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[jennythereader]

ValueOptions just asked me to apply for a permanent position! In the words of my supervisor "the position is yours to lose."

Yay!!!!!!!!

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[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

:-)

How many books? Well, according to LibraryThing I've read 80 since December 14, 2006.

That's 4 months, 20 a month, so a year at that rate works out to 240 books. That feels about right. My guess for a full year would probably be somewhere around 200.

[dustkitten.livejournal.com]

Everyone loves that LibraryThing, but I am wary of anything that catalogs my stuff, you know? I always think, "Well, someone will see my list and want to break into my house." Yes, I am that paranoid. And then they're realize that a good half of my books are library discards and aren't worth a thing and--yeah, I should just STOP THAT.

Oh, and thanks.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Being paranoid that someone will steal your books is a little silly.

In all seriousness, LibraryThing is pretty cool. You should poke around and check it out. I think my favorite feature is the Suggestions. It makes suggestions based on what books you have in your catalog, and the more books you add, the better the suggestions get.

Here's a link to mine, if you want to check it out: http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=jennythereader

[dustkitten.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it's more that I went from having very little (in terms of anything), to moving in with someone who had a ton of stuff, and so on. Also, I live next door to a (former?) juvenile deliquent, so...

All my books were together by genre, and then alphabetical by author, so it's not like I was not sure what I had or didn't have. (Had to put some of them in storage, but will probably be getting them back out soon.) The suggestion thing? I dunno. If suggestion things hear names like "Jennifer Crusie," they start suggesting other chick lit authors, and I think most chick lit is painful* and don't want to plow through a bunch of it just to find one thing I like. I prefer browsing through the library and getting the occasional rec from a friend.

*Sophie Kinsella made me hate the female half of the human race.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

It bases its suggestions on everything you have listed, so if you're worried about 1 book twisting it in a direction you don't really like than just wait to add that one until you already have a couple dozen that are more typical of you.

I love browsing too, but when I do that I tend to end up reading the same books over and over again. LibraryThing is a really good way for me to find new stuff.

[dustkitten.livejournal.com]

A couple years ago I got 112 books for $7 at a library sale, so I've been really good about not rereading. Now I wouldn't say I've read those 112 books, but because I feel guilty about not reading at least half of them, I've been good about getting new books. "But this one looks good! I can put aside Erdrich and Highsmith for a while! It's not like I'm REREADING or anything."

I kept track of what I read last year, and occasionally threw in a comment if the book was good, bad, or something else. If you want to check it out, it's here:

http://dustkitten.livejournal.com/497828.html