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I don't know about it showing you the true person. I have been wanting to do this for years but I doubt that you will get a true picture of me once done. I have my father's Western books, and lots of Christian books. I don't actually read these, but may have and they are in my "collection"

Also I keep all the books I have had to purchase from years of college. They are also part of my library. I wouldn't just list books I like but everything I have. This site can be useful in many ways, just don't judge me on my odd choices.

Susan
 
Geek Goddess said:
If no one famous said it, they should have: Show me a man's books, and you've shown me the man.
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Well, I have Marx' "The Communist Manifesto" and "Gee, that's capital" *), Kropotkin's "Mutual Aid", Bakunin's "God and the State", Hitler's "Mein Kampf", Mussolini's "The Doctrine of Fascism", Mao's "Little Red Book", and even Gadaffi's "The Green Book".

And Escoffier's "Le Guide Culinaire".

What does that say about me? ;)

* I might misremember the title...
 
sgf8 said:
Okay, looks like I am in for this. I am trying to do it from Google like GG. I want to know how to add more than one label to your book. GG has done this, but I can't figure out how. I know how to make the first label, and how to edit the label.

For example, I want my history books listed under "History" & "Civil War"
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Click to edit the label, add a comma and then another label and hey presto. So, . . . where's the books?? :)
 
Click to edit the label, add a comma and then another label and hey presto. So, . . . where's the books??
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Thank you. I didn't read that anywhere! A comma...go figure....

I wanted to see how easy it is to use, so I only put in two books. I work ALL day today and maybe I will work on it tomorrow. It should be fun, I noticed that I can note my books, I think I have a bunch autographed, and want that listed. Cool My bookshelves will finally get a really good dusting.

Susan
 
This looks like too much effort... :P

My books are divided primarily into four categories:

1. Writing reference material
This is a variety of books mostly things like "The Encyclopedia of Mythology" and "The English Village In History" which helps me with my writing (I write fantasy). Also some generic writing-related reference books such as dictionaries and so forth, books of phrase and fable, and such things.

2. Film reference material
As it suggests, books about films and filmmaking.

3. Fantasy fiction
The majority of my fiction titles.

4. "Other"
A variety of other books I have picked up, some of it classics (Shakespeare, The Old Man And The Sea, Catch-22) others just random things I acquired (A Tom Clancy novel, A Hardy Boys book) and others being particular fields of interest to me that don't fit into the other categories (such as modern-warfare related books).

The biggest section of my two big bookcases is actually taken up by my own work.
 
I use the Collectorz.com software, very handy :)
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I get Problem Loading Page error.

Please don't tell me there is a better "library" than the Google one, cause I am half way done getting everything in it.

This has been a good exercise for me, I am finding duplicates, and books I CAN live without. I need space badly, so getting rid of any is a good thing. Also it is forcing me to look at each book and think about it.

Susan
 
I tried this site out:

http://se.librarything.com/catalog/FrancescaA

I just added the books that happened to be on my desk right now (most of them anyway, a few could not be found). I don't know if I have the strenght to add the rest that are in my shelves :)

ETA:
I am a compulsive listmaker though, and already have several lists of my books on my PC (that are almost complete, but not quite) and many of the older books are also scanned for their beautiful covers and nice (or funny) illustrations. So, even if I think this is a nice idea, I realized when I started that I probably am too lazy to list all of the books again :)
 
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sgf8 said:
I get Problem Loading Page error.

Please don't tell me there is a better "library" than the Google one, cause I am half way done getting everything in it.
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Bizarre. Works for me.

I wouldn't say it's better than Google, just different :)
 
Your page is working for me now.

I have almost all my books loaded in Google now, but am having problems with the search feature. I want to go back and remove books, but it isn't always letting me find the books that I know are there. I am searching in "my library" and using author and/or title but it says they aren't there. But when I search one at a time I will find them. Crazy!

I have a couple of "labels" that have only one book in them, I click on that label and the one book will not come up. I have searched other ways but it will still not pull up that last book. Frustrating!

I have searched through Google's Help questions but to no avail. I just asked Geek Goddess if she has any suggestions as she has been using it for awhile. Anyone else? can you point out my errors or is this something everyone experiences?

Susan
 
Kahalachan - I just saw your Cthulhu book, my kids are always talking about this character and then they wiggle their fingers under their mouth to look like tentacles. We are a strange household, I've never read this book but maybe I should?


Susan
 
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