I needed to do something to get rid of the huge Belgian flag from the opening screen - attracts too easily the eye of my colleagues :-) So I am going to talk about a clever littel idea that I got acquainted with about a year ago, in a restaurant. There were books in a corner with stickers on them, with identification number and some instructions. So, the idea is, you put a sticker on your book, register them online (to get an identification number) and then either let them lay somewhere or take them to "controlled crossing" zones, to have an exchange, for example.Of course it is much more exciting to find a book, but there is a thrill in giving them away to strangers - it's a certain sense of goodwill and fun, of course. I currently only have one book travelling (there is a chance it will never re-surface again, but still: you can check it out - especially the journal entries at the bottom of the page :-) - the BCID-number is 111-5835661, type it in here) and there are couple of others at home waiting to be released! Maybe you can catch my books at some point? That would be fun :-) There is actually a chance: there are around 300 people registered for Slovenia, 700 for Hungary...and 3000 for Vancouver! Good hunting!
4 comments:
This is such a great system!
... but who the hell would release a book on a public chair somewhere in the orchard area of the Jardin du Luxembourg ??? People have strange ideas, sometimes.
I wouldn't ever let my books out of my hands...
I usually have two copies of my fave books in case I want to lend them. And I have to tell you, I never got the other copies back! (even though I never mentioned that it is a second copy)
I am generally not that possessive, but with books I do not kid.
You don't have to get rid of your favourites, of course!(I know I wouldn't). I use it for the books I did not especially like - maybe someone else appreciates them. In return, I love to find books! I already have, and they were sometimes a great catch: like the "Breakfast of Champions" (that I've found in a big flowerpot on the street), or "The Life of Manet" (on a parkbench).
I think I like this peregrin book thing now that you put it into a different perspective (i.e. finding them, not giving them away). So you just run into good books in unexpected places. It sounds like a world I like.
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