Cataloguing books...

Dec. 13 2007: Do you use any of the online book-cataloguing sites, like Library Thing or Shelfari? Why or why not? [Or . . . do you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking to?? (grin)]

If not an online catalog, do you use any other method to catalog your book collection? Excel spreadsheets, index cards, a notebook, anything?

Yes, I catalogue my books. I don't catalogue my books obsessively. Or methodically. Or consistently. I catalogue them on a casual basis. Occasionally. When I feel the urge to dust and I think, "I've got books I never catalogued, don't I?"

I don't use Shelfari. I joined Shelfari. I keep getting perky, friendly messages from them telling me that my friends also own The Lord of the Rings (I know) and the Dunnett novels (yes, I know). Mostly I ignore Shelfari. It looks too... colourful. Too complicated. Makes me feel lazy. I'd rather be reading than cataloguing, anyway.

To catalogue my books, I use MS Excel and I type in all titles and authors when I find the time. Sometimes also publication dates, when I feel excessively inspired. I started with the fiction. I don't think my non-fiction colection has ever entirely been catalogued. I like to think I mostly know what I have, and I mostly know where it is, and that might be stretching the definition of "mostly" but it seems to... mostly... work. There isn't a lot of rhyme or reason to it. Dunnett novels in one place, favourite hardcovers in another, biographies of English Romantic poets on a certain shelf, biographies of Julius Caesar in another... It isn't elegant, but I cope.

I'm not even going to start to talk about the question of whether I catalogue my comic books.

FIC Torchwood (drabble) - "Washing Up"

Title:Washing Up
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack/Ianto
Challenge: tw100, Domestic Chores
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers. Cross-posted to my LJ, and tw100.

( Washing Up )