I have Herodotus simply tossed in a big tag called "classics". In taxonomy, you have your lumpers and your splitters. I'm definitely the former. If I'm browsing someone's library, it is a lot easier to scroll through a lot of books under one general topic.

I don't browse much, I get so many TBR candidates from the various message boards.

Anyway, I like your format much better than those who have 3,000 books and 1,000 tags!

I'm embarrassed to find that you can already do what I was talking about in the previous comment - combine tags in a search - by using the "TagMash" feature. That will be quite useful, I think. When I started out, I was just concerned with getting the books entered, so I didn't worry about tags at all; I expect many are inconsistent; I'll try to fix that with time.

I find myself browsing other libraries quite a bit. It's fun - and sometimes a little voyueristic - to see what others have read.

Lähettänyt: setnahkt 8:14 pm (EST) Jun 27, 2008

Greetings Bruce, from an old bald nerd who is loosing some weight an lacks cool ink. You've got a cool library, I'm especially interested in the literature tag.

Why, thank you. I use "literature" for stuff like War and Peace and as opposed to (for example) "mystery" or "scif". I tried to enter tags in anticipation of some day in the future when LT might allow multiple tags in a search string (such as "literature" AND "russia", for example).

I had questions about some things - for example, are the Histories of Herodotus "literature" or "history"?

Lähettänyt: setnahkt 9:20 pm (EST) Jun 26, 2008

Hi Steve,

My name is Dawn and I am a librarian and the host of Toronto Public Library’s online book club: Book Buzz and a fellow LibraryThing member.

This month we are reading Shadow Divers, by Robert Kurson. I noticed that you include Shadow Divers in your library and gave it a starred review. I’d just like to invite you to visit us and share your thoughts about Kurson’s book. It’s a friendly easy-going book club with over 600 members and we are always looking for new points of view.
If you are interested, visit us at http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca .

Thank-you for your time,
Dawn
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Book...

Lähettänyt: BookBuzz 6:46 pm (EST) Jun 12, 2008

Thanks for adding my library to your 'interestings' - I think there's a bit of everything there. Feel free to come in and have a mooch around any time you feel like it.

Lähettänyt: Booksloth 5:19 am (EST) Jun 9, 2008

Thanks for your comment, Steve. Sorry for the delay in replying but I have been travelling a lot over the last few weeks. ZD is one of those books that has sat on my shelves for years, and I have been aware of its appeal on various lists and when I did eventually get around to reading it, I quite enjoyed it!

Cheers...John

Lähettänyt: John 8:07 am (EST) Jun 4, 2008

Hello Steve,
thanks for adding my library to the list of your favourite ones. I am flattered!
I see we have a bunch of interesting books in common. I will take a look at your library later, when I have some quiet time.
Happy reading!!

Paola :-))

Lähettänyt: aluvalibri 7:19 am (EST) May 29, 2008

Hi Sandydog,

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list. Looking forward to poking around your virtual shelves. You seem to have done a lot of reviews - impressive!

Twacorbies

Lähettänyt: twacorbies 1:58 pm (EST) May 28, 2008

Nope, I haven't gotten back to War and Peace yet! It is getting to be summer time, though, which is prime reading time for me, so I will be picking it up soon. I started the Bible last year, just to brush up on my Judeo-Christian cultural knowledge, but didn't get very far, I must confess. It's a bit more daunting to take on as a full project, I think.

I don't know if I will make the 100 books this year or not, but it seemed like a good goal. I need to do something about Mount TBR, obviously! 100 books this year would not make a huge dent in it, unfortunately....

Thanks for checking in on me, I need the nudge to get back to that one.

Susan

Lähettänyt: sussabmax 5:57 pm (EST) May 27, 2008

Hi Steve,

I started "Orlando" and found the style compelling and ingratiating, but somehow I got sidetracked and the book is on a shelf somewhere with a bookmark not that far from the beginning. Yet another "to be finished" book - just one among many. I am in the process of adding TBR (To Be Read) tags to my library. I'm about 1/4 through and making a quick calculation reveals that there will be something like 785 when I'm done. Makes me both excited and tired thinking about it.

-- Dick

Lähettänyt: hashiru 2:36 pm (EST) May 25, 2008

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries. I'll take a look at your books later on.

Happy reading :-))

kik.

Lähettänyt: kjellika 2:03 am (EST) May 12, 2008

Hi:

I saw on a thread your praise for Professor Vandiver, whom I am listening to and loving. And in your profile I see you are trying to read the Western Canon. My heart is rejoicing. A kindred soul! I have sent you a Friends invitation.

Lähettänyt: polutropos 2:17 pm (EST) Apr 24, 2008

Thanks for your reviews on 'The Secret', couldn't agree more and your reviews on the books about the '96 Everest disaster. -Nancy

Lähettänyt: Clueless 3:47 am (EST) Mar 8, 2008

I'm really trying to focus on the classics, with heavy emphasis on the so-called Western Canon. And, I am really enjoying the journey.

Lähettänyt: Sandydog1 10:47 pm (EST) Nov 8, 2007