release a bookcrossing book

it’s “in silenzio” by luigi pirandello.
but i haven’t found the proper place to release it yet. i’d like to find a beautiful place, where a book could find itself at home and be found by someone who can appreciate it. :-)

I’m thinking about freeing my copy of ‘Story Time’...it’l be interesting to see how far it goes

The wife did. Then we discovered paperbackswap.com, which we’ve been using for months.

I had printed out the bookcrossing label in the winter, but I wanted to wait until it was nicer out before I released the book into the wild.

I was looking for locations where other people had released books in Elmira in the past, and I noticed that Grove Park was one of them. Since I hid my first geocache in Grove Park, I decided to release the book, Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu, into the wild while I did maintenance on my geocache.

It’s a great time to put the book out because the park is beginning to get used again since it is Spring now. I put the book on the picnic table bench under the Hal Roach Pavilion.

Bookcrossing is a really nice idea, as I love the idea of combining a treasure hunt like goecaching with something beneficial like reading. Right now my book is the only book in Elmira, and I’d love to see that change. So, I’m definitely going to be releasing more bookcrossing books in the future. :)

...was amazing!

Sat in my chosen location and just carefully left it on a bench before legging it! Was worried someone would think it was a bomb. I’m rather hoping that the sticky note that yelled “FREE BOOK” on the front of it may have persuaded people my intentions were pure.

Very exciting.

And as far as I know the bomb squad weren’t called out so pluses all round!

...Will go out sometime this week. Watch out world, here I come!

Was sat in the coffee shop I planned to release my book in with my friend. As we got up to leave I got the book out.

“What is that” says she

“A bookcrossing book” says I * cue lengthy explanation about bookcrossing * “so I’m just gonna leave it here.

“Oh? Really? Cause it looks like something I might like…mind if I…”

“No * sigh * go ahead”

I figure it doesn’t really count as a release because it didn’t quite make it in to the wild. Never mind. She will enjoy, someone got a free book today, and hopefully I will have better luck at releasing one next time!

I’ll be releasing my first one tomorrow lunchtime. Very excited. Very very excited!

This was fun. I hid it inside the cement circle on the East corner of Broadway & Victoria, along the Grandview Cut. I took a pic and came home. Before I even got a chance to log it in there was already a message on the site:

“I was super excited to find it, but haven’t started it yet.
-CAUGHT IN VANCOUVER BC CANADA”

Someone already found it and logged it on the site! Yay!! I think I’ll order a stamp, make some labels myself and free some of the ones I have around here too. Birds & stones, you know.

I’d been meaning to add this as a goal when a freshly released book crawled over and bit me last week while I was waiting to give blood. 20 minutes later I met the lady who left it and we had a delightful chat over our free snacks and coffee.

I signed up the next day and already received a nice welcome message from someone in the area letting me know about the nearby OBCZs, inviting me to various meetups & offering to answer any questions. Very friendly.

It may take me for a while to get my ducks books in a row here, but at least I have something to check out after I finish what I’m currently reading. Not something I would have chosen but I’m willing to give it a whirl.