Mailbox Monday - September 21

Every Monday on The Printed Page, people list the books that arrived the previous week. Here's what arrived at my doorstep:

Max Brooks. World War Z (via BookObsessed exchange group)
John Crowley. Little, Big (via BookObsessed swap)
Joanne Harris. Five Quarters of the Orange (via BookObsessed swap)

Mailbox Monday - April 13th

Every Monday on The Printed Page, people list the books that arrived the previous week. Here's what arrived at my doorstep:

Jody Lynn Nye. Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (via BookObsessed swap)
Karen Chance. Touch the Dark (via PaperBackSwap)
Jonathan Crowley. Daemonomania (via BookMooch)

Mailbox Monday - April 6th

Every Monday on The Printed Page, people list the books that arrived the previous week. Here's what arrived at my doorstep:

C.J. Cherryh. The Faded Sun Trilogy: Kesrith, Shon'jir and Kutath (via What's on My Bookshelf)

Musing Mondays - Keeping Track

From Just One More Page:

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about recording your reading…

Do you keep track of what and/or how many books you read? How long have you been doing this? What's your favorite tracking method, and why?If you don't keep track, why not? (question courtesy of MizB)

Short answer: Yes! Now, for the long answer:

I started keeping track of my books in 2002 on Bibliophil. At that time, I noted the date read and rated the books on a 1-5 scale (3 = good, 4 = great, 5 = excellent). In 2006, I started this blog and over the years have added many sites that I track my books. The following links go directly to my book lists:

• Bibliophil
• All Consuming
• List of Bests:
• Books I've read in 2007
• Books I've read in 2008
• Books I've read in 2009
  
• Reader2
• Book Group Online
  
• Listal
• GuruLib
• PaperBackSwap
• Librarious
• Goodreads
• LibraryThing
  - Note: my catalog on LibraryThing is a mix of books I've read, books to be read, and books I want.
  
• Books Well Read
• Anobii
• Ning Bookshelf
• Google Books
• Facebook:
• Visual Bookshelf
  
• Books I've Read
  
• Livejournal: Perusing Books
  
• Readerville - you may have to be a member to view these pages.
  
• Notebooks
• Forum: What's That You're Reading?
  
• 43Things:
• Read all bookcrossing books not registered by me
• Read every book I own
  
• Bookcrossing

You'll notice that I simply copy/paste my comments from the blog onto these sites, so I tend to do my blog comments first and then over time update the other sites. I keep track on a spreadsheet.

Finally, I keep a running list in a hardcover book journal.

Mailbox Monday - March 16th

Every Monday on The Printed Page, people list the books that arrived the previous week. Here's what arrived at my doorstep:

Heather O'Neill. Lullabies for Little Criminals (via a book swap)

Mailbox Monday - March 2nd

Every Monday on The Printed Page, people list the books that arrived the previous week. Here's what arrived at my doorstep:

Daniel Keyes. The Minds of Billy Milligan (via BookObsessed Swap)
Asne Seierstad. The Bookseller of Kabul (via BookObsessed Swap)

Mailbox Monday - February 23rd.

Every Monday on The Printed Page, people list the books that arrived the previous week. Here's what arrived at my doorstep:

Frank Beddor. The Looking Glass Wars (via Bookmooch)
James Conaway. Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes (via BookObsessed Swap)
Sara Gruen. Water for Elephants (via Bookcrossing - a surprise wishlist book!)
Michael Crichton. Eaters of the Dead (via BookObsessed Swap)

Mailbox Monday - February 16th

Every Monday on The Printed Page, people list the books that arrived the previous week. Last week, three books entered my home. I'm also listing a book I forgot to post about last Monday:

Jane Jakeman. In the Kingdom of Mists (arrived 2/4/2009)
Gregory Maguire. Son of a Witch
Jim Butcher. Fool Moon
Joyce Carol Oates. The Gravedigger's Daughter

Mailbox Monday - February 2nd

Just one book arrived at my door last week, but I was glad to get it:

Nick Smith. Milk Treading

Mailbox Monday - January 26th

Every Monday on The Printed Page is the meme, "Mailbox Monday," in which people post about the books they got the previous week.

Here's my list:

Sean Stewart. Perfect Circle
Boris Akunin. The Winter Queen
Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn

Tuesday Thinger: Swap This Book

"Tuesday Thingers" is a weekly question hosted by Wendi at Wendi's Book Corner.




Today's question reads:

Have you ever used the Swap This Book function which can be found on the main page of any book (here is an example of Flirting With Forty by Jane Porter: link shown on book page, what it looks like if you click on the link)? If so, what do you think about it? If not, are there any other swap sites you utilize to exchange books once you are done? What do you do with your books if you no longer want them anymore?

My response:

I do look at the swap column when I'm thinking of where to offer my books. I regularly use Bookmooch and PaperBackSwap for trades, though I also have accounts on Title Trader and What's On My Bookshelf. If I see that many people want a title I have on Bookmooch, I'll log in on that site and put in the ISBN of the book I have. This way, I make sure that people want my edition and I don't accidentally post something I don't have.

Booking Through Thursday - 1/8/2009

I decided this year I would participate in some weekly topics. Booking Through Thursday asks a weekly question about books and reading. This week's question:

"It’s a week or two later than you’d expect, and it may be almost a trite question, but … what were your favorite books from 2008?"

Here's my answer:

A. A. Attansio. Wyvern.

This was a beautifully written epic story about life, death, love and self-discovery as Jaki Gefjon struggles to unite the teachings of both the jungle and the sea.

Harlan Ellison. Paingod and Other Delusions.

Ellison is one of my favorite authors. I picked up some new favorite short stories in this collection including "The Discarded," "Bright Eyes" and "Wanted in Surgery."

Jonathan Safran Foer. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

This was a very moving and complicated book about a boy trying to make sense of the world in his own unique way. I especially liked the alternating storylines between Oskar's search for the lock and his grandparent's experiences in World War II and afterwards.