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LYC - i have a bunch of novels that i'm never going to read again, and i want to pass on.

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Feb 17 '09, 14:25

i've decided i'm going to do that 'leave them on a bench' thing with a note on the inside page saying 'please read then pass it on.' then sign my first name and date it.

think people will actually do it??

Responses:

Take them to a senior center... -- nm - BAD Feb 17, 14:46 1
- oh this is a great idea. maybe i'll do a real purge and take a bunch there too. thanks. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:47
leave the ST website address in it -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 14:36 24
- oh, i will if people want me too. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:38
- I love this. -- nm - ty97 Feb 17, 14:38 22
  - I do, too. I think I'll start doing that. - Callisto Feb 17, 14:39 21
    - this should be an ST challenge - everyone leaves one book in a place where interesting people might find it, with a pass it on note and the ST URL. - Andie Feb 17, 14:40 20
      - way to coopt my CD for a Stranger idea! -- nm - Max Feb 17, 15:00 2
        
        it was Pippy! -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 15:00 1
        
        I have not had an original thought since 1985 - Epiphany Feb 17, 15:12
      - I like it. This project needs a name... -- nm - con_carne Feb 17, 14:54 4
        
        SlackerStalk. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 15:07
        
        PasSTon -- nm - con_carne Feb 17, 14:58
        
        bookSTrade -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 17, 14:57
        
        1000 Slackers -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 14:54
      - This idea gets my patented 'Wicked Awesome' stamp of approval. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 14:51 4
        
        I can't decide where in town I would leave anything...U of M (or W)? The Village? The Forks? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 15:04 2
        
        The lobby of my building. Outside is where winter is. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 15:06 1
        
        Heh - I can just picture this person going on ST and then finding out that you live in the same building as him -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 15:11
        
        woo to Pippy! -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:56
      - Yes - I will do this. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 14:43
      - (by the end of february!) -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:41 5
        
        I dig this idea. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 14:43 3
        
        and this will get us exploring Cambridge maybe... - Mel Profit Feb 17, 14:45 2
        
        Lovely! - Diva Feb 17, 14:46 1
        
        yep, good idea. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 17, 14:46
        
        I'm in. - Mel Profit Feb 17, 14:42
I've been using Book Crossing to leave some behind. You don't have to buy anything - they have free ones you can print. -- nm - Callisto Feb 17, 14:34 1
- thanks. i registered. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:35
we can do a ST winter book exchange. I also have decent books worth passing on -- nm - peglegpete Feb 17, 14:32
wasn't there a website where you did this an printed a sticker to put in the book so people could see where it went? -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 17, 14:28 6
- I think maybe this is it. BookCrossing -- (link) - oblique, better than nubby Feb 17, 14:29 5
  - bah, they want me to buy a $19.95 starter kit. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:31 4
    - I don't think you have to buy their labels. -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 17, 14:33 3
      - Correct - JD Feb 17, 14:35 2
        
        I sadly have not had anyone go to book crossing to track any I've left behind. I'm going to try leaving the next one at the library (weird, I know) - Callisto Feb 17, 14:38 1
        
        is this kind of like a Where's George site for books? -- nm - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 17, 14:39
Donate them to a library or take them to a used book shop -- nm - con_carne Feb 17, 14:27 9
- that actually takes planning and time, neither of which i have time for. this i can just leave one or two on the subway benches when i go to work. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:29 8
  - sweet! free books! -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 14:34
  - What if someone comes running after you saying "Miss, you forgot you book" - Loyola Feb 17, 14:31 3
    - i'm slicker than that. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:32 2
      - *Operation leave my books on benches without being spotted" - Loyola Feb 17, 14:33
      - Ninjandie -- nm - con_carne Feb 17, 14:33
  - I think less of you now - con_carne Feb 17, 14:30 2
    - You're mean because you don't hope Andie is happen - oblique, better than nubby Feb 17, 14:31 1
      - grrrr. happy -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 17, 14:31
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too much work. - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 17, 14:26 2
- well, i used to, but i'm branching out. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 14:27 1
  - I think it's a great idea, though. - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 17, 14:28
I think that's neat and yes, people will do it. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 17, 14:26

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