A recent POST by my bloggy friend Storybeader inspired me to write a post about books as well. Deb wrote a link list of a few of her favorite book sites.
Here are some random book links I discovered:
ONE: follow your book's adventures! Want to give a book away randomly? Book Crossing lets you download a label which you then affix to your book. Give it to someone or even more fun, "release it into the wild." When someone picks it up, they can log on. You are then able to follow your book's travels. How fun is that?!
According to the website 850 thousand members have registed close to 7 million books which are traveling around 130 countries!
TWO: Give! Consider sending books to US Troops. Here are a couple sites:
FIVE: Enter a contest! I was perusing my bloggy friend Ruthie's BLOG, Live Love, Laugh, Write! I clicked on her "Books Read 2012" tab and discovered a blog that has a book reading contest. How fun! It's called the Bookmark Break Challenge. Keep track of the books you read this year and....Instead of me telling you about it, go HERE to Who's Your Editor?'s blog and read all about it yourself!
SIX: Trade! Go to Deb's POST to find out about a book trading site called Book Mooch.
I have not used/participated in any of the above. But now I just might!
PPS: Deb was inspired to write a link list, as was I, by our bloggy friend Rose of Random Creative. She likes to post link lists on her blog on Saturdays. HERE is her most recent Link List.
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Wow, great resources Margaret! I use to blog book reviews from time to time, but that got too cumbersome for my blog schedule, so that's fizzled. I would like to keep track of the books I read though in some way...perhaps I'll participate in a contest or keep them in a tab on my bog...hmn....
ReplyDeleteGreat blog post, Margaret! These are awesome resources. I've never heard of most of them but will check them out. I'm so glad that Deb and I inspired you to write this.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of "releasing the book into the wild" and watching its travels.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course donating them to the troops!
Great list!
Wow! I agree, I love the idea of watching where your book travels. I might have to do that.
ReplyDeleteWow so many wonderful ideas. I love to read but seldom get the time anymore. I am going to have to check some of those links out. Thanks for visiting my blog and your comments. Hope you are having a wonderful week.
ReplyDeleteHi Margaret,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, thanks so much for leaving comments on my blog. That certainly makes blogging extra special! :)
Book links -- just wonderful! By the way, if you ever want to be part of an online book group, check out the Yahoo group "On The Porchswing."
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I never thought before of sending books to the military - what a great link! Thanks for all the other links; I need to check them out. Book Crossings sounds fun. And thanks for linking up my blog post! {:-D
ReplyDeleteThis is a great link list. I particularly like the idea of sending books to our troops.
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