Summer Book Swap

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Maeby

| 22,311 posts


24th Jun 2009 at 7:05 pm

Maeby - Marry me?

Marry me?

 
As my local library is hopeless, I propose we do a book swapping thing with members of VR.

Good books, not the sh*te ones you want to pawn off on everyone

And you get your own books (hopefully still in the condition that you sent them in!) back at the end.

What we do is, we post the and title blurb in this thread, and anyone who is interested signs up. They get posted in the order of signing up, and please no-one keep them for longer than 2 weeks (that should satisfy even the slowest reader plus a re-read).

What do you think?
Ping!

Wife of Amy, Sex Goddess

Animal

| 32,544 posts


24th Jun 2009 at 7:12 pm

Animal -

 
I'm game. Though I wont be lending too many to read myself, I don't have enough time to read fiction at the moment.
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Puffalump

| 21,916 posts


25th Jun 2009 at 6:57 pm

Puffalump - Bunny love

Bunny love

 
This is a really great idea but I just can't read books that quickly at the minute due to having to read books for work too.

Wife of the lovely Alice

the doc

| 21,161 posts


25th Jun 2009 at 7:49 pm

the doc - What's a little sin to see us through?

What's a little sin to see us through?

 
Excellent idea, although given our rather patchy record with postal thingumies I think a two-week turnover would be wildly optimistic!
Whiskey, painkillers and speed will carry me there.....

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| 11,612 posts


25th Jun 2009 at 8:58 pm

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Quote: Skank, Jun 2009
As my local library is hopeless, I propose we do a book swapping thing with members of VR.

Good books, not the sh*te ones you want to pawn off on everyone

And you get your own books (hopefully still in the condition that you sent them in!) back at the end.

What we do is, we post the and title blurb in this thread, and anyone who is interested signs up. They get posted in the order of signing up, and please no-one keep them for longer than 2 weeks (that should satisfy even the slowest reader plus a re-read).

What do you think?

If this is because I still have your copy of Diary I apologise, you'll just have to invite me round when I get home so I can give it back

Lady Stark

| 4,554 posts


25th Jun 2009 at 9:25 pm

Lady Stark - Winter Is Coming

Winter Is Coming

 
I'm kinda temped by this, that is, if people don't mind getting books from my Supernatural Romance collection. I'm afraid my tastes have gone a bit trashy

Maeby

| 22,311 posts


25th Jun 2009 at 10:40 pm

Maeby - Marry me?

Marry me?

 
And no, George. I was just thinking of the camera project.

We can do it. Any books will do. This should broaden our literary horizons.
Ping!

Wife of Amy, Sex Goddess

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| 11,612 posts


25th Jun 2009 at 10:42 pm

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Quote: Skank, Jun 2009
And no, George. I was just thinking of the camera project.

We can do it. Any books will do. This should broaden our literary horizons.

I have had it for too long though, I do apologize, I always steal your books

Maeby

| 22,311 posts


4th Jul 2009 at 8:56 pm

Maeby - Marry me?

Marry me?

 
So, nominate books to be shared by next Wednesday. Then we'll allocate an order
Ping!

Wife of Amy, Sex Goddess

learrggh

| 5,669 posts


4th Jul 2009 at 9:24 pm

learrggh -

 
omnomnominate.

Lady Stark

| 4,554 posts


4th Jul 2009 at 10:37 pm

Lady Stark - Winter Is Coming

Winter Is Coming

 
Ok, for the fun of it. But if no-one wants my book tis fine

Title: Dark Desire
Author: Christine Feehan

and because I'm bloody tired and lazy I'll link you to the website instead of doing a write up

I've picked the second book in the series instead of the first because the leap in confidence between the two is staggering. Dark Prince is good but it feels too much like Feehan is just having a go at this whole writing lark and the fact that it was successful gave her the confidence boost she needed to really push her into better things

Also, my copy has the UK cover, which is miles better than the American ones

Dr. Harold Shipman

| 10,547 posts


4th Jul 2009 at 11:05 pm

Dr. Harold Shipman - Old people CLEARLY need more painkillers.

Old people CLEARLY need more painkillers.

 
I'm going for a ridiculously hard-to-read book, just for fun;

Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco

Blurb - Three book editors, jaded by reading far too many crackpot manuscripts on the mystic and the occult, are inspired to have some fun by an extraordinary conspiracy story told to them by a strange colonel. They start feeding random bits of information into a powerful computer capable of inventing connections between the entries, thinking they are creating nothing more than an amusing game, but then their game starts to take over, the deaths start mounting, and they are forced into a frantic search for the truth.

Most of the book makes little to no sense and is the hardest thing to follow I've ever read. And there's quotes at the start of every chapter in a variety of languages which is annoying, but still.

Maeby

| 22,311 posts


6th Jul 2009 at 9:21 pm

Maeby - Marry me?

Marry me?

 
I'll nominate The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas (and someone can keep it at the end, as I have two copies).

I'll type up the blurb later. I have a few others too, but they're in my Manchester flat.
Ping!

Wife of Amy, Sex Goddess



 
 
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the doc: Ah well, off I go as well then
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