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What's to Like?
SHARING books you love!
The thrill of the unknown.
Finding a great book.
Meeting other book lovers!
No money changes hands!

What's not to Like?
It can be disappointing when your books are not found.
Infiltrators who try to steal books. Stick to the rules!

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Proud to Recommend...
BookCrossing.com
Read and release!

We've been members of BookCrossing for a number of years. The premise is simple: read your book and set it free! Release it "into the wild" where others may find it, read it, and pass it on!

This is the perfect answer to my question: What do we do with this book after we've read it? Of course some books are so terrific that you can't bear to get rid of them. You HAVE to keep them! Others are meant for sharing. That's where BookCrossing comes in.

Their website tells stories of creative ways to leave behind your books in coffee shops, pool areas, colleges and universities, malls, etc. It is SUCH a thrill when someone finds the book you've left and writes to tell you they enjoyed it too, and a bigger thrill when you find a book that someone left behind! Great concept. We hope it continues to grow!

Uh-huh. Right. What's the catch?
There is no catch! We can't even remember how we found out about BookCrossing.com, but we've been a member for several years and have caught and released books. We've had the best luck leaving them in universities.

Example:
Among Schoolchildren
Journal entry 1 by Danton from Salina, Kansas USA on Thursday, July 31, 2003
Insightful, interesting, and informative, but Kidder is still an outsider looking into the classroom, not a teacher in there day in, day out, year in, year out. The kids and their school are in a poor area of Massachusetts, which is far from the rural schools I've taught in, but kids are kids in many ways and I loved meeting the kids Kidder writes about!

Journal entry 4 by beckys-place from Salina, Kansas USA on Sunday, September 07, 2003
I don't have a teaching background and this isn't a book I'd have read on my own if I hadn't found it in the wild, but I enjoyed it a lot and I'm glad I read it. It's a little bit scary to have that much insight into a classroom! Every job has its ups and downs but it must be an emotional ride when every step you take impacts the life of a child. It gave me a lot to think about...