Comments on: finished book queue; rorty http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/06/finished-book-queue-rorty/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:56:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » boston trip notes http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/06/finished-book-queue-rorty/#comment-55614 malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » boston trip notes Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:44:39 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/06/finished-book-queue-rorty/#comment-55614 [...] And Schoenhof’s is still open. I broke my rule and bought several books that I don’t plan to read immediately, that indeed it’s not completely clear that I’ll ever read. But I was just so happy that the store is there! One book on learning kanji that I actually have started, a general Japanese grammar, and small individual books on verbs, particles, and connections (”Making your Japanese Flow”.) [...] [...] And Schoenhof’s is still open. I broke my rule and bought several books that I don’t plan to read immediately, that indeed it’s not completely clear that I’ll ever read. But I was just so happy that the store is there! One book on learning kanji that I actually have started, a general Japanese grammar, and small individual books on verbs, particles, and connections (”Making your Japanese Flow”.) [...]

]]> By: malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » japanesepod101 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/06/finished-book-queue-rorty/#comment-50272 malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » japanesepod101 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:48:20 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/06/finished-book-queue-rorty/#comment-50272 [...] Now that I’ve finished my book queue, my next major queue to work through is my backlog of JapanesePod101 episodes. I first subscribed to that podcast just a few months after it started, but it took me several months after that to start really paying attention to it; by the time I got hooked, I was way behind. [...] [...] Now that I’ve finished my book queue, my next major queue to work through is my backlog of JapanesePod101 episodes. I first subscribed to that podcast just a few months after it started, but it took me several months after that to start really paying attention to it; by the time I got hooked, I was way behind. [...]

]]> By: malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » maintaining a steady state of books http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/06/finished-book-queue-rorty/#comment-47887 malvasia bianca » Blog Archive » maintaining a steady state of books Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:06:29 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/06/finished-book-queue-rorty/#comment-47887 [...] In response to my previous post, Stuart asked: “So, what do you do with all your books?” The answer got a little long, so I’m forking it out as a separate post. [...] [...] In response to my previous post, Stuart asked: “So, what do you do with all your books?” The answer got a little long, so I’m forking it out as a separate post. [...]

]]> By: Stuart Marks http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/06/finished-book-queue-rorty/#comment-47665 Stuart Marks Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:53:54 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2007/06/finished-book-queue-rorty/#comment-47665 Congratulations on finishing your book queue! So, what do you do with all your books? I just moved, and I have many, many boxes of books to unpack, and probably not enough shelf space for them all. Plus there are some more books in storage, plus books from my parents' house in storage.... The Friends of the Palo Alto Public Library accepts book donations, but somehow when I go through my books I can't select very many to give up. As a result I've mostly stopped buying books, which isn't really very satisfactory, but at least it does prevent the overcapacity problem from getting worse. What do you do? Congratulations on finishing your book queue!

So, what do you do with all your books? I just moved, and I have many, many boxes of books to unpack, and probably not enough shelf space for them all. Plus there are some more books in storage, plus books from my parents’ house in storage….

The Friends of the Palo Alto Public Library accepts book donations, but somehow when I go through my books I can’t select very many to give up. As a result I’ve mostly stopped buying books, which isn’t really very satisfactory, but at least it does prevent the overcapacity problem from getting worse.

What do you do?

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