…and the rest is history

I L-O-V-E to read really crappy Chick Lit books. Sorry, I do. I’m also pretty pleased to find me a new novel by a southern woman writer or maybe some nice mystical realism…and then there’s my fascination with Amy Tan and Toni Morrison.

I’ve got way too many books sitting on my bookshelf, as you might imagine any self-respecting English teacher might. Oh, and then there’s the fact that my husband is also an English teacher. See the problem?

So, when I stumbled upon PaperBackSwap two weeks ago, I was guardedly excited. I added thirty books to my list, got a couple of free credits and requested a few books. A week later, I had some new books to read and I hadn’t spent dime, yet. It was like the library with no due dates.

Last week, I had my first request for one of the books I’d listed. I mailed it for $2.13 at the post office to the address the PaperBackSwap system provided me, and tonight I was notified that the person who I sent the book to had recieved it, so I was awarded another credit.

So now, I get to request another book, which will probably arrive in a week or so. I’ve mailed two more books since the first and should soon be able to get two more books.

By the way, the list of available books? Huge.

Now I just wish more people would request the 30 or so books I have on my list so that I can get more credits and more books.

If this sounds interesting to you, feel free to use the button at the left if you want…and only if you want. If you click it, sign up as my referral and post nine books, I get a credit. I’m not posting this for that reason, though. Really, I’m just so excited about all these books and how much more room there is on my bookshelf now that I’ve moved all those book onto my desk and the “staging area.”