Save The Planet, Recycle A Book

To all the book nerds out there (most of you, Im sure) - you have to check this website out! Im not sure why it excites me so much, but it looks like so much fun! Its a fun way to pass along some of your books, and if you're lucky, possibly find yourself an interesting read. Basically, Bookcrossing.com is a novel way to track books you've read, find out about books you want to read, and see what happens to books once they've left your hands. 

The concept is simple: Become a member of the site (free) and register a book or two. Once you've registered the book, you can write a few words about it on the site (a journal entry) and then decide what you want to do with it. If you choose to set it free, just leave a note inside the book telling the next lucky reader what to do with their lucky find, and then decide a place and time to "release" your book into the wild. Some bookcrossers leave books on park benches or in doctors' waiting rooms. Others sneak them in next to same-titled DVDs in shops or video stores. The point is to leave the book in a public place where someone will find it, log onto Bookcrossing.com, and write what has happened to the book since it left your hands. HOW FUN IS THAT?!?! The site is full of stories about Bookcrossers who have left books in the US, and four years later, they turn up somewhere in Europe.

You can also hunt for books that have been released -- you can search by country, state, city and "zone" to find books in your area that have been recently released and are waiting for someone to discover them.

Chalk this up as another way to RECYCLE! Go Green Baby!!