The Thing Itself

Six kinds of wonderful indeed! I just discovered LibraryThing thanks to former MAPH-mate Dan, and I can’t get enough. You should all immediately follow these steps to achieve a state of satisfaction. You will achieve something akin to bliss if you are OCD and already have a library database on your own computer:

1. go to www.librarything.com

2. type in a username and password. it took me a minute to understand the simplicity of this, but that’s really all there is. type in whatever you want, and you’re signed up.

3. begin adding books.

What, you’re not convinced? Check out my profile and my catalog. And anyways, how do you not fall head over heels in love with a site that offers you the option of uploading a picture of a tapir as your profile image?