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Jäsen: Stbalbach

Kirjasto352 kirjaa — katso kirjasto

Arvostelut322 arvostelua — katso arvostelut

Pilvetavainsanapilvi, tekijäpilvi

Avainsanattravel literature (34), outdoor literature (12), global warming (8), climate change (7), classic literature (6), robert louis stevenson (5) — kaikki avainsanat

RyhmätMedieval Europe, Travel and Exploration literature

Tietoja minusta see catalog - sorted by date read.

Tietoja kirjastostani I crossed the 200 book threshold entering the ranks of LibraryThing's "life-membership" club in June 2007, the same year I turned forty "in medias res" or "in the middle of our life's journey". How did I get here?

It started with a reading binge in high school of scifi and fantasy to escape from the terrors of adolescence, but pretty soon other priorities interceded and I only read what was assigned in college (BA History 92') and a few good-for-you non-fiction books. Around March 2005 with more leisure time available and the epiphany of how many great books will remain unread before I die, I decided to become a "general reader", which happily coincided with the birth of LibraryThing. To make a clean break with the ghosts of books past my LibraryThing library is only those books read since March 05'. Although I have focused on non-fiction (travel literature, history, journalism, science) I have been increasingly reading more fiction.

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Database fields maintained:

Standard: Title, Author, Picture, Date Acquired, Publication

Custom:

Date = Date of first edition, not the date of my particular editions publication (which is in the publication field).

Comment = Number of pages

Summary = $ how much I paid for the book (c.f. Date Acquired).

Date read = "Date read" is slightly coded - the "day" field is the book number for that month. So if I read 7 books in June, the 5th book would be 06/05/2006 and the 7th book would be 06/07/2006 (based on order of completion). The best way to view my library is sorted by "date read".

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I've written a unix script that will monitor a list of LT author pages, and email whenever a new work is added. I initially wrote it to know when new books come out by favorite authors (rather than hit or miss at the book store or review periodicals), but found it is also useful to monitor when works need to be combined. It is particularly useful for keeping up to date with little known authors who only publish sporadically without much fanfare (which is the majority of authors).

It is available here:

http://bachlab.balbach.net/nb

See nb.txt for documentation

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LibraryThing "Vital Stats" on Jan 2, 2008 (See "Zeitgeist" tab)

Members 331,361
Books cataloged 21,882,673
Tags added 28,320,293
Unique works 2,888,986
Total reviews 307,360
Works reviewed 166,936
Ratings 3,362,528
User-contributed covers 678,823
Author photos 16,786
User groups 3,093
Forum messages 379,589
Forum touchstones 289,151

Kotisivuhttp://bachlab.balbach.net/coolread.html

Mukana myösmetafilter [num], Wikipedia

Jäsenyys LibraryThing Early Reviewers ("varhaiset kirja-arvostelijat")

Oikea nimiStephen Balbach

SijaintiAshton, Maryland

Sähköpostiosoitestephenbalbach.net

LempikirjailijatEi määritelty

Käyttäjätilin tyyppijulkinen, elinaikainen

YhteysuutisetYhteysuutiset

URL:t http://www.librarything.com/profile/Stbalbach (profiili)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Stbalbach (kirjasto)

RekisteröitymispäiväSep 14, 2005