Book catalog?

There are so many books in our house. I've been thinking for awhile that if anything catastrophic happened, we'd lose so much. I mean, obviously the house is precious and Jazzi is the most precious thing in it. But beyond that, we have thousands of dollars worth of books, movies, and games. I couldn't even begin to list them all, except perhaps to get on here and look at lists I've made. In light of the recent problems we've had with the heater, that point has been brought home in a more specific way.

I spent some time investigating cataloging methods. There are tons of ways to go about this. There is always the paper and pencil method, but oh my... I could easily set up a spreadsheet using Microsoft Works or Google Documents. But the most efficient and user-friendly method I could find was to use one of the many cataloging websites out there. I've played with their apps on Facebook before; GoodReads and some others allow you to rate books, write reviews, and do other cool things. I chose Shelfari. It allows me to type (or scan, if I can drum up a barcode scanner) in the ISBN number of my books and it finds the right edition and even has a picture of the cover ready for me! I can also tell how many other Shelfari members have read the same book and I can rate it, tag it, and add it to a list of my favorites. It took me about 20 minutes to add the first 23 books. I think I might go start on my Star Wars shelf next...woo hoo! :)