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I know I mention it a heck of a lot already... but I've had two people ask me in the last week what BookCrossing is, so I thought I'd make a post about that because RL is sucking right now for members of my family and I'm sad.

bookcrossing- noun- the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.

The idea is, you have a book you don't want any more and you leave it somewhere for someone else to find and enjoy. You register the book on the BC website so you can track its process from person to person and those people can see the history of the book, where it came from, and what people who read it thought about it.

There are challenges and tons of different types of releases (wild- see above, direct, mail, etc.) and bookrings/rays that allow books to travel around the whole world finding readers.

I find it absolutely fascinating and it's great karma as well :-) And, as I've said before, if anyone's interested in it and wants help getting started or wants to see the books I've registered (I'd be happy to mail ones I have available to anyone interested in them!) drop me an e-mail or post here with your e-mail. It's a heck of a lot of fun and definitely one of my favorite hobbies ever.

Incidentally, soon I'm going to be starting a bookbox (a box of books) that will travel around the country with a fandom theme to them. I'll post later when I finish reading the books for it in case anyone is interested in jumping in and playing with the box :-)

Website: http://www.bookcrossing.com

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tinadp.livejournal.com

That sounds so interesting to me. I think I'd like to try it. Your book box sounds like such a great idea too.

vatergrrl.livejournal.com

Sorry about the RL suckage for your family. That is no fun at all. I owe you quite a lot of FB, not least on the nummy Joe Phillips skater bois fic -- I was wondering what you'd do with the "sleeping" blond boy, and you certainly did not disappoint! Oooh, the H/C! ;)

Oh, yeh, just looked on Amazon and there's supposed to be a new Phillips collection out soon: Cali Boys. Must... resist .. or.. at... least...get...job..to...pay...for...it!

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