So I joined a website called paperbackswap yesterday. I posted 17 books and I already have two requests. It's kind of neat because you only pay for mailing the books, so there are no fees. So when someone requests a book you have, you send it and pay for it because when you request a book the person who sends it to you will pay. It's kind of awesome for those books you know you're never going to read again, like mysteries and bestseller stuff. And they do swap hardbacks as well as audio and of course, paperbacks.

I had been going to the used book store here in town, but I believe I mentioned once before that 75% of their inventory is romance novels. You can occasionally find something you really want, but it's still half of the original price. I did manage to find a copy of "The Kite Runner" there, but then while Shannon was reading it, I spilled strawberry daiquiri on it one slightly tipsy day at the pool. Oops. I still intend to read it, as it isn't ruined, it's just pinker than it was when I purchased it. I also found a copy of "Midwives" on the bargain table, so that was only 50 cents. But I read that book back when it came out years ago, although that didn't stop me from taking advantage of that awesome bargain. Also, I thought Shannon might read it, as she's been reading everything I have. You get half of the original price on things you take in to the used book store, but they don't take hardbacks and you can only use your store credits for half of each purchase total. The two requests I've already gotten from paperbackswap are for two books I didn't even like much anyway ("A Live Coal in the Sea" by Madeleine L'engle and "A Better Woman: A Memoir of Motherhood" by Susan Johnson). So, all in all, yay book swapping! {jazz hands}