Inspired by the pretty cover art on the ever-educational blog, Learning 2.0 w/Debbie, I finally put my home library on Library Thing. I can't believe I didn't do it before. What I love about Library Thing:
1) Seeing my mish-mash of books--my mom's 1961 copy of Ulysses (and accompanying vintage Cliff's Notes), the copy of What Katy Did I got for my eight birthday, the copy of The Woman Warrior that was the common reading my freshman year at college, stupid Anna Karenina that took me nine months to read--all at once.
2) The surprisingly good recommendations based on books I own.
3) Spying on the libraries of people who own the same books you do.
4) Seeing alternate covers for books.
I'm sure as I continue to waste time on this site, I will find more to recommend it. Hurray for web 2.0!
1 comment:
Thanks for the shout out. And for reminding me about the extra cool things that Library Thing does other than let me dork out by scanning my books. And also to remember to NEVER read Anna Kare-whatever.
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