Paperbacks, what to do with em ?
Jun 3, 2004 | 9:44 pm
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Paperbacks, what to do with em ?
So after I'm through reading the latest trash, suspense, romance, life changing, sleeping pill, of a paperback. What should I do with it?
-Leave it in the room(bet it gets thrown away)
-throw it off the 39th floor balcony
-have a funeral pyre
-leave it in the Regency club, bar, gym for someone to pick up
-give it to the front desk
-mail it back home
-put my name and address in the cover, with the words-If found please mail to.(let someone else pay the postage)
-hand it to a complete stranger, tell em what a great read it was and how much they'll enjoy the surprise ending(of course tell em what that ending is)
No where I stay seems to have an exchange library, What do you all do with them?
-Leave it in the room(bet it gets thrown away)
-throw it off the 39th floor balcony
-have a funeral pyre
-leave it in the Regency club, bar, gym for someone to pick up
-give it to the front desk
-mail it back home
-put my name and address in the cover, with the words-If found please mail to.(let someone else pay the postage)
-hand it to a complete stranger, tell em what a great read it was and how much they'll enjoy the surprise ending(of course tell em what that ending is)
No where I stay seems to have an exchange library, What do you all do with them?
Jun 3, 2004 | 9:59 pm
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If I've been chatting with one of the FAs (which I usually do if I'm in the pointy part of the plane) then I'll ask them if they'd like to have it to read and give them a brief description of the book if it's not an author they're familiar with. Have also done the same with folk at the hotel concierge lounge (either employees or other travelers I've spoken to there) and once at the rental car return counter. I've also offered them up to fellow travelers.
Last edited by cawhite60156; Jun 4, 2004 at 3:18 pm
Jun 4, 2004 | 12:34 am
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Originally Posted by DCA Blondie
Sell 'em on Amazon and make a couple extra bucks!
Originally Posted by goosegreen
Organise an FT book exchange!
Clive Cussler-White Death or
Lynne Heitman-First Class Killing(GB's thought process?)
Free for the taking if you're at the Marriott Irvine tomorrow only
Actually would be kinda nice if something like Netflix for books exsisted
Jun 4, 2004 | 12:51 am
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Originally Posted by windwalker
Actually would be kinda nice if something like Netflix for books exsisted
Jun 4, 2004 | 6:51 am
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If I finish a book during a trip, I usually leave it in a nightstand drawer in my hotel room. That way housekeeping probably won't toss it, and another traveler may find some new reading material. (At least I hope that is what happens.) The main point being I don't want to carry around a finished book as dead weight in my luggage.
Jun 4, 2004 | 7:33 am
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Originally Posted by DavidDTW
If I finish a book during a trip, I usually leave it in a nightstand drawer in my hotel room. That way housekeeping probably won't toss it, and another traveler may find some new reading material. (At least I hope that is what happens.) The main point being I don't want to carry around a finished book as dead weight in my luggage.
Seriously, I've found some pretty tame stuff (Playboy, Penthouse, etc) and more than once I've found stuff I couldn't even possibly begin to describe. I just think of it as a learning experience.
Jun 4, 2004 | 7:43 am
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Jun 4, 2004 | 8:00 am
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Originally Posted by MastaHanky
Even better, some kind of system where travellers can leave their finished books at the airport, where other departing travellers can take them on their flight. All you'd really need is a big bin somewhere near the gates...people can take or leave books as they choose.
We have a spot like that at work, as well as one at the train station (commuter, not AMTRAK) -- just one big bookcase and you can take anything you're interested in, as well as leaving books for others to read.
Jun 4, 2004 | 11:33 am
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Originally Posted by MastaHanky
Even better, some kind of system where travellers can leave their finished books at the airport, where other departing travellers can take them on their flight. All you'd really need is a big bin somewhere near the gates...people can take or leave books as they choose.
