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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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[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