Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Committing random acts of literacy



Well, here's a thing. www.bookcrossing.com is an idea of towering genius. This is all about sharing books with complete strangers. If you love a book so much you want others to love it too, register it with Bookcrossing, write the ID number in/on the book, and leave the book somewhere - anywhere - to see if someone will pick it up. Hopefully they'll fall in love with it too. They then go to the website, register the ID, leave a review if they wish, and bookcross it in their turn.

Go on, try it! I've just released a book into the wilds of the Sixth Form Staff Room, and the Book Club peeps are leaving theirs all over the UK.

This is a novel way of sharing, er, novels, and it's what the net was made for - fun, doesn't cost anything, and is a genuinely innovative use of technology. The site fosters the love of books, generosity, and curiosity - what's not to like?