Smart Search of Library - Based on My Mood

Bob · 2025-07-22T15:15:16+00:00

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I want to find books in my library based on how I'm feeling and my energy level and my current interest.

For example, suppose I want to do some leisure reading when I'm brain dead - completely worn out and too tired to study or "get something done". I just want to enjoy the bible or something "fun". So not studying or devotions, but maybe reading a novel or biography or light history book. Not something that reminds me of more duties or that I'm falling short of the ideal. Something that is comforting light reading that will summarize or briefly comment on the bible like a handbook or light commentary. Maybe deep insights, but spoon fed, not causing me to tax my memory or do heavy reasoning or cross-checking of information.

What's a very simple way to do that, ideally using AI somehow?

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Aaron Hamilton

Personally, I would add tags to my resources. Using your example, you could tag books in your library with "Fun" and find them again by searching mytag:fun in your library. It would take some initial work upfront but would result in a list of resources that would be far better than what Logos AI will currently produce for you.

Alternatively, you could export a list of the books in your library and see if a chatbot could sort through it to provide some good suggestions.

GaoLu

Alternatively, you could export a list of the books in your library and see if a chatbot could sort through it to provide some good suggestions.

Now that is an interesting thought. I can imagine all kinds of useful variations.

DMB

I have all my books tagged in pretty good detail. So scanning down a tag-list reminds me of areas of interest.

But Facilitate Serendipitous Discovery (FSD) is my favorite. I assign a hot-button to FSD for journals. Always an interesting discovery.

And extra interesting, FSD drops down well within articles. The armenian 'schwa' I never knew.

Bob

FSD is great! I think my interests are broad enough that most of the selections are things I want to read.

An export is a good idea also, but does take just a little effort. Tagging works if I either do advance work or know what kind of resource I want to read.

But following that tag angle, I also realized that viewing Logos Course Videos (eg the ones coming with a subscription) are a nice diversion. As are, strangely, things like theological history and the church fathers. Turns out that bathing my mind in almost any book in my library can be refreshing. The challenge is just to turn off the analytical side of my brain, to avoid things I'm pressing into for other purposes, and to switch books when I find I'm spending too much energy on a topic.

Sometimes the answers we need aren't even technical, but about perspective.

Lew Worthington

These are great ideas. I've always enjoyed FSD (like DMB, I have a button assigned to FSD with journals). It's my go-to whimsy thing to do.