Project 118: Alphabetize the book case in the living room. The books were basically just shoved on the shelves to figure out spacing. I only moved into the house three years ago.
Project 119: Catalog Anthologies and short stories. Ummmm...Project still in process...
I have been trying to take care of some projects, but am finding I am (a) tired, (b) lack the time and (c) am unmotivated. Sometimes, though, something happens that makes it impossible for me not to address. In this instance, I ordered an anthology that I realized weeks later I already owned. I at least bought a used copy, but still.
I have found that I buy a lot of anthologies that have short stories by Neil Gaiman, for example, as well as other favorite authors. The issue I have is that I have never tried to track what stories I actually own. For instance, I have Neil Gaiman's Troll Bridge in about four or five collections.
In order to stop buying anthologies that contain stories by authors I like, but do not need, I have decided to undertake this massive project which is to document the short stories and anthologies I own. Easy peasy, right? So, so wrong.
I found I had anthologies on almost all my book cases. Some authors, like Charles DeLint, have a lot of collections. So, I started one book shelf at a time. I documented the author, the short story and the collection. I had them on my phone, on my iPad and on paper. I have anthologies in the library, in my bedroom, in my niece's room, in the attic and on my Kindle. I have stand alone short stories on my Kindle. I have Fantasy magazines with short stories (I had at least 50 magazines to sort through, if not more). For weeks, I was compiling this data. I transferred the data from my iPhone, iPad and notebooks to a spreadsheet on my computer which is organized by author, short story and anthology.
If nothing else, I am a completest. Oh not in the traditional sense that I finish everything I start. I am a completest in the sense that I need to collect everything for my favorites, whether it be an author, a musician an actor or a character.
To that end, I spent a lot of time looking up anthologies on Amazon, most particularly fantasy collections. From there, I compiled a list of short stories for my favorite authors that I do not have organized by author, anthology and price. I created a new tab on my spreadsheet and copied it all next to the tab with the short stories I have already. To make searching my wish list easier, I took all the anthologies from my book wish list and my Kindle wish list and loaded them all under one list titled 'Anthologies'. This way I could keep track easier.
From that point, I looked at the prices of the collections, how many stories from that collection I needed, who the authors were and started purchasing some of the collections on Kindle. The problem is that not all of the anthologies I found have a view-able table of contents, so I have to Google search to try to find the table of contents.
So while I am not done with the project and it is still a work in progress, I am confident that this will prevent my ordering anthologies I already own or ordering an anthology because of a short story I already own in another collection. On top of the book I found I ordered twice, I also found a book I ordered that hubby already had. Again, I bought it used at least, but I am just getting too frustrated with this happening frequently enough.
As a result the majority of my Kindle acquisitions are anthologies or short stories as well as some of my physical copies. I will continue to search for the collections I want to buy, but now I have something to work with.
I realize it has been a month since I wrote a STS, so this will encompass all my acquisitions since then. So please don't freak by the number of titles.
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews.
Books Purchased:
The Edge of Falling by Rebecca Serle
Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg
Kissing in Italian by Lauren Henderson
Ask Again Later by Liz Czukas
Legacy of the Clockwork Key (The Secret Order) by
Kristin
Bailey
The Sworn Sword: The Graphic Novel (A Game of Thrones) by
George R.R. Martin
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back (William
Shakespeare’s Star Wars Trilogy) by Ian Doescher
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits,
Oddities, Images and Stories edited by Jeff VanDerMeer
Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The School for Good and Evil 2: A World Without Princes by
Soman Chainani
The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and
Thomas S. Roche
Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
Mythspring edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Genevieve Kierans
Kindle Books
Purchased:
Sleepy
Hollow; The Secret Life and Legend of Ichabod Crane.___An New American Tale by A. Van Kraft, Allyson Barnes – Kindle Countdown Deal
A
Royal Match by Tyne O’Connell –
Kindle Monthly Deal
A
Royal Mess by Tyne O’ Connell –
Kindle Monthly Deal
Revenge
of the Cheerleaders by Janette Rallison –
Kindle Monthly Deal
Insatiable
by Meg Cabot – Kindle
MatchBook
Overbite
(Insatiable) by Meg Cabot – Kindle
MatchBook
It's
a Mall World After All by
Janette Rallison – Kindle Monthly Deal
Fanmail
by Mia Castle – Free
Kindle eBook
Chapters) by Jennifer E. Smith
Adversity
(Cursed #2.5) by Claire Farrell
Donna
of the Dead (Entangled Teen) by Alison Kemper
Once
Upon a Prince (Royal Wedding Series) by Rachel Hauck – Kindle Daily Deal
A
Room with a View by E. M. (Edward
Morgan) Forster - Free eBook
Born
of Illusion by Teri Brown - Kindle Daily Deal
Mansfield
Ranch (The Jane Austen Diaries) by Jenni James
Doon
(A Doon Novel) by Lorie Langdon,
Carey Corp
Initiate's
Trial: First book of Sword of the Canon (The Wars of Light and Shadow, Book 9) by Janny Wurts
To
Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts
The
Book of Tomorrow: A Novel by
Cecelia Ahern
Splintered
by A.G. Howard
Size
12 and Ready to Rock (Heather Wells Mysteries) by Meg Cabot
Peril's
Gate: Third Book of The Alliance of Light (The Wars of Light and Shadow, Book
6) by Janny Wurts
No
Knight Needed (Ever After) by
Stephanie Rowe
The
Ships of Merior (The Wars of Light and Shadow, Book 2) by Janny Wurts
Gilded Ashes: A Cruel Beauty
Novella (HarperTeen Impulse)
Austenland:
A Novel by Shannon Hale
The
Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
Desperately
Ever After by Laura Kenyon
Red
at Night (Harlequin More Than Words) by Katie McGarry
When the World was Flat
(and we were in love) (Strange Chemistry) by
Ingrid Jonach
Princess Ever After
(Royal Wedding Series) by Rachel Hauck
Wings of Fire by
Jonathan Strahan
Persuaded (Jane Austen
Diaries) by Jenni James
Unfettered edited
by Shawn Speakman
Fallen: Angels in the
Dark by Lauren Kate
Too Fond: A Tor.Com
Original by Leanna Renee Hieber
The Space Between: An
Outlander Novella by Diana Gabaldon
Warm Up: A Tor.Com
Original by V. E. Schwab
Girls Day Out: A Syrena
Legacy Story by Anna Banks
Witches 101: A Witches
of East End Primer by Melissa de la Cruz
Warm
Up: A Tor.Com Original by V. E. Schwab
Wings
of Fire edited by Jonathan Strahan
Happily
Ever After edited by John Klima
When
the World was Flat (and we were in love) (Strange Chemistry) by Ingrid
Jonach – Kindle Daily Deal
Year's
Best Fantasy 3: Vol 3 edited by David G. Hartwell
Year's
Best Fantasy 4 edited by David G. Hartwell
Year's
Best Fantasy edited by David G. Hartwell
Fantasy:
The Best of the Year (Fantasy: The Best of ... (Quality)) edited by
Rich Horton
Tails
of Wonder edited by Theodora Goss and Ellen Datlow
Year's
Best Fantasy 5 edited by David G. HartwellKindle Edition
Year's
Best Fantasy 2 edited by David G. Hartwell
I
Put A Spell On You, A Halloween Anthology by Codi Gary, Jaclyn
Hatcher and April Oglesbee
My
Not So Super Sweet Life (Entangled Teen) by Rachel Harris
Search
(The Empire Chronicles #2) by Alyssa Rose Ivy
Patterson and Chris White – Free eBook
Manga Purchased:
Sweet Rein 2
Happy Marriage? 5
Voice Over! Seiyu Academy
Library Wars: Love & War 11
Bleach 60
Dawn of the Arcana 12
Phantom Thief Jeanne 1
pretty nice blog, following :)
ReplyDeleteWell, thanks for stopping by! I have been having time constraints and have not been as active as I should be. Still a work in progress. I appreciate the support, though, and love making new friends.
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Geez girl, don't you have enough on your plate without starting new projects? And not just any project, but a huge never-ending project? Can you do mine when you're done? ;)
ReplyDeleteLot's of great new titles! Happy reading!
My new project is to start to weed the garden and get rid of the detritus from last summer. However, now I have poison ivy again. Although, this time I found where it is growing and pulled it out knowing the risk.
DeleteI would add your projects to my list of projects, but that in itself would be a project to list the projects so you see where I'm at.