tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post5293682705302085336..comments2023-08-22T11:00:08.809-04:00Comments on Loose Ends: So Yeah, I'm Doing A Meme, Make a Big Deal, Make a Really Big Deal, Make A Federal CASE Out of ItPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-89439244674870087192007-10-11T15:25:00.000-04:002007-10-11T15:25:00.000-04:00I've never looked at LibraryThing either, but I wo...I've never looked at LibraryThing either, but I would guess, based on GoodReads (which I was obsessed with for about ten mintues and then never looked at again), that you can enter books in your library into the website, and then indicate whether or not you've read them. If that's the case, these would be a list of books owned but unfinished by users of the site.<BR/><BR/>This hypothesis sounded reasonable in my head, but seems odd to me as I type it. But I'm sticking with it.<BR/><BR/>And I really do think you'd like The Time Traveler's Wife - it's got science-fictiony elemements (the time traveling, obviously), but it's really a love-story. It's just great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-6960205770083284922007-10-10T23:43:00.000-04:002007-10-10T23:43:00.000-04:00Oh, and Cooper, feel free to steal away, I obvious...Oh, and Cooper, feel free to steal away, I obviously did.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-6775172182584789052007-10-10T23:42:00.000-04:002007-10-10T23:42:00.000-04:00Yes, I decided later that the numbers must indicat...Yes, I decided later that the numbers must indicate how many members of the group said they hadn't read a particular book; that still doesn't tell me how they came up with the list of books in the first place. Some of the books might be considered part of the canon (such a controversial and debatable topic itself), but then there are others that seem pretty random. Angela's Ashes? The God of Small Things? Those books got rave reviews, but they're still relatively new titles, not canonical by any means. What got them on the list? <BR/><BR/>I guess I could go find the damn website to get an answer. Speculating is kind of fun though. Thus far this blog has been blissfully free of any actual research. <BR/><BR/>Cooper, your feeling about Austen mirrors that of my parents and sister, so clearly there is some good writing to be found there. I'm relieved that I at least had read most of the Dickens (not David Copperfield yet). It's actually nice to look at this list and mostly think "oh yeah, I've always meant to read that." <BR/><BR/>B- good to know about the Time Traveller's Wife. The title alone makes it sound like it would be right up your alley, and thus, probably mine. What am I going to do with Dr. Who is finished? Oh, yeah, watch Torchwood.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-72733312793167705472007-10-10T12:07:00.000-04:002007-10-10T12:07:00.000-04:00P.S. What do the numbers beside each title indicat...P.S. What do the numbers beside each title indicate?Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327268988762513100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-39105124626046891762007-10-10T12:04:00.000-04:002007-10-10T12:04:00.000-04:00Cool meme! I am going to steal this from you. Afte...Cool meme! I am going to steal this from you. After a cursory glance I can I can tell you already that I have read every single Jane Austen listed, Emma being my favourite. I don't know what this says about me. I loved your accompanying musings.Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327268988762513100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21736689.post-12296455980842866842007-10-09T17:42:00.000-04:002007-10-09T17:42:00.000-04:00The Time Traveller's Wife=awesome. You should read...The Time Traveller's Wife=awesome. You should read it.<BR/><BR/>And I believe it's the number of users of LibraryThing who have marked it as "unread". Whatever LibraryThing is. I assume its a website, but it sounds like a really lame comic-book monster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com