Bookshelf
Oct 15th, 2007 by John Gerber
You are the same person today that you will be ten years from now, except for two things: the people you meet, and the books you read. — Mark Twain
How many times have you heard, “If you were stranded on a desert island, what books would you take with you?” My response would be, it depends on how long I am going to be stranded. Often I do wish I could take some time off just to read.
Initially, listed below were books that I had read or were reading. Then I found LibraryThing. To quote from the site, “LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere—even on your mobile phone. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next, and so forth.” ITConversations did an interview with the founder and lead developer of LibraryThing, Tim Spalding on a show titled “Social Cataloging for Book Lovers.” If you look over to the right side of this blog, and scroll down, you will see a section titled “Random books from my library.” The widget pulls a random list of ten book covers I have recently read or I am in the process of reading. It is a nice visual addition to the blog which does not require any clicking to see.
