librarything

this morning i discovered librarything. so there went the first six hours of today. i've been meaning to catalog my books for quite some time-- did the CDs last year, and i've managed to keep them current, but the books seemed so daunting, and i couldn't decide how detailed i wanted to get... but now here's this easy tool, so i took the plunge. it's fun and fantastic and i highly recommend it, but... it's going to end up costing me a LOT of money. (which is a very bad thing at this precise moment in my life, since i have none.) it's made me realize how many books i've lost/sold/given away/loaned out and never saw again, that i really want back! for instance, where the HAIL is my copy of 'letters to a young poet,' which had a sweet inscription from my long lost friend steven? did my kerouac wander off alone? what happened to edward abbey? what did i do with that a.l. kennedy book that has that quote i was looking for last month? i could go on and on... then there's the problem of all the books that have come out since i forced myself to stop buying all but the tip-top most important (to me, duh) new releases (mccarthy & garcia marquez is it). turns out i'm two behind on jeanette winterson... sigh... recommendations for cheap book sources online will be highly appreciated. (other than the obvious amazon & half.com etc.) time to cyber-wander through powells & the strand...