I think I'd actually be embarrassed by some of my book ownage.
River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
'Safe'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
vw bug - Mar 10, 2007 4:53:34 am PST #2138 of 28175
Mostly lurking...
-t - Mar 10, 2007 5:24:17 am PST #2139 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've ordered a CueCat and am putting off cataloguing until I have it.
Anne W. - Mar 10, 2007 5:25:08 am PST #2140 of 28175
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oh, dear heavens. This is a bad thing to discover on the day when I am sorting/reshelving my books.
I don't have as many books as I used to, as I'm in the habit of giving them away when I move if they're books I doubt I'll re-read again.
Jessica - Mar 10, 2007 5:38:57 am PST #2141 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It occurs to me that now would be the perfect time to start a LibraryThing (if I haven't already...I tend to sign up for these sorts of things and then forget about them until months or years later), because all of my books are still in boxes from the move. If I catalogued them as I unpacked, I'd have a complete list!
(Huh, Firefox doesn't think there's a 'u' in catalogue. But there is, right?)
Kathy A - Mar 10, 2007 9:51:32 am PST #2142 of 28175
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
When you're organizing your books is absolutely the perfect time to catalog(ue) them! (And, traditionally, yes, there is a "ue" in catalog, but thanks to the fad in the early 20th century of New American Spelling that stripped out "extraneous" letters, spearheaded by men like Colonel McCormick of the Chicago Tribune, which spent the first half of the century in thrall to rather peculiar spellings ["tho", etc.], the no "ue" spelling has stuck in the US.) Weeding was a great side-benefit to pulling them all of the shelf to enter them into the computer.
Now that I've had my lunch, it's back to tagging!!
brenda m - Mar 10, 2007 12:22:09 pm PST #2143 of 28175
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I started a group over there under Buffistas since I think a lot of us may be wanting to cruise each others libraries.
Amy - Mar 10, 2007 12:42:37 pm PST #2144 of 28175
Because books.
I am so afraid to even peek in there. I know it will be the best timesuck EVER, and I don't have time! I don't!
But ... books! A place catalogue my books! It's like the website I never knew I always wanted!
Anne W. - Mar 10, 2007 12:44:22 pm PST #2145 of 28175
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thanks for starting the group, Brenda! I've only catalogued a fraction of my books, but I went ahead and joined. My library is listed under "missweber"
Kathy A - Mar 10, 2007 12:51:00 pm PST #2146 of 28175
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've got everybody on watch and joined the group--thanks, Brenda!!
Now that I've got all my non-romances entered and tagged, time to wade in with the romances and create all the subcategories for tagging them.
Wish me luck; I might not come out alive, or, at least, not until some time tomorrow morning...
Kathy A - Mar 10, 2007 3:34:10 pm PST #2147 of 28175
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Well, I'm up to "L", and halfway through my bookshelf of romances. Book count is currently at 553--I'll most likely be adding about 100-120 more before I'm done.
I'll be sending the link to the completed list to my family members, but I'm not looking forward to listening to their snarking on the totals and content of said list. I'll just tell my sibs to see what they come up with if they cataloged their music collections.