Nerdly glee

[mme_hardy]

I just removed an entire liquor-box full* of books from the cookbook shelf, enabling me to shelve the cookbooks that were on the floor! Bliss!

My secret? I installed BookCatalogue on my Android** smartphone. Then my husband pulled books we didn't need often. I scanned the barcodes, he read out ISBNs for pre-barcode books, and I hand-catalogued pre-ISBN books. All of them were labeled 2014-01. Then the box was labeled 2014-01. Then -gasp- the box was taped shut! Oh bliss oh rapture oh Julia Child is back where she belongs*** again!

Next up: the bedroom shelves, thus exposing the bedroom floor. Whee!

* So what's your unit of measurement?
** There are iOS equivalents.
*** On the shelf. Nobody puts Julia in the corner.

Note for those not currently inhabiting my mind: Throwing away books causes anxiety. Deciding which books I don't need immediately causes anxiety, because WHAT IF I WANT THEM? Catalogued books don't cause anxiety. Furthermore, the three-step "Do I need this now? Will I need it someday? Do I really need it at all?" is much, much less strenuous than "Do I want this, or do I want to throw it away?"

Note: "Throw it away" here means "donate to the library book sale", not "Consign it to the flamy fires of DOOM".

Comments

[lilysea]

*pom poms*

^_^

[kore]

Wow, that's pretty awesome. I catalogued everything via LibraryThing, which tells me what I do indeed have but not _where it is._ But being able to say "x book is in y box"? That's stellar.

[rymrytr.livejournal.com]

Nobody puts Julia in the corner

Emotionally, a rare individual. Kind and unassuming.

I truly enjoying watching her and Jacques Pepin, cooking together. He is so respectful to her and she is just... the epitome of a wonderful person!

[thinkum]

It is impossible for me to throw away a book. Even a bad book. On my really good days, I can bring myself to donate books to the library sale, or to Goodwill. On really bad days, I sit on the sofa and contemplate the stacks currently occupying my living room...