I Fell in Love All Over Again

I love to read...actually, that's an understatement. I LOVE TO READ! I have always enjoyed reading novels, non-fiction, anything that teaches me something new or helps me escape the monotony of everyday life. I have library cards to borrow books but I would rather buy books so I can add them to my personal collection. I'm also one of those people who tend to keep my college textbooks after the term is over rather than selling them back for cash. As one can imagine, my personal collection of books has grown into a pretty decent sized library. Believe me, my husband likes my collection also, but when the time comes to move all of the heavy boxes filled with my books, he begins to regret letting me spend so much time at bookstores or online at Amazon.com!

Now, let me discuss my transition from PCs to Macs. It was about three years ago when my husband talked me into getting a Mac iBook G4 because he was getting a Powerbook. I needed a laptop for school and he needed one for work. I was a little worried because I had been trained on PCs most of my life. How hard was it going to be to switch over? Surprisingly, it was a piece of cake! And I can still use Microsoft Office on my Mac which allows me to send files to people whether they use PCs or Macs. Plus, when I received my iPod, adding music to it was so simple that I could have taught my puppy to do it himself...okay, maybe not my puppy since he thinks that anything not nailed down belongs in his mouth. I was just trying to emphasize how easy it is.

What do books and Macs have to do with each other? Since my library has been growing and I have not had an opportunity to do a proper inventory, I was looking online for some kind of system to help me keep track of all of my books. I also tend to forget when I lend things out to people. I searched Google for library software compatible with Macs and I found this website, Delicious Monster, which showed me EXACTLY what I was searching for! It is a program for Mac that allows you to inventory your books, movies, music and video games. By entering the bar code found on the back of each item, the program finds all of the available information on your item, including thumbnails, prices, reviews, description, etc. You can also use a web-cam to scan the bar codes, making it even faster and easier to enter items into the computer. It keeps track of who I lent certain items to and helps organize my items into categories or genres.












I'm looking at our collection of books, DVDs, and video games and thanking the stars above that I found this program! If I had not found it, I do not believe I would ever get it all done! No more Excel spreadsheets! I love my Mac!