Basically, I wanted to keep track of all the books I've read, so I would
stop getting duplicates. And once I'd typed it in, the natural thing to
do was to put it on the Web (everything should be on the Web).
The actual reason was that I'm always looking for recommendations on books
to read - I thought other people might want the same. Hopefully what goes
around comes around. Put your booklist on the web, and send me the address
().
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