Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

Sandi, with 2,428 books listed. Yikes-a-hooty!! Did you upload those, Sandi? Guess I know where to start if I'm going to add books.

Carol/Bonadie wrote: "Sandi, with 2,428 books listed. Yikes-a-hooty!! Did you upload those, Sandi? Guess I know where to start if I'm going to add books."

No, I could not figure out how to do the upload so I just picked a couple of the top reviewers on the site and went through their lists. Then I did the copy/paste method from my booklist and now I am going through and picking out authors and adding their books that way. I find it a great time waster and usually do it while watching English football (since you do not really have to pay that much attention) and expect to finish up while watching baseball games this summer.

Sandi said: "I find it a great time waster and usually do it while watching English football (since you do not really have to pay that much attention)"

Yeah, Sandi! Like I'm messing with my book list and watching tapes of Letterman at the same time.

signed,
GMTA

Sandi wrote: "Then I did the copy/paste method from my booklist and now I am going through and picking out authors and adding their books that way. I find it a great time waster and usually do it while watching English football ("

I haven't figured out how to navigate the lists, so I can't imagine having 2,000 entries. I wish they had some kind of alphabet scale at the top like StopYou'reKillingMe.com has so you can jump to particular part of your alpha list. I would hate to keep doing search to figure out if I'd added a book or not. How do you navigate the list, Sandi?

How do you navigate the list, Sandi?

Probably the hard way. I set my books to show 200 at a time and then set it alphabetical by author. There are around 13 pages that way then I just hunt and peck. I have not been to worried about duplicates though. I figure I can go through my list after I am finished and clean everything up. I know I had The Fellowship of the Ring on my list about three times. They do have the alphabet scale for sorting friends so you would think it could be added to the book list pages too.

Good job Sandi! I think I've put in about 500...and I thought that was a lot. I'm just slowly going thru my yearly book lists and add them while watching TV. It is kind of fun though!

Carol asked: "How do you navigate the list, Sandi?"

It's easy to navigate, kids. Click on the words at the top of every column to rearrange your list.
Title--rearranges titles to alpha order
Author--authors by alpha order
Date added--date order
I haven't tried it yet, but I imagine Date Read would also arrange by date order.
I remember clicking on "Comments" or something similar to bring up all that had comments (Hi, Shomeret! I'll respond someday. Fortunately I know you're as busy as I am!)

Jan O'Cat

JanOMalleycat wrote: "Carol asked: "How do you navigate the list, Sandi?"

It's easy to navigate, kids. Click on the words at the top of every column to rearrange your list.
Title--rearranges titles to alpha order
Auth..."

Yes, I'm familiar with the sorting tabs. My question was about how you navigate through 2,000 entries without the ability to jump right to a part of the alphabet.

Carol explicated in words of mostly one syllable: "My question was about how you navigate through 2,000 entries without the ability to jump right to a part of the alphabet."

Ooooooohhh! I get you now.


Jan O'Cat