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About meI am a 30-something Scotsman now living the ex-pat life in Würzburg, Germany. I work as an editor at makeuseof.com, tech blogger and freelance writer.
This is my second attempt at Librarything. I started in another account about a couple of years back then lost interest (I also had to sell a lot of my books to pay off debts which was quite devastating). But now I have decided to try again as my book collection is starting to grow again (much to the chagrin of my girlfriend who is always pressuring me to sell some books on eBay to make money and space). I am also getting very interested in the idea of cataloguing my inventory at home and this seemed a good a place as any to start logging all my books.
At first I wanted to collect EVERYTHING but then I realised that was stupid. If I hate a book, why keep it? Why let it take up space on the shelf and let it collect dust? So I will only keep the books I like and sell the ones I hated. Makes sense doesn't it?
This is probably a good rule because space is the big issue with us - we live in a very small one room place. So I am always having to come up with creative ways to store books. People look at all my books and ask how I can have so many at once. The short answer is that I just can't help myself. Whenever I walk into a bookshop, I just have to buy something and I am physically unable to leave before I have something. Same with eBay - I am bidding all the time and I just can't stop. Same with Amazon - I am buying so much that I am probably one of their top VIP customers!
If you ever want to lose me, throw me into the middle of the world's largest bookstore - I guarantee I will never come out!
I try to review books that I have read on Amazon and I will try to also copy the review here onto Librarything.
I am also a proofreader at Project Gutenberg where I can help out on a worthy project and at the same time read even more books! I highly recommend you volunteer for proofreading if you have the time. Even if you can only do one page a day, it's better than nothing and it would make all the difference.
About my libraryI have a particular fondness for novels in the genres of crime, mystery and thrillers. I am also starting to read all the classics to kind of broaden my horizons a bit. But my fondest passion is childrens books. I am a firm believer in the idea that everyone should remain a child just a little bit and my greatest reading pleasures come from reading stuff like Paddington Bear, Winnie the Pooh, Chronicles of Narnia and such like.
Non-fiction wise, I am into history books a lot. History was always my best subject at school. I am also starting to read biographies.
A lot of my books are marked "unread". This could mean that I haven't actually started reading it yet or it could mean that I have started reading it but then put it down part-way through. I have a habit (an annoying habit some say) of starting and stopping books at regular intervals. It's not that the book in question is bad - I just have a very short attention span and so I am always flipping from book to book.
Tagging a book as "unread" is useful because then I can track how many books I still have to get through!
** As of January 2009, I am starting to sell off books that I have no intention of reading ever again and streamlining my collection. So you will notice my collection steadily decreasing. But this is actually good for me because I will eventually end up with a book collection that I truly love and not thousands of worthless books that I don't care about. **
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posted by AllieW at 9:35 am (EST) on Jun 23, 2009
I finished The Boy in the Striped Pajamas last night and read your review today!
It really is an incredible book. And, the ending was truly unexpected.
I'm a member of the 75 challenge group. We are a lively, friendly, well-read book, please feel free to join us if you think it is something you would like to do.
posted by Whisper1 at 12:24 am (EST) on Jun 21, 2009
posted by RebeccaAnn at 1:28 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2009
I hope you stick with LibraryThing. I've only been here a couple weeks or so, but it feels like a dream come true. I never even knew a place like this existed!
posted by RebeccaAnn at 9:23 am (EST) on Feb 27, 2009
posted by Jennifer76000 at 7:08 am (EST) on Jan 3, 2009
anyway...cheers,
Kris
posted by Bookmarque at 8:12 am (EST) on Apr 17, 2008
Good to hear about the Gutenberg work, and if you're a Windows user you might like my free yBook software for reading offline (when you're not proofing, that is ...)
Cheers
Simon
posted by SimonHaynes at 7:52 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2008
posted by LindaTan at 12:09 am (EST) on Dec 19, 2007
and thanks for adding me to your 'interesting libraries' list. I am always pleased when someone does this as it shows that I must be doing something right.My collection of books has taken many years to put together,but has been a labour of love I assure you.
I certainly like your profile page with it's striking picture to head it. I also see that you like the crime and mystery genre,and you might like to take a look at my 'Crime Fiction' tag. There is also a fair few under the headings - Biography,Autobiography and Classical Literature/Classic Fiction-all of which you mention as interesting to you.
Anyway thanks again,and I hope to hear from you soon.
All the best from the UK.
posted by devenish at 1:12 pm (EST) on Nov 20, 2007
posted by danielx at 11:59 pm (EST) on Nov 17, 2007