BookMack Blog

On finding the books you already own

Notes on cataloguing a real shelf, searching it by meaning, and getting your books back from the people you lend them to.

Lending books29 October 20269 min read

Lending books to friends: essential rules for borrowers and lenders

Who has which book, when it is due back, and what happens if it is spilled on. A short set of rules for both sides of a loan, so lending a book you love does not cost you the book or the friendship.

Finding books24 October 20268 min read

How to find a book when you only remember the plot

You remember the story but not the title. Here is how to turn the fragments you do remember — a scene, a name, an odd object — into a search that actually lands on the book.