This one comes from a mailing list I'm on. BookCrossing.com. It is kind of like Where's George for books. The idea is that you enter a book into their system and label the book with the BCID (BookCrossing ID number). Then give it to a friend, or leave it in a coffeeshop, or donate it to a charity. When someone finds the book they are supposed to go to the web site and make an entry that they found the book. One page I found interesting was their status page, which lists books that have been recently released or caught, and some other stats. My favorite is most travelled books:
- The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
- The Paradigm of Uncertainty by Lori
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Personally I'd have a somewhat difficult time doing this because I don't like giving away books I've read. Well, unless they sucked, in which case I don't care too much. I should look around my apartment and see if anything qualifies.
