myJaxon

Something everyone may not know about me is that I tend to be a little too organized with my files.  That kind of includes books, CDs, DVDs, comics, etc.  Anything collectible.  I have all of our books, cds, dvds, video games, and comic books (well, I’m still working on this) in a database.  Each category has their own file and I keep a lot of info within the files.  Have you ever heard of Tellico?  It’s this great database engine that syncs up to Amazon, the Library of Congress, and a few others sites depending on what you’re using it for.  It’s great.  For example, here are all the books my family has.  Tellico so helps me with this addiction.

Anyway, we bought a house this summer and since the move, I’ve been wanting to go through and audit what books we have.  I found a used book store this summer, so I have been giving away and buying a few books over the past couple of months.  Plus with all the ones I’m getting for reviews, I’m not sure what I have anymore.  So I’m doing an audit. I’m not going to be able to do all of them simply because Jesse’s office isn’t unpacked yet.  We haven’t built his office downstairs yet, so his stuff is still in their boxes.

Here’s the first phase….what do I say I have at this point.  According to my records…

• Ian has 59 books (3098 pages worth)
• I have 317 books (131,305 pages worth)
• Jesse has 178 books (71,176 pages worth)
• and as a family we have 59 books (22,371 pages worth) - meaning books that all of us read, not just one of us.

That’s a collective total of 613 books (227,950 pages worth).  That’s a lot of books.  So here I go…once I’m done, I’ll let you know how it turned out.