Bookcrossing again ...

[koalathebear]

bookcrossing
n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
(added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in August 2004) After repeated failures, I've decided to try again. I've had shocking luck with BookCrossing books in Hong Kong and China. Chinese people just seem to not like

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[alasse_fae]

I've only ever done unofficial book crossing - leaving in books in B&B's and such. This sounds intriguing :)

[koalathebear]

The 'capture rate' is much higher in some countries than others. China, I fear, has a tiny release rate let alone capture rate. :P

[koalathebear]

I have that problem, too. I can almost never part with books I like, but sometimes I have duplicates or books I was given as a gift that I didn't really like. For instance, I didn't enjoy the Philip Pullman books at all so after I read the first one I, released that into the wild - and a lot of people like that book. I do feel bad sometimes that I only release books I don't like, but well - everyone has different tastes and chances are a book I don't like, someone else might. I don't think I could ever part with the Old Kingdom books - they're so good. The final chapters of Abhorsen are always so terrifying and suspenseful. Doesn't matter how many times I read it - I always get tense. *hugs Francis Tindall her favourite obscure minor character*