Books everywhere October 12, 2006
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Camden, Reviews , trackbackI have a very small flat. I have a lot of books. This is rapidly becoming a problem. I try to give one away for every one I get / buy, but it rarely works that way. When a friend recently moved to Ireland, I ended up with a boxful to distribute to mutual friends, but somehow haven’t quite got around to it. What with that and all the wonderful bookshops here abouts, I am going to end up sleeping in the bathroom soon.
I do try to give them away, either to friends or to the excellent secondhand shop run by Amnesty International just up the road in Eversholt St. Its a worthy cause, and a very good shop. Unfortunately that means that I find myself accidently and quite inexplicably coming out with as many books as I had when I went in.
Sitting before me is a pile of paperbacks. They are going to Amnesty tomorrow, but before they do, I am going to review them for the blog. By the wonders of Wordpress’ facility to create a post for future dates, you’ll see them over the coming week.
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My Cottage is a little bigger than your flat, but I have the same problem. Last Tuesday I had eight women here for a course, and I invited each of them to adopt one of my books to take home with them. I’ve also listed a couple on TradeMe, in the hope they might find new homes there.
I sympathise! I live in a small house with three other people and my book collection is growing to ridiculous proportions. I now have over 50 books on my ‘to be read’ shelf and buy them much quicker than I can read them. I just can’t resist. My daughter has taken to leading me past Ottaker’s in town saying “You can do it Mum, you can walk straight past without going in and buying anything”. Sometimes it works but not always. It’s just too darned difficult to get rid of them although I have started sending those I like least to the charity shop.
nooooooo send them to me, I run a home for displaced books!
You know about BookMooch, don’t you? Miraz told me about it. It’s a way to give away your books and get other used books to read. You earn points for giving your books away and can give your points to charity if you like. http://www.bookmooch.com