Fara Shimbo ([info]fara_shimbo) wrote,
2006-09-20 11:49:00
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Library Thing...

Okay, so I haven't been writing a lot lately. Partly, there's been a bit of upheaval on the homefront. I moved my computer room from the back of the house to the front, since we've deleted the guest room.

Then got me hooked on Library Thing and I've been busy cataloguing my books. I've done one bookshelf and one pile of piles of books... got five or six bookshelves and bookcases to go, and that's just the non-fiction books...

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[info]madspinner

September 21 2006, 09:25:08 UTC 5 years ago

addiction to LibraryThing is spreading like a virus around my online friends... ha ha ha! I put the ultimate blame on my mother, she got me hooked.

We may never get out of our books again!

But it has been great fun looking through books that I forgot I had. Most of them have to be in storage right now, as we just don't have room. You can't go anywhere in our house without tripping over books. They are even under the bed! I think the only room without books is the bathroom, and I wouldn't swear to it.

[info]fara_shimbo

September 22 2006, 12:34:55 UTC 5 years ago

Actually, what's most interesting about Library Thing is that you type in some keywords to find an old book you're not sure they have (or you're lazy and you don't want to type the whole title) and it comes up with all these books.... and you go, "Oooo, that one sounds interesting!" about a dozen times before you find the book you're looking for.

[info]madspinner

September 26 2006, 07:50:58 UTC 5 years ago

Maybe I should try that... I've mostly been using ISBN numbers, which isn't nearly as interesting. Though I have been really surprised what strange old books I have put in (long before ISBNs) and gotten results. My 1918 book on Halloween is one example I didn't expect to get anything on.

[info]fara_shimbo

September 27 2006, 13:19:31 UTC 5 years ago

A 1918 book on Halloween? OOoo, I'd love to read that!

[info]madspinner

September 28 2006, 08:45:42 UTC 5 years ago

Ok, I was wrong, it is 1919. And it is a hoot. Not only does it have great descriptions of old folk customs I have never heard of, but it has great pictures of really hideous theme decorations. Maybe I can photocopy and send it to you or something. I'm pretty sure it is well out of copyright.

The Book of Hallowe'en
by Ruth Edna Kelley
This book
Title The book of Hallowe\'en
Author Ruth Edna Kelley
Publication Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard [c1919] xi, 195 p. front., plates. 21 cm.
Date 1919
LC Call Number GT4965 .K4
Dewey (none)
Language English
Source Library of Congress

[info]fara_shimbo

September 29 2006, 01:21:54 UTC 5 years ago

Sounds wonderful!

[info]madspinner

October 4 2006, 02:38:54 UTC 5 years ago

do you want me to copy it for you?

[info]fara_shimbo

October 5 2006, 15:24:49 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks so much, but no, I'll never get around to reading it. You might want to consider it for the Guttenberg Project, though.
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