Competition!

Okay, so for one of my classes, I have to create a Wordpress blog.

Wordpress. Pshaw. I like Blogger.

Anyway, that said, it pretty much has the same function as this blog. I'll probably delete it when the class is over, but in case you want to see it (it's rather boring still), visit

www.anovelbeat.com/blog

The Excel List

So, I have this really complicated Excel list that I keep about the books I read.

There's the main spreadsheet, which includes all of the following (in order) on any book I read: Title, Author Last Name, Author First Name, Stars?, Last Read, Genre, Sex, Violence, Language, Religion, Fiction/Nonfiction?, Other Authors, Own?, Series?, Personal Notes.

Most are pretty self explanatory, but personal notes is where I put an abbreviated version of this.

I'm going to have to add a new column, though. Blogged. Because I'm going to start re-reading things that I've blogged (I already have for a few, in fact), and I don't want to double blog, or have to go check the stupid records.

Oh, the other spreadsheets in the file are Read in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, Books I Own (though I now have a new list in a separate file), and Thieves.

How did you think I kept up with how much I read every year and every month? It's on the list...

Something New

So, on her website, when Mom talks about a book she read, she puts the author in the labels section.

I decided that could be a stellar idea.

That way, instead of having to search through all my posts to find out if I've reviewed anything else by them, you can just click on their name at the end of a post.

Of course, I read a lot of things that don't end up here, or other books by authors I have reviewed. I have a documented amount of over 600 books read. If you're curious, just ask me. I'm always more than happy to talk books with anyone who wants to.