How To Get Rid Of All Those Books That Litter Your Home - and Get New Ones!

[mrs_conclusion]

My colleague/fellow diploma worker pointed me to this place: www.bookcrossing.com.

You must all go there! Now! Register all the books you don't want to read again but don't want to throw away because books are a little like living beings! See if anybody else wants to give away that book you've wanted to read for years! Check if somebody has

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[kelpie667]

I've already heard about bookcrossing, but never tried it although it seems to be an awesome idea. I have far too many books I'll never read again which occupy so much space in my shelves...

I snap crappy photos with my phone of things that might be fun to show you all, or save for the future, but I never get around to post them.

Oh, I know that feeling! I'm also thinking about LJ posts quite often, writing them in my head and spend quite some time thinking about how to express things in English - but when I'm back at the computer I'm far too lazy to actually post them *sighs*

Oh, so you're almost finished with your diploma work? I keep my fingers crossed that you'll find an interesting job! It must feel really weird to leave uni and entering the "real" world.

[mrs_conclusion]

It seems bookcrossing is quite big in Germany, my friend (who is from Rostock) said she used to go to meet-ups with other bookcrossers at home, but that the few Swedish members didn't seem that keen on meeting in RL.

And yes, that's exactly what I do too, I have an English running commentary to my life in my head. Constantly!

[kelpie667]

I think I even heard about bookcrossing first at some German LJ community, but I didn't know that there were meet-ups.

Yes, that's it, an English running commentary (although the English in my head is usually much better than that which I write down later on)

[frescadp]

As a native English speaker, I'm afraid the same is true for me too! : )