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About meFather of four, delighted with my luck in finding such a wonderful wife. Recovering English major, former bookstore employee, ice cream shoppe guy, and pizza man; relocated Midwesterner; UNIX sysadmin at a university in Providence, RI.
About my libraryDone with the books at home, though many more rest in boxes at the parents' house. I find that I have, regrettably, a lot of paper boxes in the basement holding books.
Of the ones not in storage, many of my books are left over from college, apart from the ones I never bought; many are recent re-purchases of stuff loved years ago; and many books I read aren't here since I took them out of the library for a test-ride and they weren't good enough to own.
Also, I have mountains of books for children around the house intermingled with the kids' own books.
I work in IT, but I don't really own any computer books 'cause I get my employer to buy them.
If my reviews seems to be mostly positive, that would be because I don't keep (or buy in the first place) books that aren't any good. I'm not a shameless homer, but I just don't buy junk.
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posted by jimroberts at 6:14 am (EST) on Feb 15, 2008
Most people who flag reviews are trying to be helpful. If LT shows at first just the first few reviews and they are all like "$4.95" or "gift from Fred", that's not helpful, and people flag such reviews in order to push them to the end of the list so the interesting ones come before them. But it's wrong to flag a review that says something about the book or the user's opinion of it, just because it's short.
Jim Roberts
posted by jimroberts at 12:30 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2007
I got this book to read from Bernard Fitzpatrick's cousin, whom I knew well, though he is now deceased. Can you tell me how you happened to have or read this book?
Incidentally, my list is of books read. I do not list a book unless I have read it. And of course most of the books I list I don't own.
posted by Schmerguls at 7:51 am (EST) on Oct 24, 2007
some idiot has given your review of A Gift from Earth a blue "not a review" flag. I understand that if you make a minimal change, the flag will be cleared.
Regards, Jim Roberts
posted by jimroberts at 9:55 am (EST) on Oct 23, 2007
posted by tripleblessings at 12:32 am (EST) on Apr 14, 2006
The feature you mentioned in the blog (add price field for an insurance list) is one of the things Tim is planning to do: Google group, thread 'value field':
http://groups.google.com/group/Libraryth... (not sure the direct link will work..)
best wishes
sunny
posted by sunny at 4:44 pm (EST) on Mar 22, 2006
posted by gaillor at 11:50 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2005
posted by alembics at 8:30 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2005
I do have Three Men in a Boat, and agree it's his funniest book. It's probably in the living room, which I haven't started yet.
Since you say you're married, I have a question: do you and your wife mix your books together? Anne Fadiman, in Ex Libris, has an entertaining essay in which she describes the question of mixing books.
posted by alembics at 8:15 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2005
posted by sylphette at 8:26 pm (EST) on Oct 15, 2005