I heart goodreads
I just went through all my 2006, 2007, and 2008 books and put them all into goodreads. That's over 250 books altogether, but some of them I had already put in. I now have 725 goodreads books, and I still have to add all the 2005 books. I'm considering moving some of my reviews over, too--for a lot of the books I've read the past few years, I didn't write much (ie, "Books about mummies are awesome!") but I wrote something substantial for a lot of them. Don't worry, LJ is still my primary book tracker, but I can't deny that goodreads has a strong pull. I want to have the mostest books!! Here, at last, is something I totally excel at.
I also absolutely adore being a goodreads librarian. Combining editions is probably my favorite thing, because it neatens things up so much and it can be done so quickly. But I also love standardizing the titles of books in a series (so that they all read something like, "Mysterious Title (Something series, book 1)"). For a lot of books, especially the more obscure fantasy and YA series, the titles aren't standard at all, so it's really difficult to tell what the order is of books in the series. This is problematic because a lot of times, I'll remember I read the first three books of a series but won't remember their particular titles. Or, I'll hear about a series and go to goodreads to see what ones to read first. So, standardization. It's awesome.
And now I need to get off the computer before my head explodes. Maybe I'll wash some dishes. My apartment is a damn mess.
::edit:: I'm now at over 900 books. I did the 2005 books, and also went through my bookshelf spreadsheet and copy/pasted all the ISBNs. I knew that spreadsheet was going to be good for something!! This is by far not all of the books I've read, either, only the books I've read in the last three years and the books I currently own. I've read lots more books than that. But this is probably the limit of my large-scale book adding, unless I take a laptop into my mom's attic.
I also absolutely adore being a goodreads librarian. Combining editions is probably my favorite thing, because it neatens things up so much and it can be done so quickly. But I also love standardizing the titles of books in a series (so that they all read something like, "Mysterious Title (Something series, book 1)"). For a lot of books, especially the more obscure fantasy and YA series, the titles aren't standard at all, so it's really difficult to tell what the order is of books in the series. This is problematic because a lot of times, I'll remember I read the first three books of a series but won't remember their particular titles. Or, I'll hear about a series and go to goodreads to see what ones to read first. So, standardization. It's awesome.
And now I need to get off the computer before my head explodes. Maybe I'll wash some dishes. My apartment is a damn mess.
::edit:: I'm now at over 900 books. I did the 2005 books, and also went through my bookshelf spreadsheet and copy/pasted all the ISBNs. I knew that spreadsheet was going to be good for something!! This is by far not all of the books I've read, either, only the books I've read in the last three years and the books I currently own. I've read lots more books than that. But this is probably the limit of my large-scale book adding, unless I take a laptop into my mom's attic.