Good morning everyone! Today finds me contemplating my personal library cataloging project. Over the past few weeks, I have been trying to catalog every book in my condo. For a long time, I didn’t have much of a system keeping track of what I owned, what I had on my TBR shelves, and what I still owned but needed to donate or pass on to a friend. The only types of books I kept close tabs on were review copies. This resulted in my often buying duplicate copies of books because I didn’t know what I had.
A couple of months ago, I went on a TBR shelf cleaning spree in order to weed out the books I knew I was never going to read. I found books I didn’t remember I had (my TBR shelves are double stacked) and realized I didn’t have some books I thought I did. What’s more, I had no idea what I had and didn’t in my permanent collection (also double stacked, but not as badly). That’s when I decided I needed to keep much better track of what I had, and I’ve cataloged almost all my books at this point. All I have left is my ebooks, and that’s a bit of a mess, so I’m taking it slowly and trying to consolidate.
I wasn’t feeling well earlier this week, so I wasn’t as productive as I would have liked to have been (though laying around did equal a great reading week!). As a result, I’m probably going to be playing catch-up today, but hopefully I can get out on my bike and enjoy the nice weather for awhile. I ordered the greatest bike helmet yesterday, but it’s shipping from the UK, so it may be awhile before I get it. Once I do, I’ll make sure to post some pictures.
This week, I introduced my new bi-monthly feature, Shelving Books: Swapna’s Picks. This feature will post every other Monday and highlight new releases from the past two weeks that I am interested in, but won’t be able to review soon enough. I’m also currently giving away 2 galleys of Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks.
Reviews posted this week:
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Welcome! I’m Swapna Krishna. By day, I'm an editor and book reviewer, and by night, I review books on this blog. Feel free to browse my 
I cataloged all of my books on LibraryThing a few years ago, but now that I have a nook, I’ve fallen behind. I need to get on top of things and enter in those ebooks.
I cataloged all of my books on LibraryThing a few years ago, but now that I have a nook, I’ve fallen behind. I need to get on top of things and enter in those ebooks.
This is one of my projects too. I can’t decide where I want to catalog my books though. I have an application on my Mac which is great, but it’s on my Mac and not accessible when I’m not at home. So now I’m thinking about going back to LibraryThing (where I originally started cataloging my books), but it has its issues too. Not sure if I’ll find the “perfect” catalog system.
This is one of my projects too. I can’t decide where I want to catalog my books though. I have an application on my Mac which is great, but it’s on my Mac and not accessible when I’m not at home. So now I’m thinking about going back to LibraryThing (where I originally started cataloging my books), but it has its issues too. Not sure if I’ll find the “perfect” catalog system.
My book log is pretty up to date, but I need to reorganize my shelves. I started to work on it the other day and was overwhelmed and quit pretty quickly.
My book log is pretty up to date, but I need to reorganize my shelves. I started to work on it the other day and was overwhelmed and quit pretty quickly.
I have been trying to get my books all cataloged, too, but it is a huge undertaking because my books are all scattered everywhere…
I have been trying to get my books all cataloged, too, but it is a huge undertaking because my books are all scattered everywhere…
I have no log whatsoever for my books, but I’m really pretty good at getting rid of them as soon as I read them. That TBR is a problem though…
I have no log whatsoever for my books, but I’m really pretty good at getting rid of them as soon as I read them. That TBR is a problem though…
I will soon be doing this very thing. Since I moved into my house two years ago, I have had nowhere for my books to go. They have been stashed all over the house. I catalog what I can see, but that’s about it.
I have been painting all week in preparation for building some built-in bookshelves. I have a large dining room and figured why not turn it into a reading room? I can’t wait to have access to all my books again!
I will soon be doing this very thing. Since I moved into my house two years ago, I have had nowhere for my books to go. They have been stashed all over the house. I catalog what I can see, but that’s about it.
I have been painting all week in preparation for building some built-in bookshelves. I have a large dining room and figured why not turn it into a reading room? I can’t wait to have access to all my books again!
I catalog all my books using Delicious Library 2. It uses my build in camera as a bar code scanner.
I organized my bookcases alphabetically by authors last name. Boy did that take a while!!
I catalog all my books using Delicious Library 2. It uses my build in camera as a bar code scanner.
I organized my bookcases alphabetically by authors last name. Boy did that take a while!!
Though the physical bookshelves are a mess, I am pretty up to date with my cataloging. If I don’t stay on top of it though, it can be a monumental pain in the butt!
I hope your helmet arrives quickly and that you can put it to good use!
Though the physical bookshelves are a mess, I am pretty up to date with my cataloging. If I don’t stay on top of it though, it can be a monumental pain in the butt!
I hope your helmet arrives quickly and that you can put it to good use!