Well done on getting it back. I don't lend books anymore, as I have lost so many to people who promised absolutely to return them and then disappeared off the face of the earth.

Thanks AC.

I learned my lesson; fortunately, it wasn't too hard of one. I got lucky.

I won't be lending any further books out though, that's for sure.

Mine mine mine! lol.. I am very covetous of my tome collection!

Come to think of it, I tried to post all my books here before, in my profile, but ran out of space before I got halfway. Now that Brian has updated the board, I think maybe I can. Cool! I should have an inventory list anyway, for insurance purposes.

I keep a catalogue of my books at Library Thing. It's great, because I upload books as and when I purchase them, and I can file them under read, to be read, etc. and it allows you to tag them making them easier to find. You can see my list at: My Books.

Great idea!! Thanks.

Hey, actually, I'm already a member, but I was there looking for downloads.. It never occurred to me to use it as my inventory site - duh.

Holy crap.. you have 659 books?? And here I thought *I* was a bibliophile! That's probably twice the number I have, if I count every book I own (or more).

How many of those are occult related?

I do have a few books, but my wishlist has me up in the mid 700s somewhere.

I have no idea as to how many are related to the occult, as I categorize them using slightly more detailed tags, but I'd say a fair number of them are either related to witchcraft, or my belief system (past and current).

If you do decide to sign up to the catalogue, a lifetime membership is only $25 - a bargain. I would be interested in seeing you list if you should upload it, either at Library Thing or Goodreads.

Happy reading!

AC

Oh! I think I misunderstood then.

Anyhoo, I've got my books up there. At least, all the occult and paranormal books that I own.

I've got 105 books total: 15 of those are ghost-hunting related, the other 90 are all metaphysical/divination/witchcraft.

I'll be adding wishlist books up there soon, so those numbers will swell.

What a neat project. I managed to even find the proper covers in most cases too, except for some of the Dell Purse Books.

I think the amazing thing is, I've probably already read more than half of them, there's only a few to close in on -not counting the "reference" type books though.

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/nymblz

I must admit that finding a place to store 600+ books is kind of difficult and I'm running out of space. Some are now in boxes. *LOL* Any cover I can't find, I scan it and upload it, which is handy.

Many many moons ago, when I had first joined this one particular band, someone in it knew someone who was selling this half million dollar house (1/2 mil back then meant huge mansion).. that we could have band practice in for a while. We walked inside for the first time through sliding glass doors, into a den; inside lay a huge billiard table, and the walls were covered with books. In fact, the walls were bookshelves, from floor to ceiling - about a 20 foot ceiling I might add. I thought, "my god.. when I get older, this is what I want to have!!" I just gawked for a while. We only practised there a few times, but that image has never left me. You could have easily fit 600 books there, with room to spare! I wouldn't need the billiards table, BTW, though it was a nice plus. ;) Must be nice to be rich.

Hiya!

Totally agree about never lending books...make'em get their own copy!!!! I have not done anything like an inventory for my books, the physical ones run to about 500-ish, maybe slightly less. Ebooks...*whispers* last count, 900. Shh!

Daaamn girl(s).. I thought *I* had a library.

Watcha have if you count ebooks and PDF files?

I probably triple my count. But I don't really like reading PDFs, I only use them for quick reference and searches.

I print out my .pdfs and ebooks as I spends hours in front of a computer, so prefer the paper format. I have quite a collection, including the majority of the Sacred Texts website, which I don't have listed at Library Thing.

Just joined Library Thing...guess what I'll be doing in my spare time ? :) It's looks like a pretty cool site, I love some of the functions. Thanks for the tip, AC x

It's a very cool site, Marion. You can search easily on any book by keyword or author, then add it to your library - and you can create subcatergories as well for further organization.

I don't think I've had a book that wasn't instantly recognized yet. Too cool.

If it's not instantly recognised, you can manually enter books, but given it is possible to search libraries from around the world, as well as Amazon and other booksites, it's pretty rare occurrence when I have to add a book (usually one that doesn't have an ISBN and is self-published). I also use the toolbar bookmark to add books from other sites.

I've just spent a stupid amount of time uploading some of my ebooks.I 'll do some of the physical ones on my day off on Tuesday. It's very gratifying to see all your covers lined up. I need to get covers for some of the older ones but I'm quite pleased with what I've managed tonight, quite productive...but now...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :)

Hmm.. I never even did my eBooks. Sheesh, forget that, it'd take me countless hours to add all those. I'm only doing the books I have in hard copy for now.. ;)

I've reached the limit of 200, so I have to hang on till after payday now :( I was getting quite into it to. I hope I don't lose the momentum.

Omygosh Grym ! I've heard of this book for years, totally forgot about it untill I read your blog ! Then I got to searching for it... EVERYWHERE. They have it used at Amazon Books.. for over 90 dollars ! Well that's a pretty hefty price tag for this part time employed Gypsy. But then I found it at Abe Books which is a very cool sight.. Never heard of them, but now have, so I will be shopping there for rare books now. It is used, but I don't care, get this, I bought it for 15.00 + 3.00 shipping. Can't wait to read it. Thank you so much for jostling my memory with this blog !

Regards,

Gypsy