Bethanne Patrick of Publishers Weekly writes about a bookswapping party she recently attended:
The rules were, and remain, elegantly simple: bring any books in good condition that you're finished owning. You can take the same number as you bring (although by each bookswapping night's end, this rule is usually broken). We pile the books in a central location, pour wine and beer, and grab plates of nosh.
It was easy, it was fun, and everyone went home with something new.
(There are always books left over, and it's up to the evening's host to
scoop them all up and keep them, or give them to a library... the
latter always wins. After all, we need room for the new ones we've
collected.)
Sounds great, yes? If any of my friends actually lived anywhere near
me, I'd so be doing this! Has anyone actually had one of these parties
or attended one?
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