If you're looking for a way to combine two of your favourite things -- shopping for books and being an awesome person -- might I suggest that you donate a book to the Hurricane Katrina-beleagured Harrison County library system? The Dewey Donation System makes it oh-so-easy, and Glark has created extra incentives with draws and prizes through Glarkware and TWoP. I'm also sweetening the pot in my own small way. If you make a donation to Dewey (or if you already have), just post about it in the comments section of this entry. After the Dewey Drive is over, I'll do a draw of all the comments and I'll give each of ten random commenters a fine mystery offering from the boxes of books that still clutter my front hallway. Give a book, get a book. That's a pretty sweet deal, if I say so myself.
So... ready, set... well, you know.
13 comments:
Okay, I'm a little bit over excited but anyway! (I never got to do one of these bookdrives before, but it's my birthday and hey, I get to spend money around my birthday, right? Absolutely.)
Anyway. I sent the Wright 3 because YOU, maybe (maybe maybe) said it was good. And two Araminta Spook books. Then Inkheart and Pride and Prejudice and finally! I pre-ordered The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie and Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony because I got carried away.
I sort of feel like I'm showing off here. Sorry =/
Oh, I sound like a complete liar. It's not actually my birthday TODAY. It's later this month. But the point about it being my birthday still stands.
I did, actually, a couple of weeks ago. Even posted a link to it on my blog for good measure!
Yippee, more contests! I donated to Pass Christian - I'm on p. 38 of the "Share the Love" page.
Slightly o/t, but know what would be cool? Maybe you could organize a book swap among your readers - you know, in your "spare time." (ha) We could list books we enjoyed but don't love enough to keep, and trade around? I have really enjoyed the comments when you've asked for suggestions about books - lots of good stuff out there, and lots of good folks hanging out here.
I've donated a few times already, but I wanted to enter your contest with a new donation, so I just ordered Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - the Definitive Edition and Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky for the Margaret Sherry branch.
Heheh, Anna, you crack me up... almost as much as Sweetie Darling! "Spare time." Hee! I do like the idea of a book swap, though, and I've been meaning to write a post about the swap sites I've discovered in my online travels. You've planted a seed, SD...
And thanks for donating again, Michael. It's pretty addictive, isn't it?
Doh! I almost forgot my other reason for posting. I just got an email from Jenn. (Remember? The mother of two who was looking for book recommendations a while back?) Anyway, Blogger's word verification is STILL not letting her post on the site, but she wanted to let us know about her recent Dewey donation:
I sent three books to the Saucier Library - thank you for promoting such a great cause. Jenn
Thank YOU, Jenn!
I donated "Satanic Verses" because I liked the idea of donating a book that is often banned, and a book about Hurricane Camille (whether a story about the last hurricane to devastate the Mississippi coast is reassuring or depressing is open to interpretation). Also I donated two childrens books.
What a cool idea. I'm a children's librarian, so I donated three children's books -- one non-fiction, one picture book, one chapter book.
Off the subject, I. love. your. blog. I just found it a few weeks ago, then spent the next several days going through and reading all of the archives. Thanks for so much great reading!
Yay, RandomRanter and LJ! Thanks so much. I love this book drive. It might not feel like such a big deal to give a book or two to a library, but when you think about the hundreds of people who'll get to enjoy that book, and the thousands of hours of pleasure it'll bring, you realize that books actually have a hug payoff.
And LJ, thanks so much for your kind words about my site. It really, really means a lot to me to hear it.
Er, that was "huge payoff" not "hug payoff." That 's probably the mushiest Freudian slip I've ever made. Heh.
Hello! I wrote into Pamie this week as well to let her know that my office will be donating en masse. We have a monthly program for "casual Friday" where we can dress in jeans and tees on Fridays for a minimum donation of $10 to the monthly charity. We began this last year with The Red Cross efforts after Hurricane Katrina and have continued it ever since. It has been a wonderful way to talk our boss into a casual Friday as well as encourage philanthropy in our little office. I know the book drive ends today but I will be sending in all our checks on Monday. Great cause and I'm happy I was able to convince my co-workers to make it this month's charity.
Thanks so much for holding this contest!
I donated some children's books WAY back, in honor of my dad (Father's Day) and my mom (her birthday).
Post a Comment