Book Share
Not everyone has the same taste in books, right? I know most people LOVE Nicholas Sparks, I however, am probably the only avid reader I know who has a really hard time getting into his books. I love his movies. The Notebook is my all-time favorite, but his books just drag for me. I can't stay motivated to read them.
Because of this, I know that I have lots of books that I've bought because I thought I'd love them and then I haven't loved them so much, BUT that doesn't mean that someone else wouldn't love them. Right?
So, I had the idea of a book share. If you're not interested in this, that's fine, but I know I'd love to share my books... the ones I love and the ones I don't love so much.
These are four books I just pulled off my shelves a bit ago. All four of these are books I thought I'd love, love, but for whatever reason, they didn't hold my attention.
YOU, however, may love them to death!
I love this author, Jane Green. She's a great chick lit author and all her books that I've read have had me completely engrossed... except these three. And these weren't bad books, by any means, I could've just had a lot going on when I was trying to read them and never gave them a real chance.
If any of you would be interested in reading one, or all, of them, I'd love to send one or more of them to you. I figure, for those of us who are interested in doing this, it wouldn't be much. We could just stick the book in a manilla envelope and mail it parcel post for a dollar or two. I think that's a pretty good deal considering what the cost of a new book is.
What do you guys think?
Is this a good idea?
And to elaborate more on my idea, for books we don't have a major attachment to, we could send them around until they make their way back to the original owner.
I personally have always, since I was a little girl, put my name and the date I finish the book on the inside front cover, that way years later, I can look at my books and recall with love the exact point in my life when I was reading each of my books. :)
I probably wouldn't have ever considered this idea had I not thought that we have such an amazing group of girls. I would totally trust you guys to read my books (I KNOW you wouldn't smear my pages with boogers and snot) and pass them around until they make their way back to me.
For any book that we'd like back, we could put our name and address on the inside somewhere (wherever you want... it's your book!) and that way, there would never be an excuse for our books not getting back to us!
Oh, and of course, we would use this blog as a medium for when we were done with one book and ready to pass it on to the next person.
What do you think?
I've been brainstorming the whole time I've been writing this, so if this all sounds confusing, please forgive me, I'm coming up with ideas as I'm typing each sentence.
Anyway, with these four books, I really wouldn't be concerned with getting them back, so I'm offering these up for donation! :)
Hey guys! My new obsession with Paperback Swap has prompted me to go through the boxes upon boxes upon boxes of teaching supplies that I have (that I probably will never use again) and I'm listing most of my teaching manuals (which I have TONS of them) and also my classroom sets of novels that I acquired. 
