I love books. I love reading them. I love collecting them. I love smelling them. (that's the best part)
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Books are something that, I hope, will never disappear. Technology has played a huge part in decreasing the number of books being read; especially by children. Why read a boring book when there's the latest PS4 game waiting for you? But though modern times seem to be pushing these beloved paper gems away, there are many people who still cherish them.
Books make you think, where movies and games do not. I'm not saying you shouldn't do those things; I love watching movies, and you could definitely call us gamers. But if you want to use your senses of sight, smell, touch, and your imagination, the best thing in the world is a book.
My husband and I have a couple hundred books at least, and we've only been married for a little over 2 years. Every library sale and thrift store we come across, we pick through every stack to find our favorite genres; his being math, woodworking, and gaming, and mine being vintage/antique/unique books, and anything nature-related. Since we plan to homeschool our children, building up our library now will encourage and enable our kids to find their own favorite genres, and study whatever they choose the good old-fashioned way.
With all of these books, I wanted a way to keep track of them; see if we have a title without needing to scan all of the bookshelves, search for something specific and have everything with that subject appear, etc. So, I joined LibraryThing. Last night I began the long task of entering books, starting with my nature titles. If you would like, you can view our collections here.
Once a book is entered, I put a special label inside the front cover. For all of the nature-related titles, I use my Ornery Biologist logo, and for the rest of the books we'll be using our family blog theme.
I'm so excited to be getting all of our books unpacked (we moved in June), sorted, entered, and on the shelves to read! If you enjoy reading, what are your favorite titles? π
I love science fiction. I have read everything Michael Crichton wrote--or at least everything that was available in print and electronic format.
I get most of my books from second-hand bookstores. Now, I got lots of them and I am planning to pass them to other readers in ouir city.
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I love science fiction. I have read everything Michael Crichton wrote--or at least everything that was available in print and electronic format.
I get most of my books from second-hand bookstores. Now, I got lots of them and I am planning to pass them to other readers in our city.