Bookcrossing

One of the finest innovations this year has been, to my mind, bookcrossing, the idea of which is to share books.

By abandoning them.

And then letting people know, on the Bookcrossing site, that you’ve done this.

So far I’ve obtained a couple or three books from the Brew Coffee Shop on Lune Street but have not released any books in to the wild myself. This makes me feel, as you may understand, a mite guilty. However, my problem is that I rather like to keep those books which I have enjoyed as I will probably want to read them again. I could release a large number of mediocre books in to the wild, but that wouldn’t really encourage the take-up of this activity.

Possibly related:

• iPod, therefore I listen…
• Translations
• The other Douglas