I started keeping this online booklog fifteen years ago. Holy crap, that's a long time (in 1995, the web was barely a toddler)! I started out doing it as a way to remember what I'd read, and as a platform for messing around with cgi-scripts (and, over the years, databases, xml, python, django, and amazon apis).

Originally, I thought I might use this site as a platform for improving my writing, but I never really moved beyond jotting down a few impressions without caring much whether or not they make sense to anyone else. And I'm okay with that.

According to my database, I've logged 681 books totaling almost a quarter of a million pages (approximately 45 books and 16k pages per year, which is a sustained 43.8 pages per day). 2009 was a slightly above-average year with 48 books totaling 18,245 pages.

If you read this site regularly, thank you. A wonderful side benefit of maintaining this blog has been the opportunity to make the acquaintance of a handful of other passionate readers. If you've never dropped me a line, or it's been a long time, consider this an invitation to say hello.