The Library’s the Thing

OK, I’m admittedly behind the time on this whole “social networking” thing. Back in my day, you used computers to avoid interacting with people, gosh darn it! And you liked it!

But today I finally stumbled across one of these sites that might actually entice me into being (Internet) social: LibraryThing, a site where you can catalog the books you own (or read) and share them with millions of others. Then you can look for recommendations or anti-recommendations or just odd patterns. I’ve only entered a handful of books because I am fundamentally lazy. I think that, every time I start a new book, I’ll enter it plus one other. (Also, since I’m a sucker for USB gadgets, I ordered one of their CueCats. Allegedly it makes it really easy to scan-and-enter books.)

Anyway, as a lifelong bilbiophile, I’m excited. And the sharing aspect gives me a little extra push to finally catalog my books.


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