Catalog your Books!

[Rusty T]

http://www.librarything.com/

[JB]

Okay. I'll admit that this is cool. And that I'd like to see more TWebbers join in.

Just set mine up, and it's here (http://www.librarything.com/catalog/jbfideidefensor). I actually seem to be the only person on there who possesses a few of my books. I'm stunned, though, that a few of the more obscure ones are indeed shared.

So, Tizzi, where's yours?

[Kelp]

Wow, you have an impressive collection. Tizz, are you on there?

[Rusty T]

not yet. i may do it this weekend. i'm a library fiend, however, so i don't own a lot of books

[Kelp]

:cool:

[JB]

I don't use libraries. I should, but I immensely prefer to actually own the books I read. Hence, I shall undoubtedly pour a great deal of money into amassing a larger collection, but someday, I'll be able to look at a shelf full of amazing books, owned by me, and just bask in their information content. :tongue:


Wow, you have an impressive collection.

Thank you. :blush:

(:hehe: You think those are impressive, you should see the wishlist (http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2QUFQ5IW1LLZU/) of books I want to get.)

[furay]

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/furay

Your turn, rusty.

[JB]

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/furay

Ooooooooooh... :thumb: Some good stuff in there, it looks like.

[furay]

Ooooooooooh... :thumb: Some good stuff in there, it looks like.
Thanks! We only have one book in common... but it's a good one. :teeth:

[JB]

Thanks! We only have one book in common... but it's a good one. :teeth:

:yes: One of my all-time favorites. I have my copy sitting in my hands this very moment. (Well, technically, in one hand as I type with the other.) It seems to have sustained some water damage in an accident. I believe a family member had something to do with that... Ah well, I can still read it, at least.

Now you just need to arrange to increase the count of books held in common by getting Dark Night of the Soul. :wink:

[Jawa Man]

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/JawaMan

Pure, unadulterated awesome here.

[Rusty T]

finally got started. . . .it will grow as i get time to add my books: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/tizzidale

[Brandalf85]

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Brandalf85

There you go. Notice a pattern of types of books I read?

[JB]

finally got started. . . .it will grow as i get time to add my books: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/tizzidale

Sheer awesomeness. :teeth: You have the first volume of the Philokalia? How is it? I'm hoping to get all four volumes someday (I found them together on Amazon for around $250, and I'm sure that at some point this summer, I could perhaps actually afford that).


http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Brandalf85

There you go. Notice a pattern of types of books I read?

:hehe: Why am I not surprised?

[furay]

finally got started. . . .it will grow as i get time to add my books: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/tizzidale
Weird that the only two books we have in common are both E. Orthodox. :lol:

[JB]

Yo, everybody! Come join the new TWeb group (http://www.librarything.com/groups/theologyweb) on LibraryThing! :hehe:

[The Curtmudgeon]

Okay, I'm convinced. Once I can get my home computer set-up re-set-up, and get an online connection again, I'll be there. Probably a week or two from now.

It'll be easier to use now than it would have been for me in the past, since I'm having to rebuild my library from scratch. If I still had the old library, I don't know that I'd want to take the effort to get it all on there.

One thing I notice: If LibraryThing can't find your book, it seems to use a default "cover photo". It would be nice if you could upload a scan yourself. But perhaps that's gilding the lily.

The (all I needed was more justification to get online at home again) Curtmudgeon

[JB]

Okay, I'm convinced. Once I can get my home computer set-up re-set-up, and get an online connection again, I'll be there. Probably a week or two from now.

It'll be easier to use now than it would have been for me in the past, since I'm having to rebuild my library from scratch. If I still had the old library, I don't know that I'd want to take the effort to get it all on there.

One thing I notice: If LibraryThing can't find your book, it seems to use a default "cover photo". It would be nice if you could upload a scan yourself. But perhaps that's gilding the lily.

The (all I needed was more justification to get online at home again) Curtmudgeon

:teeth: We've made another convert...

I think that LibraryThing gets the images from Amazon, and I'm fairly sure that Amazon has a feature that lets users upload features of the books. 'Course, I can't guarantee how successful that is, since my computer refused to let that actually work the last time I tried to help Amazon out (with Danker's Benefactor--I'm the only guy on LibraryThing who has that :hehe:). *mumbles at his computer*

I look forward to seeing the beginnings of your new library, Curt. :thumb:

[Dave G]

I don't use libraries. I should, but I immensely prefer to actually own the books I read. Hence, I shall undoubtedly pour a great deal of money into amassing a larger collection, but someday, I'll be able to look at a shelf full of amazing books, owned by me, and just bask in their information content. :tongue:



Thank you. :blush:

(:hehe: You think those are impressive, you should see the wishlist (http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2QUFQ5IW1LLZU/) of books I want to get.)

Oh my goodness.

[Dave G]

The only reason I haven't used it is because I don't want to pay money and I have quite a few more than 200 books. Some of them are crappy, to be sure, but I think I can come up with more than 200 good books.

[Rusty T]

just joined the group. what does the group feature provide? tell me . . . i'm too lazy to find out for myself.

[Dave G]

Ok, I give in...it looks like too much fun.
Now that I've thought about it, I can cut down to 200 pretty easily.

[Glenn P]

Sounds too much like hard work, as I have hundreds of books. I'm cataloging them in my own database, and selling as many of them as I can.

[The Silent Q]

Thanks for putting up that site. My library has only begun. I had a lot more books than I originally thought...

[NSMinistries]

I'd never get all of my books on that. I work at a book distro. Seems I come home with 4 or 5 new ones a week. I just sold about 200 in the last garage sale. To bad I can't sell all of the advance proof ones I have as well.

[Evidentialist]

This would be fun, but I'd need a couple of months off, an assistant or two, and a couple of orders of magnitude more space to put my library on there. (Serious bibliophile here ...)

I see this is a beta. What happens if/when they pull a geocities maneuver on all the users? Ugh ...

[slaveofone]

I've been on librarything for awhile now. Love it! Check me out at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/slaveofOne. I've written reviews for about a third of everything also.

[Em7add11]

I've had a profile on that site for a little while:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/em7add11

[Miaux Cat]

Wow. Thank you for sharing this site. I have three full bookshelves full of titles to add.. so I don't think it's worth sharing my empty page yet. But thank you for this link.

[T-Shirt Ninja]

Ok, you guys won me over, too.

[T-Shirt Ninja]

By the way, where do you add a wishlist for books?

[T-Shirt Ninja]

Never mind, I figured it out. It's in the tags. :sprayjump:

[furay]

Updated my library with some tasty nuggets. Check it out:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/furay

[One Bad Pig]

Only 200 books for free? That's like a quarter of my collection. :shifty:

Maybe if I restrict my list to non-fiction... :hrm:

[One Bad Pig]

Looks like I have a few unique ones. :hehe:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/twebonebadpig

[semmie]

this rocks. how come i didn't know about this? i'm totally doing this.

[One Bad Pig]

:woohoo: You gonna join the Tweb group on there too?

[semmie]

yep. i did.

[spiritmech]

I'm in.

[Rusty T]

updated mine again: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/tizzidale

rusty

[One Bad Pig]

I might actually have a little room for some fiction once I finish listing my non-fiction books.

[furay]

The tweb group has some pretty interesting books. :thumb:

[One Bad Pig]

:that:

[One Bad Pig]

I have 16 unique books listed. :smug:

On the other extreme, my most popular book is The Prince by Machiavelli.

[Rusty T]

I have 9 unique books.

The most popular book is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

rusty

[spiritmech]

Unique books? Like they made one book and sold it to you cuz you're special? :smile:

[One Bad Pig]

:hrm:

[Dee Dee Warren]

I should do this but I don't have time.

[Philosophickle]

I should do this but I don't have time.

I started a topic on you so you better join the TWeb group.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I joined a while ago. What the heck are you talking about?

And I did start inputting some books - good for an insurance claim if a hurricane blows down our house.

[spiritmech]

:hrm:

Piggy, I'm just jealous you have all those unique books. I only gotz 1.
sm

[One Bad Pig]

Piggy, I'm just jealous you have all those unique books. I only gotz 1.
sm
Well, most people probably don't have the chance to glean a library's discard pile either. :hehe:

[Philosophickle]

Well, most people probably don't have the chance to glean a library's discard pile either. :hehe:

:smug:

I work in two libraries part-time in town, so not only do I get to peruse the discard pile, but I have access to the morally ambiguous action of hijacking the donations to the library.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I have one unique book

[JB]

You people are awesome.

:hehe: I'll bet there's no other group on there in which JPH's book is the most commonly shared.

I've only got 3 unique books, it seems (and they look more interesting than OBP's :rasberry:), though some of the others I have seem pretty scarce. And unlike some of you, I don't get to feed off of the libraries to get 'em.

[Philosophickle]

You people are awesome.

:hehe: I'll bet there's no other group on there in which JPH's book is the most commonly shared.

I've only got 3 unique books, it seems (and they look more interesting than OBP's :rasberry:), though some of the others I have seem pretty scarce.

How does one check on unique books?

[One Bad Pig]

How does one check on unique books?

Sort your catalog by "shared" books. Gray people with no number means you're the only person on librarything.com with that book. Blue people have a number under them, showing how many other people have the book.

[JB]

How does one check on unique books?

I'm not sure whether there's a quick and easy way to do it. I just browsed through my library and counted all of the ones that have a grey, numberless figure at the right-hand side, designating no other members in possession of the book.

[One Bad Pig]

You people are awesome.

:hehe: I'll bet there's no other group on there in which JPH's book is the most commonly shared.

I've only got 3 unique books, it seems (and they look more interesting than OBP's :rasberry:), though some of the others I have seem pretty scarce. And unlike some of you, I don't get to feed off of the libraries to get 'em.

I'm surprised you haven't hunted down a copy of The Syrian Christ, JB.

[Philosophickle]

I'm not sure whether there's a quick and easy way to do it. I just browsed through my library and counted all of the ones that have a grey, numberless figure at the right-hand side, designating no other members in possession of the book.

Thanks piggy!
I have three:

Naturalism, Evolution and Mind (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements)

Mindscapes: Philosophy, Science, and the Mind (The Pittsburgh-Konstanz Series in the Philosophy and History of Science)

The Roots of Reason: Philosophical Essays on Rationality, Evolution, and Probability

I can't believe no one else has those books!

[JB]

I'm surprised you haven't hunted down a copy of The Syrian Christ, JB.

It's on my list of books to get, but I haven't prioritized it very highly. (Understandable, considering that my wishlist is halfway to a thousand already. :sad:)


Thanks piggy!
I have three:

Naturalism, Evolution and Mind (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements)

Mindscapes: Philosophy, Science, and the Mind (The Pittsburgh-Konstanz Series in the Philosophy and History of Science)

The Roots of Reason: Philosophical Essays on Rationality, Evolution, and Probability

I can't believe no one else has those books!

I can. :eww:

Then again, I have a hard time believing that I'm the only one with:

Benefactor: Epigraphic Study of a Graeco-Roman and New Testament Semantic Field by Fredrick Danker

Between Faith and Thought: An Essay on the Ontotheological Condition by Jeffrey Robbins

Social World of Ancient Israel: 1250-587 BCE by Victor Matthews and Don Benjamin

[furay]

I've got some more books to add, but out of 71 entered, 14 are unique. Beat that, suckas.

EDIT: OBP has 16. Grrr. :rawr:

[Philosophickle]

I've got some more books to add, but out of 71 entered, 14 are unique. Beat that, suckas.

I will. I'm going to go add all your unique books.

[furay]

I will. I'm going to go add all your unique books.
Cheater.

[JB]

:hehe: Even in a thread like this, TWeb is funny.

[Em7add11]

I have two unique books:

CCSP Cisco Secure VPN Exam Certification Guide <-- Understandable, since this test was either depreciated or completely replaced by a new certification path.

Administering GroupWise 5.5 <-- Also understandable since this book is about 24,000 years old in computer years.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I've got some more books to add, but out of 71 entered, 14 are unique. Beat that, suckas.


The Catholics Guide to Fondu for Two doesn't count. :rant:

[Philosophickle]

:rofl:

[furay]

The Catholics Guide to Fondu for Two doesn't count. :rant:
Why not? :frown:

[Longstreet]

After reading the "Most commonly shared books" I'm feeling ridiculously inadequate. I'm in anyway.

[spiritmech]

Hurry! Get more smarter.
sm


After reading the "Most commonly shared books" I'm feeling ridiculously inadequate. I'm in anyway.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I added some more

[JB]

Wow, DDW and I share quite a few books. (And a couple of the others on her list are presently en route to my house. :hehe:)

[Dee Dee Warren]

:hehe:

I haven't even begun to dent my collection. I have a lot more to add. I compulsively buy books.

[JB]

:hehe: Likewise on both counts. I'm gonna have to upgrade to a paid account sometime.

Though for a big-time book buyer, your wishlist on Amazon doesn't look very long. :tongue: You already own everything, or what?

[Gideon Brown]

I'm considering doing this, but it seems like an awful lot of work. :hrm:

[JB]

I'm considering doing this, but it seems like an awful lot of work. :hrm:

It isn't nearly as much work as it initially appears.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Though for a big-time book buyer, your wishlist on Amazon doesn't look very long. :tongue: You already own everything, or what?

It's worse than that. I only put things on my wishlist that I can't buy right at the moment or just want to remember to look for on ebay. Generally something doesn't have time to be on my wishlist because I just can't stop hitting that "one-click" ordering button. I tend to go through the footnotes of current books and buying the reference materials on good points made.

[Gideon Brown]

It isn't nearly as much work as it initially appears.

You talked me into it. :teeth:

[Dee Dee Warren]

It is much easier than I thought it would be. I paid for a pay account of one year.

[Gideon Brown]

It is much easier than I thought it would be. I paid for a pay account of one year.

Why? Like, I'm gonna do it just for fun, but... what can you get out of it? :nsm:

[One Bad Pig]

If her collection got destroyed for some reason, it's a good record for the insurance company.

[Gideon Brown]

Ok. :lol:

It really is easier than I thought, that's for sure. I didn't realize they had a catalogue of almost every book, ever!

[Dee Dee Warren]

If her collection got destroyed for some reason, it's a good record for the insurance company.

Exactly. And before every storm we go around and snap a ton of digital pics just in case. Now some losses you can't prepare like that for, but a hurricane I can. Generally when you put a large quantity of something that will end up being a hefty replacement cost, the insurance company expects an inventory. I can't just say oh, 500 books, and leave it at that.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I added some more. I have quite a few unique ones now and more with just one other person.

[Dee Dee Warren]

You can upload books from your Amazon purchased list as well.

[Gideon Brown]

Ok, I am done... I didn't add *every* book that I own, but a lot. :nsm: I didn't add, like, textbooks or anything.

I guess I never thought of the insurance thing... I dunno. Most books I want I just borrow from the library. :shrug: It's cheaper! :lol:

[One Bad Pig]

I just added a few more. I gotta get some good preterist books to balance out the pre-trib relics from hight school. :duh:

[Gideon Brown]

You know... I just did this, and... I'm already thinking of deleting it. :sigh:

I'd explain why in my blog, if I had a functioning blog. :brood:

[One Bad Pig]

Nice collection, Tuck.

[Gideon Brown]

I'm deleting it. :doh:

[One Bad Pig]

:frown:

[Gideon Brown]

:lol: Well, I dunno... doesn't it seem like just another way to show off? "Ooh, look how many books I've read!"

It was fun to do, but... I can't see me getting any real use out of it. :nsm:

[Gideon Brown]

And isn't it self-absorbed? One reason I never liked blogging is that it's self-centered - the assumption is that other people actually care what you think, which is a mighty presumptuous and pompous thing to assume! Isn't this the same thing? Like, get real; no one cares what books I've read. The only reason for me to do it is so I can get some perverted self-satisfaction out of pretending or hoping I'm important enough that someone actually cares what books I own.

Sigh. I'm glad I'm going fishing tomorrow.

:dizzy:

[One Bad Pig]

Actually, I think it's nice to see what books others have. A book seen here might look interesting, and I can ask the owner about it before dashing off to buy/borrow it.

There's also an option to make your profile private, which hides your library from view.

[Gideon Brown]

And it also seems like yet another way to label people (and thereby dehumanize them): "You own that book? Oh, I see; you must be this type of person." As if human personalities are so simple to define and categorize.

And, my butt is itchy.

In any case, I made my collection 'private'... for now.

(Sorry. Am I really too cynical? That's why Hemingway is on my 'favourite authors' list. :sigh:)

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am really enjoying this. I added a few more, most of which aren't shared by anyone. I am now going to look for peeps with similar interests and hope to find some books that I may not be aware of. This could be a great resource. I could also see using this if you need a particular portion from a rarer book, you can contact someone who has it and see if they are kind of enough to scan a portion for you. I would do that for someone if I had a hard to find book.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I added some more

[JB]

Well, the Tuck cycle sure happened fast... :nsm: I never even had a chance to see what sort of cool books he has.


It's worse than that. I only put things on my wishlist that I can't buy right at the moment or just want to remember to look for on ebay. Generally something doesn't have time to be on my wishlist because I just can't stop hitting that "one-click" ordering button.

Oooh... wow. That's pretty hardcore.

Which is worse: the way you do it, or the fact that my wishlist has around 500 books on it? :uhoh:


I tend to go through the footnotes of current books and buying the reference materials on good points made.

Same here. Which is why it really ticks me off when books don't have bibliographies. (I'd mention DJ's as an example, but you specified "good points", so... :wink:)


It is much easier than I thought it would be. I paid for a pay account of one year.

I opted to follow your lead. I knew I'd do it eventually, but I figure I might as well take a year as a trial before going lifetime.


I just added a few more. I gotta get some good preterist books to balance out the pre-trib relics from hight school. :duh:

:hehe: Me too. I uploaded a bunch of extra books now, and I think I need more good books to counterbalance the Pat Robertson, Herbert Armstrong, and futurist eschatology.


I am really enjoying this. I added a few more, most of which aren't shared by anyone. I am now going to look for peeps with similar interests and hope to find some books that I may not be aware of. This could be a great resource. I could also see using this if you need a particular portion from a rarer book, you can contact someone who has it and see if they are kind of enough to scan a portion for you. I would do that for someone if I had a hard to find book.

That's a really great idea. I may have to keep that in mind.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I added some more

[Dee Dee Warren]

Where are the rest of TWebbians? Are we the only book freaks?

[Dee Dee Warren]

slackers

[JB]

:hehe: They must be too wimpy to handle our collective awesomeness.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am right now putting in my technical books and then I am back to a ton more of theology books.

[JB]

"Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot"?

[Gideon Brown]

"Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot"?

One of mine was a book on vegetable gardening. :blush:

[JB]

One of mine was a book on vegetable gardening. :blush:

Well we wouldn't know that, now would we, Mr. Private Pants? :poke:

[Gideon Brown]

Well we wouldn't know that, now would we, Mr. Private Pants? :poke:

Alright, alright, I might consider un-privatizing! But there's nothing in it you guys want, anyway! Mine's all classic literature and books about history, whereas you all seem to be into zillions of these theology/church books. :nsm:

[Dee Dee Warren]

"Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot"?

Of course. Not that my parrots are very well-behaved.

[One Bad Pig]

Alright, alright, I might consider un-privatizing! But there's nothing in it you guys want, anyway! Mine's all classic literature and books about history, whereas you all seem to be into zillions of these theology/church books. :nsm:
Yeah, it's not like I have any history books listed.


Oh, wait....

[Gideon Brown]

'History of the Pig-Sty'? :nsm:

[Dee Dee Warren]

The Evolution of the Oink?

[Gideon Brown]

The Joy of Cooking Slop

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am back to adding theology books. My collection of non-theology books is quite small indeed. I am starting on the remainder of my eschatology books for the next few days.

[spiritmech]

librarything.com + Xena's OCD = :heart: 4 eva

j/k :smile:

[One Bad Pig]

The Joy of Cooking Slop
:noid: Why would anyone want to cook slop?

[RumTumTugger]

:sigh: most of my books are still in boxes

[Dee Dee Warren]

It is almost all JB and I now you losers.

[furay]

It is almost all JB and I now you losers.
I have a bunch more to add, but no time.

[One Bad Pig]

I still haven't decided whether or not to pony up the $$ to add the rest of my library.

[Dee Dee Warren]

crap I just bought another book from a footnote

this time its Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion

[Dee Dee Warren]

I just bought another book from something I saw at Library Thing

and I added more books

[Dee Dee Warren]

I have quite a few unique books added, and had to manually enter one that was not in their databases.

[JB]

I have quite a few unique books added, and had to manually enter one that was not in their databases.

:highfive: Now that is hardcore. (Which one was it?)

[One Bad Pig]

I had to add a couple, IIRC.

[JB]

I've added a few as well, including one I picked up today. (The one on hieroglyphics.)

[Dee Dee Warren]

:highfive: Now that is hardcore. (Which one was it?)

It was an 1899 Bible Difficulties book by R.S. MacArthur

[One Bad Pig]

I added a couple more books. I need to add the rest of my textbooks, since they cost so much.

[Dee Dee Warren]

JB, you and I have a lot of books in common

[JB]

JB, you and I have a lot of books in common

:yes: Looks like when the measurements are weighted, I share more books with you than anyone else on LibraryThing. That's pretty darn cool.

(Now I wonder how much bothering we'd have to do in order to coax JPH onto LibraryThing... :hehe:)

[One Bad Pig]

I wonder if we could coax Glenn Miller onto LibraryThing.

[Gideon Brown]

I wonder if we could coax Glenn Miller onto LibraryThing.

The guy who barely has time to update his website (and when he does, it's: 'Update! I have now updated my page with a new Update Page - it's all I have time for!')? I wouldn't count on it. :lol:

(Doesn't he have lists of books that he uses, though, anyway?)

[Dee Dee Warren]

I added some more

Where ARE you guys?

[Gideon Brown]

:rofl: Have you even been looking at other people's? :nsm:

[Dee Dee Warren]

Yes - on the groups list

[T-Shirt Ninja]

Added two books: Faith of Our Fathers: God in Ancient China by Chan Kei Thong (This book is absolutely fascinating) and The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine by A.W. Tozer.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Added more, including several more unique books

[JB]

I just ordered 23 more books from Amazon, so soon I'll actually have more things to add to LibraryThing.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am nearly done cataloging mine. Reading them is another matter.

[JB]

:yeahthat:

[The Curtmudgeon]

Well, it's nothing like the library I had to sell off, but what I have now is on LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Curtmudgeon (http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Curtmudgeon). Check it out!

The (no doubt, it'll grow like Topsy) Curtmudgeon

[JB]

The 'Mudgeon's on LibraryThing! :joy:

[One Bad Pig]

:joy:

[nomad]

I just put mine on there, and I was a bit surprised by what I had in common with other people. A lot more than I expected, I was the only one with it (and my whole library is only about 225 books). And some I expected a lot of people to have, few did, things that I bought on the discount rack at Barnes & Noble. Mostly it's not really common things, maybe that's why it was on the discount rack (like the History of Venice or Secret Archives of the Vatican), but hey. Is that pretty common?

[One Bad Pig]

I've gotten most of my Civil War books from the discount rack.

[JB]

The various pieces of my recent Amazon order are beginning to come in, so I've added a few books to my LibraryThing, such as:

God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science, edited by Neil Manson
Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science, by Angus Menuge
The Case Against Christianity, by Michael Martin

I am a very happy man. :smug: Though I think I'll be bouncing off the walls when the stuff by Wright and Witherington begins to arrive.

[JB]

Added some more stuff that Amazon sent me, plus a couple of books I persuaded a friend to give me.

[Philosophickle]

Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science, by Angus Menuge

Oooo, that book was amazing.

[One Bad Pig]

Just added a few more.

[JB]

Added about seven more that I've obtained since the last time I mentioned adding more.


Oooo, that book was amazing.

:smile: I really look forward to reading it. It sounds fascinating, and it's one of the only books I've ever seen where the author got an ideological opponent to write the foreword. It looks like we're two of the very few LibraryThing people who have this one.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am nearly done!

[One Bad Pig]

You'll never be done.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I can be done for a specific moment in time when all my books at that moment are catalogued. After the mail delivery the next day all bets are off.

[One Bad Pig]

:hehe: Exactly.

[JB]

:yeahthat:

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am done!!!! (until this afternoon at least :whistle:)

[JB]

After the next seven books arrive, I'll be able to join Dee Dee by reaching the 300 mark. :smile:

[JB]

Eight new books just showed up at my house... :whistle:

(And best of all, one of them (Mark Nowacki's The Kalam Cosmological Argument for God) is unique to me, and another (Thomas Flint's Divine Providence: The Molinist Account) is shared by just one other member. Score!)

[Dee Dee Warren]

I just ordered two more, approaching the 400 mark.

[nomad]

the bad thing about librarything is that it makes me want to buy more books, just so I can add them to my library. LibraryThing is evil, I tell ya.

(but their suggester is pretty good! Once you learn how to use it....)

[Dee Dee Warren]

Added another

[Teluog]

I'm thinking about doing this....might take me forever to finish since I keep finding good books for real cheap at thrift stores. Yesterday I found a Hebrew/English New Testament and something called "Did God Use Evolution?"

I think I've read like 3 of the hundred books I have btw.

[One Bad Pig]

:yes: You should do it... and then get reading! :whip:

[JB]

:hehe: I can sympathize. It really doesn't take as long as one might think, though.

[Teluog]

If I do it, am I only allowed to put up books that I already read?

Oh, one more thing. I might add my textbooks from college as well as the texts from the bible college that I'm using this semester.

[One Bad Pig]

If you own it, put it up. :yes:

I'm not sure what to do about my ebooks though.

[JB]

The eBooks are a tricky one. I have a number of PDF files of works like, say, Summa Theologiae. I don't count those.

However, I do have (in PDF form) a slightly pre-publication copy of After the Death of God by John Caputo and Gianni Vattimo, edited by one of my professors, Jeffrey Robbins. Unlike the Summa, I do count that one.

Inconsistent? Perhaps a bit, but it seems somehow more appropriate.

-------------------------------------------

While rummaging through storage, we found an 1876 copy of The Bible Looking Glass (http://www.rubylane.com/shops/bluedolphin/item/rl2047?gbase=1). Needless to say, I'm the only person on LibraryThing who has one. :teeth: It's pretty darn cool, too! Plus, between the pages there are a bunch of newspaper clippings from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, as well as an old valentine and a gospel tract. The book itself is beautifully decorated and has some neat poems and stuff. I really like Richard Rolle's "What Is In Heaven":

Ther is lyf withoute ony deth,
And ther is youthe withoute ony elde;
And ther is alle manner welthe to welde:
And ther is rest without ony travaille;
And ther is pees without ony strife,
And ther is alle manner lykinge of lyf;
And ther is bright somer ever to se,
And there is nevere wynter in that countrie;
And ther is more worshipe and honour,
Then evere hade kynge other emperour.
And ther is grete melodie of aungeles songe,
And ther is preysing hem amonge.
And ther is alle manner frendshipe that may be,
And ther is evere perfect love and charite;
And ther is wisdom without folye,
And ther is honeste without vileneye.
Al these a man may joyes of hevene call;
Ac yutte the most sovereyn joye of alle
Is the sighte of Goddes bright face,
In wham resteth alle mannere grace.

[LostSheep]

That poem was absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!! :yes:

It was a true blessing to me!

[JB]

:thumb: I think this book will prove to be a real treasure.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I love how so many books are being added! I have a few to add myself, but I have been sick.

[One Bad Pig]

Awesome poem!

I just bought 25 books from thriftbooks.com, so I'll have more to add shortly. :hehe:

I'll be able to remove 4 books from my wish list now, and managed to find another 8 or so novels I'd been looking for. Everything else I got from browsing the Christianity section.

[kawaika]

I just made an account: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/kawaika

[Teluog]

I think I'm going to start an account right now, while I have the chance.

[JB]

I'll have quite a few to add in the coming month. I ordered 20 new books from Amazon yesterday.


:argh:

[The Curtmudgeon]

I'll have quite a few to add in the coming month. I ordered 20 new books from Amazon yesterday.


:argh:

"My name is JB, and I'm a bookaholic."
[Everybody:] "Hi, JB!"

The (it takes one to know one, and I've got the shirt (http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/xcart/product.php?productid=26722&cat=0&page=1), too) Curtmudgeon

[JB]

"My name is JB, and I'm a bookaholic."
[Everybody:] "Hi, JB!"

The (it takes one to know one, and I've got the shirt (http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/xcart/product.php?productid=26722&cat=0&page=1), too) Curtmudgeon

:hehe: I need that shirt.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I just made an account: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/kawaika

Did you join our group?

[Dee Dee Warren]

I think I'm going to start an account right now, while I have the chance.

Did you?

[Dee Dee Warren]

I have added a few more. It's pathetic.

[The Curtmudgeon]

I have added a few more. It's pathetic.

Peace, DD. It's a much better addiction to have than most I can think of. It's the only addiction that really improves your mind.

The (I'm trying desperately not to buy 'em faster than I can read 'em -- I have at least 20 on my to-be-read shelf, and 3 in process) Curtmudgeon

[One Bad Pig]

Peace, DD. It's a much better addiction to have than most I can think of. It's the only addiction that really improves your mind.

The (I'm trying desperately not to buy 'em faster than I can read 'em -- I have at least 20 on my to-be-read shelf, and 3 in process) Curtmudgeon

20? It's been years since my margin was that low. :duh:

[Dee Dee Warren]

20? It's been years since my margin was that low. :duh:

me too. I just added another one... ack!

[nomad]

makes me think of, I think it was origen, or maybe tertullian, who in general had a strong ascetic slant, but decided his rather large library could be an exception...

[Ninjalan]

Oh, this thing is cool! I added what I could off of the top of my head:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Anechodox

[JB]

Oh, this thing is cool! I added what I could off of the top of my head:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Anechodox

:thumb: Cool selection.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Added another rare Bible difficulty book

[WindowOrMirror]

My catalog (about 1/8th of my books) http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=rorrick

[One Bad Pig]

:bow:

[JB]

My catalog (about 1/8th of my books) http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=rorrick

Ooooooooooooooooooooooh...

[WindowOrMirror]

I suppose that DID come off rather arrogant and showy... I am sorry. I DO love my books...

[JB]

I suppose that DID come off rather arrogant and showy... I am sorry. I DO love my books...

With a collection like that, I can understand why. :teeth:

[Dee Dee Warren]

Added a few more - all you peeps be sure to join the TWeb Library Thing group

[Dee Dee Warren]

I have found this so useful when on ebay browsing books to quickly see if it is one I have already or not.

[The Curtmudgeon]

I have found this so useful when on ebay browsing books to quickly see if it is one I have already or not.

:thumb: Too true. I can well remember a number of times in the past coming home with a new book, only to realise once I started reading it that I already had it.

The (right now, it's not such a problem as I'm rebuilding the library) Curtmudgeon

[Dee Dee Warren]

Yeah I have several duplicates because of that especially of reference books that one doesn't necessarily read from cover to cover so it is hard to remember which ones are already had

[Dee Dee Warren]

I added a few more, one of them unique, one of them shared by only one other

[SpinyNorman]

So how lame am I that I just found this thread?

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/SpinyNorman

[One Bad Pig]

So how lame am I that I just found this thread?

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/SpinyNorman
Not as lame as your fantasy team.

[Dee Dee Warren]

:loser:

[SpinyNorman]

Not as lame as your fantasy team.

Brotherly love...yeah RIGHT...

[BillTBC]

Mine (http://www.librarything.com/profile/lamentabili_sane)

[Dee Dee Warren]

Have you joined the TheologyWeb Group?

[One Bad Pig]

Alright, I upgraded.

[Dee Dee Warren]

:joy:

[One Bad Pig]

:woohoo: Three more unique books! (and three more only shared by two or three people)

[One Bad Pig]

There were three more unique books in the rest of the bunch. :smug:

[Dee Dee Warren]

I have some more just added not totally unique but some with just a few

[T-Shirt Ninja]

Changed a few of my books from "currently reading" to an actual rating and ranking as well as 1 "wishlist" to "currently reading."

[Dee Dee Warren]

Just added three more totally unique books

[One Bad Pig]

Just got an error on LibraryThing while trying to add a book:

Error: Rampaging elephant error. Hide the peanuts and try again later.

:rofl:

[Gideon Brown]

Just got an error on LibraryThing while trying to add a book:

Error: Rampaging elephant error. Hide the peanuts and try again later.

:rofl:

What book were you adding? :uneasy:

[One Bad Pig]

Slan by A. E. van Vogt.

[JB]

Just got an error on LibraryThing while trying to add a book:

Error: Rampaging elephant error. Hide the peanuts and try again later.

:rofl:

:lmbo: The people behind LibraryThing would fit in quite well at TWeb.

[slaveofone]

I'm up to 167 now... Not very much compared with others, but most are pretty hardcore, scholastic books. It takes me months to go through many of them because they involve a lot of study. I've also been trying to write reviews on books as I go through them.

The curious thing is...there doesn't seem to be that many people into Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern studies--it all seems to be Christian/New Testament stuff.:sigh:

[JB]

I'm up to 167 now... Not very much compared with others, but most are pretty hardcore, scholastic books. It takes me months to go through many of them because they involve a lot of study. I've also been trying to write reviews on books as I go through them.

The curious thing is...there doesn't seem to be that many people into Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern studies--it all seems to be Christian/New Testament stuff.:sigh:

Dude, you have some awesome books. You need a copy of ANET, though, I see.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I have quite a few but there are almost all christian/NT with heavy emphasis on eschatology

[T-Shirt Ninja]

Added some of my textbooks from my Chinese philosophy class this semester (good grief, this class has given me a ton to read).

Edit: I just noticed that one was a unique book.

[JB]

I'm gonna be cataloguing a lot of books today...

See, one of my neighbors was a retired pastor, and he passed on a while back. His wife recently invited me over to take whatever I pleased from his remaining library, so I have several boxes full of new acquisitions. There were some real gems, too!

[One Bad Pig]

Dude, that rawks!

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am jealous.

[JB]

:yes: Got a total of 63 books today. That's a substantial jump. Of those, 9 are unique; a bunch of others were shared by a handful; and 13 aren't even acknowledged by the system, so I can't enter them.

[One Bad Pig]

:yes: Got a total of 63 books today. That's a substantial jump. Of those, 9 are unique; a bunch of others were shared by a handful; and 13 aren't even acknowledged by the system, so I can't enter them.
You can enter them manually.

[JB]

You can enter them manually.

Yeah, but that would take forever. I probably will someday

[PolarBeer]

Well, just added my first 109, but I'm afraid there's not a lot of religion in there. (It also appears I'm something of a geek.) :ahem:

Also, when did I get all these management and consulting books? How distressing.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/PolarBeer

[Kelp]

Here's what I've put up so far. http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Kelpridian

[Kelp]

Whoops . Seems it isn't actually letting save the changes I make to my account (I originally had it on private). Stand by.

[JB]

:thumb: Decent stuff, Kelp.

[Kelp]

Thanks you too :teeth:

[The Curtmudgeon]

Kelpie, you need to join the TheologyWeb group on LibraryThing.

The (where's my Kitchener "Your TWeb Needs You!" smilie?) Curtmudgeon

[Kelp]

Okay. Sounds good.


Done.

[Kelp]

Added some more books. I probably have more of those $1-10 Dover Thrift additions that anyone on here along with all of my Barnes & Noble "grimy, marked up schoolboy copies"(Helene Hanff)


:hehe:

[Kelp]

Kelpie, you need to join the TheologyWeb group on LibraryThing.

The (where's my Kitchener "Your TWeb Needs You!" smilie?) Curtmudgeon
You have some nice books, Curt. But, er, what's with the Joyce Meyer? :poke:

[The Curtmudgeon]

You have some nice books, Curt. But, er, what's with the Joyce Meyer? :poke:

A friend I care a lot for gave it to me, what can I say? :shrug: In point of fact, I haven't even cracked it open.

The (there's quite a few books in there that are still TBR, and I've got at least four or five shipments of book(s) on the way1) Curtmudgeon

1 Yeah, Amazon.com and Alibris.com have my bank card number back on speed-dial. :eek: Nerdbooks may be next. And I'm really lusting over the Talmud/Mishnah sale on over at Artscrolls.2

2 I may need an Intervention here. But, please, not too soon.

[Kelp]

It' alright. I was just joshin' ya :hehe:.

I wish I had a Talmud (waits for Sev to come in and say something snarky and antiChristian).

[Kelp]

Has anyone else noticed that librarything will sometimes delete the covers on some books you search for and add even if it already has the book in its records?

[One Bad Pig]

Just added some more books I got in the mail today. :joy:

[slaveofone]

Just added some more books I got in the mail today. :joy:

Well, I'm up to 170 now. This is crazy. For every book I read, I buy two more. Maybe the fact that I have to pay money once I have over 200 will help me stop buying books :pray:

BTW - I ALSO took advantage of the big Artscroll discounts... got myself Volume 1 and 2 of tractate Sheviis from the Jerusalem Talmud. Yummy.

[Kelp]

Well, slaveofone, it is only 25 bucks for a lifetime account, at least on the Beta.

[SpinyNorman]

Added some new ones meself

[Kelp]

Whoops . Seems it isn't actually letting save the changes I make to my account (I originally had it on private). Stand by.
I've added quite a few more over the past few days.

Is there any way to view somone's library by most recent books added?


Also, was it someone on here who gave me a comment? I can't figure out how to view it. Was the comment anything important?

[JB]

I've added quite a few more over the past few days.

Is there any way to view somone's library by most recent books added?


Also, was it someone on here who gave me a comment? I can't figure out how to view it. Was the comment anything important?

:whistle:

[One Bad Pig]

This is crazy. For every book I read, I buy two more. :innocent:
Maybe the fact that I have to pay money once I have over 200 will help me stop buying books :pray:
:no: Don't bet on it.

[One Bad Pig]

I've added quite a few more over the past few days.

Is there any way to view somone's library by most recent books added?

:yes: Edit one of the display styles to include "entry date" and sort by that.

[One Bad Pig]

Just added 4 more! :b_flame:

[Dave G]

I now have Librarian Pro and "Books" on my mac...is there an import feature with this site?

[One Bad Pig]

I now have Librarian Pro and "Books" on my mac...is there an import feature with this site?

:yes: Look under "Tools."

[Kelp]

:yes: Edit one of the display styles to include "entry date" and sort by that.
Thanks!

[Dave G]

:yes: Look under "Tools."

Sweet! thx

[Kelp]

:yes: Look under "Tools."
"Tools", isn't that also the category where DJ and Jimbo and filed?

[One Bad Pig]

Added 8 more, completing the current round of purchases.

:innocent:

2 of them aren't owned by anybody else on LibraryThing.