Comments on: #BookHaul

By: AlanM

AlanM — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:34:26 +0000

Hey, I think I see a copy of Dances With Dragons in there. Fess up Scalzi.

By: ntsc

ntsc — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:10:09 +0000

Re 38 and 42 Check out ‘A Gentle Madness’ or ‘Patience and Fortitude’ by Nicholas A Basbanes.

Not only is there a word for it, there are two thick books about it. My father-in-law had about 25,000 (not a misprinnt) volumes in his house including stacks in the entire basement.

I only have about 4000 and my wife a piddling 600 or so.

By: WendyB_09

WendyB_09 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:52:08 +0000

Thomas @ 38 – “But that’s what you put up with when you’re a psychobibliophile.”

THANKYOU!! I knew there had to be a name for the hereditary disease my whole family suffers from! Spent one morning last Christmas vacation assembling yet another bookcase for my parents, to go in the den that already has floor to ceiling bookcases on two walls!

And I’m way overdue for more of the same myself. I mean, the last couple of times I moved I had the foresight to let the movers know I had extra boxes of heavy books so they could plan accordingly.

yeah, fireload indeed. Between the books and quilting supplies in two of the three households, we’d burn for months…

By: Jason Erik Lundberg

Jason Erik Lundberg — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:00:42 +0000

This is a fantastic idea, John, with the added bonus that you get organized on exactly what has been sent to you. I lust after a fire load (heh) like that, but my wife would most likely kill me. She’s already not crazy about the almost 400 books that I’m hanging onto right now.

A suggestion: if you do still want to post photos to accompany each batch of tweets, you can use TwitPic. Posting the photo plus a description will automatically port to your Twitter account.

By: Tully

Tully — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:44:42 +0000

Charity auctions at conventions must love you.

And, um, there’s this convention coming up….

By: Jeff Hentosz

Jeff Hentosz — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:42:46 +0000

Re:@32 -- It should probably be pointed out that one doesn't need to establish a Twitter account, let alone have to watch it all day, to keep up with something like this. Just bookmark Twitter Search and enter #BookHaul there to catch up at any time. Boom! you get an always up-to-date list of the Haul that you could print out to take to the library or bookstore.

By: Thomas M. Wagner

Thomas M. Wagner — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:39:34 +0000

Man, was I ever buried under the review copy avalanche until I lucked out and inherited 12 massive bookcases from my neighborhood Borders when they mothballed their DVD section. Their loss is my gain. I literally had to evacuate my master bedroom, repurpose it as my library, and move myself into bedroom #2. But that’s what you put up with when you’re a psychobibliophile.

It’s actually unusual to see everything going up on shelves. It’s like, “Oh yeah, I have that. Forgot.”

And I still get rid of more than I keep!

By: JJS

JJS — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:27:40 +0000

The twitter idea is OK except for those of us that actually go to a job all day. I guess I can see the last hour or so on Whatever.

By: John Scalzi

John Scalzi — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:21:33 +0000

I have the whole series here.

By: rtm1981

rtm1981 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:19:38 +0000

You should definately read Kay Kenyon’s series, “The Entire and the Rose”. I saw the last book at the top of the pile there. Wonderful series. Shouldn’t start with the third book though, wouldn’t make much sense.