Releasing Books Into the Wild

--by magicalbubbles, posted Nov 6, 2008

Most of you probably know about bookcrossing - an online community working towards making the world a library. Well I have been a member since the beginning of the year and have released about 15 books into the wild (that's were you leave a book somewhere as a random gift for the person who finds it). Today was the first time that someone actually registered that they had found one of my books and her message was a great reminder of the power of simple random acts of kindness.

The young women who found it was off to the doctors and so the book not only kept her company and took her mind off her troubles while she was waiting for the doctor and on her trip home but put a great big smile on her face!

Imagine how you would feel finding a free book when you were feeling a little down and in need of something to take your mind off things...so get those books off your shelf where they are gathering dust and out into the hands of people who will enjoy them as much as you have!

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Posted by magicalbubbles
Nov 6, 2008
Comments (13)

Readers Comments

perseverance wrote: what a thought and well said and done

AURELIA wrote: I've never heard of that. Let me know how you go about it, I'd like to get involved. I have so many books that would love to get into the hands of someone hungry for a good read. ~Aurelia

makesomeonesmile wrote: I have never heard of this either. What a great idea and how nice you could hear the story of one you left!

JuneBug wrote: This is such a great idea!!! I would love to know more as well...:}

falsemonkeypuzzl wrote: Yes, wonderful idea! How does it work?

magicalbubbles wrote: To find out more about bookcrossing and how it works, check out www.bookcrossing.com

magicalbubbles wrote: I am sooo happy to have found more people to connect with Bookcrossing. Not only is it a great random act of kindness but you get to hear the impact it had and watch your book travel around....plus its a good excuse to clean out some clutter!

My screen name on Bookcrossing is the same, MagicalBubbles, so i hope to see some of you on there soon.

lmil1954 wrote: Thanks Im gonna go there right now to check it out! Linda:)

lmil1954 wrote: That was so simple and fast to sign up...thanks again as I have very many books collecting dust!! Linda:)

WebWoman wrote: This is something so simple, and yet SO valuable. I have heard it before (in the Netherlands) but haven't done anything with it then :) Well it's time to take a good look at the site www.bookcrossing.com.

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