Life Is A Cruel Joke.

[akujunkan]

I have spent close to four hours online today, adding books to LibraryThing and BookMooch. I left home for 25 minutes to go get some take-out. In that mere 25 minutes, a wishlist request came through, and was gone. What are the odds?

That will be all.

Comments

[metal-dog5.livejournal.com]

Not so much the odds as karma smacking your ass for not posting about your birthday.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

I'm five minutes away from finishing that post, so I don't want to hear it. >.

[demeter918.livejournal.com]

Hey! I'm using goodreads now too, and it's awesome, really weirdly awesome. THough I think the biggest thing about it is the friend's aspect and knowing what your friends have and/or are reading. =)

And LibraryThing is still love.

What is this "bookmooch"?

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

To throw a shitsumon right back at you: what is goodreads?

LibraryThing is hardcore love. Although for some reason, my watchlist was erased a few months ago. What's your nick again so I can re-add you?

And finally, "this bookmooch" is TEH LOVE. I am here (http://www.bookmooch.com/m/bio/gmorrison). Go check it out, and enter the addiction like I have.

[demeter918.livejournal.com]

GoodReads is a site where you can add books to your collection, place them on various shelves, and add friends to your list to see what you're reading, what you've read, and what you recommend! There's a nifty review function that gives you a chance to bitch or rave about the book and I'm SO OBSESSED WITH IT.

Here's me - pinkgal.

Also, librarything - stubbed_toe. I changed my username to more easily reflect who I am. A stubbed toe. XD

So bookmooch is a thing where you can exchange books by post, right? And you can then borrow books without having to buy them? Who pays for postage in each case?

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. GoodReads looks deliciously tempting, but I already spend too much time on LT as it is. And I've only reviewed one book on the latter, so I shouldn't sign up on the former and review, right? DAMMIT, I'M ONLINE TOO MUCH ALREADY!!

Hee! Awesome LT name.

And finally, that's not *quite* how BookMooch works. You do exchange books via post, but once you mooch one, it's yours. (Conversely, you don't get any books you send to someone else back.) You pay to send them out, but you pay nothing to get them sent to you (a good setup for someone like me who requests more books than I give up;) )

You'd easily be able to get your money's worth out of it, as you get 3 book credits every time you send a book overseas. This is how I managed to get so many points--I'm not afraid of the postage and I like the idea of my old books ending up in Bosnia or the Congo.