Thing 10

I’m skipping Thing 9 for now, because I’m at work (in the Community Office) and I’m guessing that playing online games with no sound and lots of interruptions wouldn’t be very fun at all!  So on to Thing 10 . . .

A friend of mine sent me an invitation to Shelfari awhile back (which, in my insane busyness, I ignored), so I decided to give that site a try now.

When I set up my Shelfari account, I started by adding the books I was currently reading (this is usually several titles at a time, but I take forever to finish them).  Then I added a few books I want to read sometime soon.  Then I started adding all-time favorite books.  And then I started trying to remember every single book I’d read in my entire life so I could put it on my pretty new Shelfari shelf . . . this site is addictive!

I eventually forced myself to stop, after I’d entered 80 or so books and obsessively selected the correct cover art for them to match the actual volumes in my collection.  I’m sure I’ll go back and play more later – though I doubt I’ll get in to the review aspect of the site.  I barely have time to read, let alone review the books I do manage to get through!

Here’s a link to my Shelfari profile:  www.shelfari.com/o1517967676.

Just wondering – is anyone else familiar with the software LibrarianPro?  A friend bought it for me as a graduation present last spring, and it is similarly addictive.  Before I moved to Cleveland this summer, I used it to catalog all my books, CDs, and movies, as well as my partner’s (much to his dismay, I’m sure).  It’s very fun and useful software (well, for OCD bibliophiles who love to organize . . . so, librarians).  The interface is sort of like iTunes, but for your actual library.