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November 4, 2008 · 11:58 am

Tuesday Thingers: Thinking in duplicate

This week’s Tuesday Thingers question: “Work multiples. Do you own multiple copies of any books? Which ones? Why? Can you share your list?”

I don’t have any duplicates listed on Library Thing, but I do own a few books in duplicate — though not always intentionally!

I intentionally own two copies of are Marisa de los Santos’ Belong To Me. I picked up an ARC at work and then noticed in a company newsletter that the publisher was giving out ARCs signed be the author! Needless to say, I couldn’t pass that up — so I have one copy to read and share with others, and another to keep on my pretty white bookshelf for posterity.

Books that I unintentionally have multiple copies of include Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree (gifts from two grandmothers when I was a child); Meg Cabot’s Big Boned (my sister bought it, not knowing I already had an ARC waiting in the stacks); and Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse (my boyfriend knew I was heavy into the series and picked it up, planning to be sweet, but I’d already invested in the set).

And why do I still have multiple copies of the same book? I feel bad giving them away, knowing they were presents! Isn’t that always the case?

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October 9, 2008 · 9:55 am

Booking Through Thursday: Beloved books

booking_through_thurs Yay, it’s Booking Through Thursday! Here’s this week’s meme, complete with my insightful, life-changing responses:

Q: What was the last book you bought?

The last book I bought would be Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. But the last book I received would be Thank You For All Things by Sandra Kring.

Q. Name a book you have read MORE than once:

The Great Gatsby, though that was mostly for school. A book I’ve read more than once by choice is Sarah Dessen’s The Truth About Forever.

Q. Has a book ever fundamentally changed the way you see life?
If yes, what was it?

Several books have taught me a lot about life, but I don’t know that any of them have fundamentally changed the way I see life as a whole. That’s probably bad. But books that really, really inspired me are Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; Philip Roth’s American Pastoral; and Marisa de los Santos’ Belong To Me.

Q. How do you choose a book? eg. by cover design and summary, recommendations or reviews?

I usually look for recommendations from friends and co-workers first, come up with a list of their favorites and then look at them on LibraryThing or Amazon. If I’m at the bookstore, I definitely look at cover designs! And summary is important, too. But honestly, I probably do most of my book searching on the Internet.

Q. Do you prefer Fiction or Non-Fiction?

Definitely fiction, though I branch out every now and then.

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October 7, 2008 · 9:44 am

Tuesday Thingers: New changes at LibraryThing

Here’s this week’s Tuesday Thingers question from the Boston Bibliophile:

LibraryThing’s Recently Added feature: do you look at it? Do you use it for ideas? Is there something listed there now that looks interesting to you? What have you added to your LT library recently?

I do use the Recently Added feature on LibraryThing — it’s fun to browse through what other folks are adding, see what they liked and decide if it’s something I’d be interested in reading in the future. There’s always something interesting and new to check out! In my own library, I’ve recently added Rachael Ray’s 365: No Repeats (my latest cooking help guide), Sara Zarr’s awesome young adult book Sweethearts and Lesley Kagan’s Land of a Hundred Wonders, the Southern novel I’m quickly working my way through now. I’ve started adding books I’m more than halfway finished reading and know I’m going to complete! It helps me stay a little more organized!

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September 25, 2008 · 4:19 pm

Yes, I’m jumping on the literary bandwagon . . .

. . . Because LibraryThing is awesome! This website is pretty much porn for booklovers. I’ve wiled away far too much time already just getting my book library in order!

So now you can visit me over at LibraryThing now too, if you feel so inclined!

Is it wrong if I just really, really love looking at all of the book covers together? So pretty . . .

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