There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.

Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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."


Kathy A - Mar 21, 2007 6:18:09 am PDT #2300 of 28175
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

My tags:

Category Romance (119), History (91), Fiction (72), Contemporary Romance (53), Cookbooks (41), American History (32), Humor (32), Performing Arts (29), Fantasy (26), Historical Fiction (25), Historical Romance (24), Comic Strips (24), Childrens (23), Literature (20), Paranormal Romance (19), Science (18), Medieval History (15), Fantasy Romance (15), Movies (14), Television (13), Healthy Cookbooks (13), Literary Criticism (12), Time-Travel Romance (11), Mystery (10), Poetry (10), Archaeology (10), British History (10), Chicago (10), European History (9), Espionage Fiction (9), Language (9), Memoir (9), Macgregors (8), Guide Books (8), Reference (7), Science Fiction (7), WWII (7), Hagen Strikes Again (6), Stephen King (6), American Civil War (6), Medical Mystery (6), Episode Guides (6), Stanislaskis (6), Fairy Tales (5), Night Tales (5), Antique Book (5), Journalism (5), Books (5), Mackenzies (5), Calhoun Women (5), Politics (5), Family Found (5), Generational Sociology (5), Hominids (4), Mackade Brothers (4), Religion (4), Science Fiction Romance (4), Medieval Literature (4), Desserts (4), Cordina Royals (4), Donovan Legacy (4), Holocaust (4), Feminism (4), Museum Guides (4), Diseases (3), Presidents (3), Buffista Authors (3), Dictionaries (3), Nature (3), Mythology (3), Cookies (3), Crafts (3), Job hunting (3), Biography (3), Audio (3), Architecture (3), True Crime (3), Photography (3), Pasta (3), Space Program (2), Quotations (2), Espionage (2), Alternate History (2), American Revolution (2), Actors (2), Musicals (2), Sociology (2), Games (2), School Book (2), Apples (2), Conard County (2), Plays (2), Music (2), Calligraphy (2), WWI (2), Soup (2), Beverages (2), Animation (2), Fashion (2), Shakespeare (2), Art History (1), Writing (1), Paranormal (1), Nutrition (1), Cross-Stitch (1), Trivia (1), Slow-Cooker Cookbooks (1), Climactic Change (1), Sign Language (1), Salads (1), Soups (1), Computers (1), Sandwiches (1), Veterinarians (1), Card Games (1), Political biography (1), Chicken (1), Movie Criticism (1), Home Repair (1)

I really should create a tag for my To-Be-Read books.


flea - Mar 21, 2007 6:20:31 am PDT #2301 of 28175
information libertarian

I only have 68 books in so far, but I think tagging is the best part. Here are mine:

grad school (16), husband's (14), children's (13), greek (8), archaeology (7), philosophy (5), greece (5), fiction (5), houses (5), unread (5), gardening (4), memoir (4), environment (3), field methods (3), self-help (3), essays (3), plays (3), history (3), comedy (2), math (2), teaching (2), classics (2), homebuying (2), renovation (2), theory (2), humor (2), nature (2), illustrations (2), organization (2), sendak (2), travel guide (2), illustrated (2), turkey (2), poetry (2), art (1), latin literature (1), epic (1), tolkien (1), marketing (1), politics (1), fantasy (1), consumerism (1), mythology (1), feelings (1), ghost (1), bakery (1), princess (1), pig (1), family (1), machines (1), snow (1), obnoxious child (1), potty training (1), juggling (1), tragedy (1), osteology (1), bones (1), board book (1), doll (1), word play (1), nonsense (1), british (1), exhibit guide (1), salvage (1), investing (1), chaos (1), fractals (1), marriage (1), psychology (1), american (1), short stories (1), du lac (1), fairy tales (1), troy (1), messenia (1), fairy tale (1), blegen (1), south pacific (1), mccloskey (1), french (1), collection (1), logic (1), america (1), travel (1), design (1), autism (1), england (1), society (1), book club (1), houseplants (1), vegetable (1), evolution (1), puzzles (1), handwriting (1), npr (1), underwater archaeology (1), shipwreck (1), science (1)


Connie Neil - Mar 21, 2007 6:28:58 am PDT #2302 of 28175
brillig

I've got nearly 300 books in, so my list of tags

Alternate History (2), Amber (12), Amelia Peabody (8), Ancient Egyptian History (2), Arcana (15), Archaeology (1), Architecture (6), Art (1), Astrology (7), Austrian History (1), Batman (8), BDSM (1), Biography (8), Bobbin Lace (2), Books (4), Campion (4), Cats (1), Classic (4), Conspiracy Theory (1), Cooking (2), Craft (4), Discworld (3), English History (5), Erisian (2), Etiquette (5), Evil (2), Fantasy (59), Fiction (178), French History (1), Gay (4), Genealogy (1), Graphic Novel (9), Grapic Novel (1), Historical (9), History (37), Humor (20), Military (1), Modern Fantasy (5), Mystery (46), Mythology (1), Needlework (1), New York (2), NewYork (1), Occult (6), Opera (1), Pastiche (14), Philosophy (2), Pirates (1), Political Theory (1), Porn (4), Psychic Phenomena (1), Religion (7), Romantic Adventure (6), Series (3), Series: Callahan's (2), Series: Crystal Gryphon (3), Series: Darwath (4), Series: Dragonsword (3), Series: Dream Park (3), Series: Grass (3), Series: Merlin (1), Series: Phule's Company (2), Series: So You Want To Be A Wi (1), Series: Sparhawk (6), Series: Tale of the Five (3), Series: Unschooled Wizard (3), Series: Warlock (7), Series: Windrose (4), SF (42), Sherlock Holmes (17), Social History (8), Star Trek (7), Tarot (1), Thriller (1), Tolkien (4), Travel (1), Vampires (6), Vicky Bliss (3), Wimsey (3), Wishlist (3), Women (7), Writing (13), YA (1), Zelazny (28)
I like my Porn and Evil tags.

2nd edit: And there's a typo, "Grapic"


Atropa - Mar 21, 2007 10:05:21 am PDT #2303 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I'm just waiting for the CueCat thingie to show up so I can really start entering books.


Connie Neil - Mar 21, 2007 10:11:10 am PDT #2304 of 28175
brillig

Yes, Jilli, I need to know which vampire books I need to read.


Atropa - Mar 21, 2007 10:14:02 am PDT #2305 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Yes, Jilli, I need to know which vampire books I need to read.

You should have seen the look on Pete's face when I told him I really do need a second bookshelf for the vampire books.


sarameg - Mar 21, 2007 3:26:03 pm PDT #2306 of 28175

I've loaded all my primaries! 434, with some duplicated (oddly, at least one of those pocket pithy books. Why do I have one called Why I live in Alabama ?)

The Nevil Shutes circa the 50's and 60's were a bitch. I certainly don't have the same editions in librarything that I do at home. Also, the Grooks I have aren't the same, and may not even be the same book, as mine is a MIT press edition.

Now to decide if I'll load any of my trashy (and not) romances. I don't often keep them, I just haven't made a deacquisition run in a while.


meara - Mar 21, 2007 3:29:32 pm PDT #2307 of 28175

OK, so the thing is, putting all this in Library Thing made me want to get RID of some of my books, too. Lots of my trashy romances. A few trashy scifi. But I don't want to just give them to goodwill, and the used bookstore sure won't pay me much for them.

So what do I do with them? Try to swap them one by one? That would be more satisfying, as it would involve someone who specifically wanted THAT BOOK, but...pain in the ass.

Anyone wanna trade a boxload of trashy romances? Or about..um...a dozen random bad scifi?


DebetEsse - Mar 21, 2007 3:31:32 pm PDT #2308 of 28175
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Hee. I'm apparently one of those people who has to have the right edition.

Which is a problem for some of my books.


sarameg - Mar 21, 2007 3:35:35 pm PDT #2309 of 28175

I'm apparently one of those people who has to have the right edition.

Yeah, me too. Or at least the right cover! But for some I have, it is a lost cause. No LC #, no ISBN, nada. And I'm not quite insane enough to create new entries for ALL of them.