In love with LibraryThing
This isn't even vaguely Microsoft-related but I thought you technologically-inclined folks might be interested. I stumbled across LibraryThing last night, a site that lets you catalog your books, rate them, share them with others, etc. Since I'm a geeky, keeping track of things sort of person, I love this.
I've always been bummed about not keeping track of all the books I've ever read - I bet it would be a *huge* list because I spent most of my life pre-college with my nose in a book. My leisure reading habit came to a grinding halt in college because I had way too much studying and school-related reading to do. I picked it up again in graduate school and of course, when I got a "real job" it was nice to have $$ to buy shiny new books and piles of used books at various bookstores. I'm also a big fan of the library, a habit my mom got me hooked on as a kid. We'd go to the giant library in the sky on weekends (aka the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh) and I'd get a whole bag full of books which I'd devour for the next 2-3 weeks.
But I digress. I thought this site was really unique and fun. It's also got a pretty clean, simple UI and is extremely easy to use.
In case you're curious, here's the link to my library. I haven't put in most of my techie books yet so a lot of what's in there is pretty girly fiction stuff. I'm soon going to hit the 200-book free account limit, so I'll have to break down and actually pay for the lifetime membership. At $25, it seems like a pretty good deal (as long as the site will be up and running). I also plan to use it to get recommendations for books to read - you can read other peoples' reviews and see their book lists as well (if they've marked them public).
What's in your LibraryThing?
