Thing 14: LibraryThing!

I've had a personal LibraryThing account since June 2006 and I love it. I haven't really been using it to catalog my own library, exactly, because I've never paid for an expanded account. Also, I haven't had Internet access at home since I moved to Minnesota, but all that is about to change, and then I would like to list everything in my library.
What I use it for is as a list of some of my favorite books, that I own or borrow from the library, and mainly, as a place to enter titles that I want to read and don't want to forget. So, when I'm reading about upcoming books or a friend or patron recommends some to me, I just enter them and give them an "unread" tag. It's great.
I like to see who has my books, but I've only got 200 up at any time, and often if someone has several of my books I'll look at them and see that they have 2000 books, so we're not necessarily reading soul mates after all.
I sometimes check out the Early Reviewers group, but I haven't ever got a book from them. I usually have strong success getting ARC s to review from www.harperteen.com instead.

So, for this thing, I put the book widget on this blog (just to the left) and the "search my library" widget near the bottom of this page. I looked at the list of authors who LibraryThing and asked John Green ( Looking For Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, etc) and Brent Hartinger (Geography Club, Split Screen, etc.)to be my friends. They are my friends on MySpace, and B.H. even commented on my cat. It was a moment of glory!
I also looked at the Local page and added some local book venues, such as Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis and The Red Balloon in Saint Paul, and also an upcoming author event that I'm interested in (Laurie Halse Anderson at the Red Balloon!) This is a very enjoyable Thing.