Well, I’ve spent the morning happily putting all 400 of our children’s books onto my LibraryThing catalogue. (Which takes my total book tally to 2869; wonder when I will break 3000?)
I’m sorry to go on about the UnSuggestions, but some of them for classic children’s books are too good not to share:
Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr Seuss – Unsuggestion: Olympos, by Dan Simmons (at least until the system realises that I own both).
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, by Dr Seuss – UnSuggestion: Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance, by Noam Chomsky
Dr Seuss’s ABC and Fox in Socks, by Dr Seuss – UnSuggestion (1) (2): The Complete Stories, by Franz Kafka
Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You?, by Dr Seuss – UnSuggestion: No Logo, by Naomi Klein
When We Were Very Young, by A.A. Milne – UnSuggestion: Altered Carbon, by Richard Morgan (again, this will change once the system realises I own both)
Now We Are Six, by A.A. Milne – UnSuggestion: Learning Perl, by Randal L. Schwartz
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren – UnSuggestion: The Blind Watchmaker, by Richard Dawkins
Pippi in the South Seas, by Astrid Lindgren – UnSuggestion: The Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs
Esio Trot, by Roald Dahl – UnSuggestion: A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin (though again, I have both)
The Tale of Two Bad Mice, by Beatrix Potter – UnSuggestion: A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin (as before, I have both)
Five Children and It, by E. Nesbit – UnSuggestion: Being and Nothingness (L’être et le néant), by Jean-Paul Sartre
and this last one is rather poetic, though, alas, it too will probably vanish once the system realises I have both:
Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting – UnSuggestion: Getting Things Done, by David Allen.
I guess if you didn’t take out a mortgage when you bought it, they could. it seems inssne that a bank would give you a mortgage without taking the title.