This is going to be quick but I might update it later. LT is up and I went from holding steady at around 170-ish books for the last zillion years to, in less than half an hour, hitting 279. So in about 25 minutes, I added about a hundred books. And uh, yeah, they're all BSC books. When I've eaten and possibly when I've added the rest of my BSC collection, I'm going to sit down and see if I need to fix things (I've had to delete a couple of books that pop up probably because they have similar codes to BSC books) and then possibly nerd out if someone else hasn't already nerded out on the info. *adjusts glasses*
Really should've asked Widget about that folding table the other day. This would be so much easier, I suspect, done all from my room.
And because I didn't post this yesterday, we'll go for a two-fer. Stupid migraine jumped coasts from California to me.
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And the LT is up to around 440 books. I say around because there are a few actual duplicates that I need to delete and I swear the number of books fluctuates but it's always at least 440. This, of course, means that I
do actually have limitless book potential. MUHAHAHA. Ahem.
That covers about two shelves on my black bookcase. The second shelf I should probably go through and chuck/donate the various VHS things but sentimental reasons and a desire to finish up because my god, I was hungry kept me from doing so. I was pretty pleased that for the first time I can remember, I cleaned and sorted a shelf and managed to actually come away with room left over. Which I promptly filled but still. Room! Huzzah!
My original plan was to go through and book nerd it up properly with the various books but after about five of them I gave up. That's going to have to wait for a time when I've cleaned this desk off and LT is up for the weekend. Possibly might try to use the laptop for it again but also might not because getting comfy on the floor was not possible.
I will say that if you do go play on LT and are scanning in stuff like the BSC, just skip straight to scanning the inside cover. The newer books (like the re-releases from not too terribly long ago) will work the other way, but the old stuff won't. And some of them either have the same numbers as other books OR they're close enough and when scanning things, it'll sometimes double scan and catch another number at random. I'm used to the machines at work doing that so it wasn't a big thing. Also, it only happened a handful of times and I clearly scanned in quite a few books. Super fast, though.
Other highlights: me telling the program that yes, I know this was a duplicate book and yes, I meant for that to happen because I must catalog ALL the cover variations. Seriously, I'm the dork who would honestly like to have all the little variations like the little "win this!" things that changed cataloged. I might not want to own them all, but I'd like them to be noted. (And yes, in the land of SV, I think I've been known to buy the variations like that because I have a problem.)
In nail polish needs/wants, despite not really caring one way or the other about Grease, I have a mighty need for
Chills Are Multiplying! because apparently I am a sucker for blue and glitter. It's beautiful though and I neeeeeeeed it.
7.) Favorite super special: Toss-up between Summer and Winter Vacation. I always wanted to go to summer camp but I also knew myself well enough to know I would be absolutely MISERABLE and um, no to the snakes thank you. (I might've toured a girl scout camp that my mom was willing to send me to that's nearby but would've been sleep-away and while we were there snakes were found in the pool and I just had to say no.) This was like getting to go without having to actually leave home. Winter was fun and had a ghost story and it was just all kinds of yes.
8.) Least favorite super special: The European one, I guess? I dunno, I don't remember much other than Mal being related to Shakespeare which is enough of a reason to make a face of no. It was also I'd pretty much checked out of the BSC and was only popping back in to buy the SS/Mysteries and anything that caught my eye. There's no nostalgia factor to mask any issues and it didn't stick in my memory very much. Plus side, when I re-read it eventually it'll be like reading a new book. Maybe.
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