The idea for this project came as I was writing in a joint blog. I realized that most of my posts were Dad-centric and book-centric. Also, I’ve never had a tumblr before but I’ve been following some others for quite awhile.
It’s been just over four months since I lost Dad. He and I were very close so its been a rough time. He was very ill and suffered two strokes before he passed. The first was rather mild but the second was devastating. It wasn’t until the last few weeks of his life that he was able to read again. And even then his ability was severely diminished. His vision was literally half what it had been (which was not all that great to begin with) as he lost the left visual fields in both eyes.
We worked together to get him back into reading, with dogged determination. My Dad was a book-hound before his illness so I feel like I can celebrate him by going through his library. I remember when he got a CueCat to get a database together for all the books in the house. He never got around to it, so at least I can do it for him posthumously.
I will be using LibraryThing.com to help me in this quest - or odyssey as it were. Also, I will provide links via WorldCat.org in case you want to find a book in a library near you! I also aim to stamp all of his books with a embossing stamp I’ve inherited. (This is where the title comes from.)The other challenge will be to sort them in Library of Congress Classification, or LCC.
I’ve already read three of his books so I will go back and review them before getting started with the book I am currently reading.
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