Member: katiemertz

That's really crazy that it keeps doing that to you! I recommend posting a topic in the Bug Collectors group (http://www.librarything.com/groups/bugco...) to see if there is a glitch in your account. It's too bad this is taking up so much time... but it's really considerate of you to make the effort to fix it. Hope it gets sorted out soon!

posted by wisewoman at 8:11 am (EST) on Nov 25, 2009

Hi Katie! Hmm, that's odd about your dates still showing up when you log out and log back in. Are you clicking "Save" on every book that you change? You're on the Edit Book page, you remove the date from the review field and put it in the Comments or Private Comments field, and then scroll down to click the green "Save" button.

Are these dates the year that you read the book? You could also put that info in the Tag field. But I don't want to inundate you with suggestions, lol. Do what you like!

That's great about your commitment to get your reading life organized! LT is an awesome way to do it. It helps me so much, with the size of my library, to do a quick search and see if I already own a book, or if I own it but want to replace it with a nicer copy, etc. I don't know what I ever did without it.

If you have any questions as you go along, feel free to bug me! I can't promise to have the answer, but I can at least point you in the right direction.

posted by wisewoman at 10:35 am (EST) on Nov 24, 2009

Hi, katiemertz -

Thank you for that interesting bit about "The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio". I recently joined a challenge group, Fifty States Fiction - http://www.librarything.com/groups/fifty... - whose members read at least one book with its place set in each state. The Prizewinner was one that I've been thinking about for my Ohio read. I hope my local library has it (or can get it); it DOES sound interesting. I favor memoirs and historical fiction based on memoirs for my reading pleasure, so that one sounds like a winner to me!

By the way, now that I see your profile page today, I have to apologize for my comment about your dates/reviews. When I first got to your profile yesterday, there was no other comment about that subject. But, midst writing my comment to you, I was often interrupted, and took quite a while getting back to finishing. Meanwhile, looks like another member told you the same thing (though more succinctly!), so mine turned out to be redundant. But that's one of the things I love about LT, the members are SO helpful!

I just love wisewoman, the other member who posted help here. Well, I don't actually KNOW her, but she is one of the members I watch. I find her library interesting, and her reviews are just lovely!

Regards,
countrylife

(For continuity,) you said:

"I noticed "The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio" was on your wishlist. My aunt went to school with the writer, so I had an early heads up on this book. It's such an interesting story. Hope you get to read it soon."

posted by countrylife at 10:01 am (EST) on Nov 22, 2009

Hmm. I wish I did know an easier way, but I don't think there is one :(

Thanks for the interesting library add! It's interesting where our literary tastes coincide. I see you've had this account since 2007; are you recently rediscovering LT? I'm addicted to this place!

posted by wisewoman at 10:52 am (EST) on Nov 21, 2009

Hi katiemertz! Just wanted to drop by and mention that you have a lot of dates in your review fields for your books. That isn't really what the review field is for; would you mind moving those dates to your Comments or Private Comments field? That way the dates don't show up on the book's work page that everyone sees.

Your profile pic is adorable, by the way :)

posted by wisewoman at 10:32 am (EST) on Nov 21, 2009