Librarything

I've heard people in classes so far talk a lot about Librarything, but until now I'd never set up an account. This is an addictive site. I began by setting up my library with books I've read so far this term for my LIS 631 Young Adult Literature class. I continued by adding a few favorites as well as some recent reads. You can of course link to my virtual library shelf from the widget I've added to the blog. Comments and recommendations are welcome.

I struggled for a moment trying to add the widget to my blog. I started by creating the widget on Librarything's site and then pasting the code into my template. This didn't work. After a few minutes I learned that adding the widget was as simple as searching Blogger's gadgets, putting in my Librarything user name and adding a title. Simple.

The fits and starts of doing this blog have taught me two things thus far. One, with a modicum of patience one doesn't have to be technical at all to do a blog or to add a variety of really cool features. Two, despite the relative ease of using Blogger, I'm reminded of how much I don't know. I realize that a lot of these features are customizable, but I don't know a lick about HTML, CSS, javascript etc. I still get hives when I see long lines of code.