellow Bloom Countians!

My comics have skewed my recommendations heavily, and suggests a bunch of stuff I either have or want. How predictable am I?

I have three books no one else has, and they are all about Jamaica, either history or photographs.

I peeked at the tag cloud, and Douglas Adams was so big it hurt my eyes. But it reminded me to enter the five of his books I have.

I haven't figured out all of that Watch stuff, nor the Suggestions page. Heck, I haven't even added tags yet! That'll be Saturday's job, after I get all the romances added. But, I've got everything else in, and I even used going through all the books to add to my purge/to-be-donated pile! Found another dozen books to send to charity, as well as two that were badly mis-shelved.

Up to 431 books so far--less than I thought, but I am doing my third purge in 18 months. I'm scared to think of how many I would have had two years ago!

I think I have the right user name for you, Kathy, do you have The Arcanum, too?

Yep, but it's on my to-be-read list (still!). I picked it up while I was working at the bookstore--it was on the bargain shelves, and looked interesting.

OK, it's 5:00 am here, and my body's finally ready to shut down. I've got all my books that aren't romances into LibraryThing, and have more than half of them tagged. Must leave some for Saturday!

Good night (or rather, good morning!) to you all.

Oh my jesus, how did you people get me into this. I can see where my saturday is going. brendalu as usual, for them that cares.

I'm scared to check this out, as it will probably eat my weekend. But, it does sound fun!