I keep track of every book I own on an excel spreadsheet. True or false.
True. Like I could make something so random up.
The truth is that, yes, I have an excel spreadsheet updated with every book purchase I own. I document if it's been read, if it's out on loan to someone, if I'm missing part of a series...all of that good info to make sure that I know where my books are. It also has come in handy for the gift giving holidays, like my birthday (and yes, it counts), for those that insist on buying me books. Is this a bit much? Probably. Will I continue to update it? Heck yes.
That is all :)
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
My name is Brittany and I'm a bookaholic.
My name is Brittany and I am an admitted bookaholic.
Reading has always been important to me. I recall the days of going to the library with my mom and how excited I was, wondering exactly how many books the library would allow me to take out before cutting me off.
Over the years, I have developed my own personal library--a rather extensive library to be quite honest. Two bookshelves worth or approximately 345 books. You may be shocked at that number. I'm impressed at my skills to get that many books on to two bookshelves.
Okay, so it may be a bit of a problem to some. To me, the major problem is that I have only read 1/3 or less of the books I actually own. See, I'm an admitted bookaholic. Yes, I can go weak at Borders. But put me into a used bookstore--yes, they do exist--and oh, goodness. It's bad. Thrift stores? Same problem. Nothing like a used paperback of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca for $0.99 (in fact, that is a great find. note it.) So over the years, I have developed quite the number of books. But with things like, oh college and working, the amount of books brought in vs those I have read hasn't quite evened out. I'm sure there's a more mathematical way of putting this, but I suck at math. A lot. But I digress.
A year or two ago, I discovered the joy of Goodreads.com and that has certainly helped me keep track of some of my books (that and the Excel spreadsheet I have of all my books, but that's a whole other blog). However, this year, I decided that I was going to cut back on my book intake, and instead, challenged myself to work through the books that I own. And to make myself more accountable, I thought that if I started to write about this little adventure, I'd actually do it. Thus, this blog is born.
Reading has always been important to me. I recall the days of going to the library with my mom and how excited I was, wondering exactly how many books the library would allow me to take out before cutting me off.
Over the years, I have developed my own personal library--a rather extensive library to be quite honest. Two bookshelves worth or approximately 345 books. You may be shocked at that number. I'm impressed at my skills to get that many books on to two bookshelves.
Okay, so it may be a bit of a problem to some. To me, the major problem is that I have only read 1/3 or less of the books I actually own. See, I'm an admitted bookaholic. Yes, I can go weak at Borders. But put me into a used bookstore--yes, they do exist--and oh, goodness. It's bad. Thrift stores? Same problem. Nothing like a used paperback of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca for $0.99 (in fact, that is a great find. note it.) So over the years, I have developed quite the number of books. But with things like, oh college and working, the amount of books brought in vs those I have read hasn't quite evened out. I'm sure there's a more mathematical way of putting this, but I suck at math. A lot. But I digress.
A year or two ago, I discovered the joy of Goodreads.com and that has certainly helped me keep track of some of my books (that and the Excel spreadsheet I have of all my books, but that's a whole other blog). However, this year, I decided that I was going to cut back on my book intake, and instead, challenged myself to work through the books that I own. And to make myself more accountable, I thought that if I started to write about this little adventure, I'd actually do it. Thus, this blog is born.
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