I have been sporadically following Tony’s blog for at least 18 months now. He is a Church of England vicar from Oxford who wouldn’t know me from a bar of soap. I like the way he thinks.
In a recent post about Lent he said;
But then came the double whammy. Alison informed me that what I really need to give up, is buying books. Ouch! That I really don’t know about, though I’m game to give it a try.
Hi, my name’s Tony, and I’m a bookaholic.
Ha. I can relate. Given the inclement weather and energy levels I decided to re-invigorate my “online bookcase” over at Shelfari. Five hours later and I was still going. Its a really good system though. I was a tad embarrassed how many time i checked the box that said “I plan to read”, and how many times I clearly half started and then gave up. I also seem to have bought more than one copy of the same book in a couple of cases because the first one was so well buried.
No more books for Lent . Except perhaps to use up the Borders gift card I was given.
By the way — you can see my shelf in its entirety here. Its a bit eclectic.
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I’ve been in Shelfari for a while now but, after the first flush of enthusiasm, I didn’t do much with it. But, seeing your reference,I glanced over my shoulder and entered a few recently read books from my case here. Not done any blogging for a while or art for that matter. Maybe getting lazy – about time I hear you say.
Hi there! Dave pointed out your quote from my blog – I’m really pleased to have a reader down under! About which I know hardly anything that isn’t from Neighbours (sorry!) and that you have Christmas in the middle of summer. (How do you COPE with that?) And Easter in the autumn – even odder! Warm greetings from Oxford, where we are sensing the approach of spring…