Member: sjmccreary

CollectionsYour library (285), Currently reading (3), To read (15), Wishlist (194), Try again (78), Odds Are (54), Overwhelming Odds (25), Reference (49), Abandoned (15), Owned books (58), All collections (621)

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Groups1010 Category Challenge, 75 Books Challenge for 2009, 999 Challenge, Alphabet Challenges, Audiobooks, Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge, Dewey Decimal Challenge, Fifty States Fiction (or Nonfiction) Challenge, Mini-Challenge: 6 Degrees of Separation, Mini-Challenge: Popular Science- 6 Books In 2009 — show all groups , Missouri Readers, Needlearts, Non-Fiction Readers, Reading Globally, The Europe Endless Challenge, US Presidents Challenge

Favorite librariesMid-Continent Public Library

About my libraryI read mostly from our wonderful local public library. The books in the "your library" collection are books I've experienced, not necessarily books I physically own. The books in "to read" and "currently reading" are also included in "your library". These are books that are currently in my possession and available to be read - the few I own plus the books currently checked out of the library.

Any books that I do own are also in the "owned books" collection. However, most of the books in that collection are "reference" books that are not necessarily read from cover to cover. "Reference" books are not generally included in "your library".

Sometimes I begin a book and decide not to finish it. That book becomes "abandoned". If a library book must be returned before I can read it, it turns into a "try again" book if I'm still interested, or is simply deleted if I've changed my mind about wanting to read it. There are only a couple of overlaps between these two collections - books I didn't want to finish when I had them, but might want to try again later.

Everything I have read has a star rating. Star ratings are a very subjective measurement of my reactions to a book at a given time based on my expectations of it, my mood, and maybe the phase of the moon. I do tend to be stingy with stars, and 3-1/2 stars is a positive rating.

All the books I've read since joining LT are in "your library". Previously read books are added as I re-discover or are reminded of them, and are tagged.

I just added 2 new categories. After seeing a comment from VisibleGhost who said she has separate categories for highly rated books, I decided to do the same. Any book whose overall rating is 4.0 or higher, and is rated by 100 or more people are in the "Odds Are" category. "Odds are" that you and I will like it. For those books that are still 4.0 or higher after being rated by 500 or more people, there are "Overwhelming Odds" that we will also like the book.

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Member sinceMar 10, 2008

Currently readingThe increment : a novel by David Ignatius
Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum
The known world by Edward P. Jones