had this crazy idea when i went to borders at the curve yesterday with my children to scout for some books. indulged myself in 2 p/b books (since i still have some money from the stm book allowance) which i longed to read for a long time - arok of Java by Pramoedya Ananta Toer and midnight children by salman rushdie. will slowly devour these 2 gems. as i don't buy books as often as pearlie (no offence, just a bit of envy), there is no way i can get to read all the books i like (and i am not even talking about elie wiesel and chaim potok).
so, this crazy idea is this - a crazy scheme for desperate bibliaphiloi: those of us with books to spare and we don't read them at present, we lend them to each other for a specific time period so that the unfortunate ones who cannot afford to buy them can get a chance to read them! we will call it 'TAGGED BOOKS LOAN'
we can tag each other (like the tag game) and the one who is tagged reveals 5 books titles he or she can lend to others. the others will 'bid' for them on a first come first serve basis. how we are going to pass the books to each other, i will leave it to the ingenuity of the book owners - through mail post, through friends, through church contacts, through meeting points like TEE, through a common centre where bibliaphiloi can gather with their precious hoard etc. only 2 rules apply: 1] to treat the books with extreme care i.e. no over-bending of the book spine, tearing of pages etc 2] not to lose the books (if lost, payment should be made to the book owner on the books' present value).
to kick start, here are my 5 books available for lending:
thomas harris, the silence of the lambs and red dragon (2 in 1), h/b
sara gruen, water for elephants, p/b
dara horn, the world to come, h/b
harry kemelmann, tuesday the rabbi saw red, h/b
umberto eco, foucalt's pendulum, p/b
ha, never guess the reb read this type of stuff? well, you can know a person by what he/she reads. go and see the personal library of someone and you will know where he/she stands.
so, i get to tag!!! who else but PEARLIE!!!!!
and the 5 books are on loan!!
so, this crazy idea is this - a crazy scheme for desperate bibliaphiloi: those of us with books to spare and we don't read them at present, we lend them to each other for a specific time period so that the unfortunate ones who cannot afford to buy them can get a chance to read them! we will call it 'TAGGED BOOKS LOAN'
we can tag each other (like the tag game) and the one who is tagged reveals 5 books titles he or she can lend to others. the others will 'bid' for them on a first come first serve basis. how we are going to pass the books to each other, i will leave it to the ingenuity of the book owners - through mail post, through friends, through church contacts, through meeting points like TEE, through a common centre where bibliaphiloi can gather with their precious hoard etc. only 2 rules apply: 1] to treat the books with extreme care i.e. no over-bending of the book spine, tearing of pages etc 2] not to lose the books (if lost, payment should be made to the book owner on the books' present value).
to kick start, here are my 5 books available for lending:
thomas harris, the silence of the lambs and red dragon (2 in 1), h/b
sara gruen, water for elephants, p/b
dara horn, the world to come, h/b
harry kemelmann, tuesday the rabbi saw red, h/b
umberto eco, foucalt's pendulum, p/b
ha, never guess the reb read this type of stuff? well, you can know a person by what he/she reads. go and see the personal library of someone and you will know where he/she stands.
so, i get to tag!!! who else but PEARLIE!!!!!
and the 5 books are on loan!!
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Anyway, tagged book loan eh? Great idea but logistics will be certainly be an issue. (Reminds me of BookCrossing.com - a very interesting idea and maybe a good way to evangelise as well.)
These are my five books I tagged, all of which I have enjoyed immensely:
Paul Levinson, Plot to Save Socrates
Trudi Canavan, The Magician's Guild (1/3)
Trudi Canavan, The Novice (2/3)
Trudi Canavan, The High Lord (3/3)
Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
as for book crossing, my daugther was involved in it once. i still have one copy of it - a travelling book. of big fish in german.
logistics! can be solved if one is desparate.