StumbleUpon took me to BookMooch - it's perfect! The principle is that you give away your unwanted books, gaining points for doing so, and use the points to mooch books from other people. The only cost is postage - you pay the cost of sending your books but you receive mooched books for free.I have loads of books that I know I won't read again. The local charity shops have benefitted in the past, but this way I get the books I want to read in return, and the charity shops will still get the heavy ones that are too expensive to post. I put seven of my old books online, and four were mooched straight away, so I've put even more up for grabs. I'm in credit to the tune of about eight books already. Now I just have to decide what I want!
Yes, my favourite middle cousin, I do have too much time on my hands. But soon, there will be exams!
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What a great idea - I'll have to look into it - and before I do I'm already thinking that it is probably just in the UK...am I right?
Not just UK, aims, I've already sent one book to Canada and another to the USA. You can restrict your mooching to your own country, if you like.
I know this is about giving books away and not buying new ones, but have you ever read anything by Jon McGregor? He has written two amazing books :
'if no-one speaks fo remarkable things'
and
'so many ways to begin'
Both are truly amazing. Both stunning. Both incredibly sad.
Both get a big thumbs up from the TBNIL book club!
Thanks for the recommendation, TBNIL - I've searched BookMooch, and he's a popular author. Neither of his books is available at the moment, but they're on quite a few wishlists.
Lola, this sounds fab! Am right on it!
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