Picked up a few books recently at the local Library Book Sale for wild releasing. This one is selected to go to the OBCZ at Birdie's in Westminster MD. BCinDC will be celebrating the birthday of the late great MaryZee there on 11/2.

"A book is a mysterious object, I said, and once it floats out into the world, anything can happen. All kinds of mischief can be caused, and there's not a damned thing you can do about it. For better or worse, it's completely out of your control." -- Paul Auster

One of several books being released onto the book-sharing shelf at Birdie's when BCinDC gathers to celebrate the birthday of the late great MaryZee -- a passionate advocate for books whose unexpected passing last year left a great hole in our group.


Welcome to Book Crossing -- this book is now yours to read, retain, release, or any combination thereof which suits your fancy. Books registered with Book Crossing are tracked by those who have read them before to see where they will go and who they will meet on their journeys. People who participate in the Book Crossing community often establish friendships and trade books or comments on books and just relish a relationship with other readers across the globe.

You are welcome (and encouraged) to create a journal entry on the book, particularly when passing it on to a specific someone or releasing in the wild. You don't have to read the book to create a journal entry nor do you have to feel obligated to write only positive things. All those who have had their hands on the book before you would be excited to read any journal entry you choose to make.

You can remain anonymous or join Book Crossing, where you are known to others by the screen name of your choice and no personal information is revealed. If you join, you can receive e-mail updates about all the places this book travels to in the future. (I would love it if you listed me, 6of8, as your referring member).

Sharing books in this fashion is just another way of spreading good karma across the world. Whatever you choose to do, enjoy the book!

Picked this one up at Birdie's last month.

I'm offering this at the BC-DC holiday party or adding it to the collection in my Little Free Library -- both at my house, at the corner of West Alexandria Ave. and Hancock Ave., in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria.

Please come by anytime, browse the Little Free Library bookshelf, and take a book (or several). If you have books to donate, bring them by and place them inside. When you're finished reading a Little Free Library book, you can choose either to keep it, to return it to this or any other LFL, or to give it away. No strings. No limits. No fees. No memberships. Just FREE BOOKS!

Spreading the joy of reading, through BookCrossing and Little Free Libraries!

See the Facebook page for my Little Free Library's (LFL #9136) at https://www.facebook.com/LittleFreeLibraryOfAlexandriaAndHancock

And see www.littlefreelibrary.org/ for more details about Little Free Libraries.


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Welcome to BookCrossing!

Making a journal entry here lets me know the book has been found and is safe in your hands. The book is yours now! Read it, give it to a friend, pass it on, or keep it forever--it's your choice.

If you pass it on to someone or leave it "in the wild" for someone else to find, please make another journal entry or release notes here to explain that it's traveling to find another home.

You can remain anonymous on the website or join BookCrossing. Joining is free, safe, and spam-free and you'll get an e-mail every time a new person finds this book and logs in on the site to say so. You'll be able to watch it move around and find out where it's been and what other readers thought of it.

I hope you enjoy the book. Happy reading!