Aren’t I clever…
For a long while I’ve been racking my brain about every book I read next. I’m between Kings, you see, and any non-King book seems to be very difficult to find.
Just a while ago I read Raymond Khoury’s “The Last Templar” of which I had made a mental note long time ago because the topic was interesting. I enjoyed the book immensely but did I even once think he may’ve written something else? No, of course not. I suppose in my twisted logic only King has written more than one book…
Today I visited a library, walked straight to the English section (horror, more specifically) and — after a lot of head tilting — picked up two short story collections. When I was heading back to get the books checked out I spotted a Raymond Khoury book on a shelf. It was in Finnish, alas, but it gave me an idea! I went back to the English section and tried to look for something by Khoury. Couldn’t find anything but I promised myself to note it down.
Now I do have a stack of books to get through but at least I know what to look for next: The Sign and Sanctuary — by Raymond Khoury.
That’s good
.. i do that often though, when I find a really well written book by some author.. the next time I visit the library or bookstore, I go and see what other stories appeal to me written by the same author 
find it very useful and a good way to figure out what to read next!
My problem is remembering the names of authors. Which is probably why I ended up getting books mostly through the Internet…
Now I’ve also catalogued my books so I could view them online (even using a mobile phone), but I haven’t really done that yet. But the catalogue itself is nice to have. (Insert ad for LibraryThing.com here…)
Do you catalogue the books you own or anything you’ve read? I’ve kept a booklog (i.e. books I’ve read) for a long time – and it’s on my blog for easy access
The official booklog is a paper version, though.
There are so many of those catalogue sites that I haven’t been able to decide which one to use. Actually, I think I have signed up for one of them but I can’t remember which one
I’d like to catalogue everything that I read, however until now I’ve only catalogued books I own. A couple of weeks ago LT got a long-waited feature called “Collections” which allows easy separation of “books owned” and “read but not owned” etc.
Unfortunately I’ve kept no history in any fashion of books I’ve read, so I’ll just have to pick some point in time to start. Probably that will be whatever book I borrow and read next. (I haven’t been to the library much — too difficult to reserve and wait a random time before getting the book…)
I went with LT because it has good export functions — a feature not that many provide, probably in order to lock you in.
I also tried Google Books, but it didn’t seem quite ready yet: not many features and it also managed to lose data. Its export didn’t include all data fields necessary (e.g. ISBN), or the data was unreliable. And when I stopped using it, it hasn’t been successful in deleting my account, regardless of several attempts I’ve made by clicking the delete link.
If you have many books to catalogue, I recommend getting a good barcode reader. I’m very happy with the Zebex Z-3000 (e.g. from Verkkokauppa.com).
It has now been years since I read a book. I’m almost ashamed of myself. The problem is, I have no time to read. I used to read on the subway going to and from work, but now that I drive every day, I don’t have that time.
I do enjoy a good book, though. I’m sure one day I’ll be able to read :).
I usually read on my way to work too (and whenever I have to hang around waiting for something). I take the bus, train or subway or any combination of those so I get plenty of time to read. I don’t always read a lot at home but lately I’ve been going to bed earlier just to have some time to read before I need to sleep.