When I was a kid I hated to read. I had a learning disorder and reading was really hard for me.
Working so hard at something that seemed to come easily to everyone else just made me mad and I
did everything in my power not to pick up a book. Over time my reading got a lot better, I even took
some advanced literature classes in college. However, I still didn't pick up may books until after I got married.
My husband is an extreme PlayStation nerd, but don't tell him I said that. Our problem was that we
spent pretty much ALL of our non-working time together. We lived in New York where we could
hardly afford to eat, no less spend extra money on two cars or going out without each other. So
giving my husband time to play PlayStation was hard for me because when he played I spent a lot of
time looking at walls.. haha.
Then my mother gave me a James Patterson book and it changed my reading habits for good.
My husband had a lot of PlayStation time after that! The only downfall to always wanting that next
book is paying for that next book. We're a lot better off financially now than when we were first
married but I still hate to spend $100 a month on book, and then have them on my shelf forever.
Recently I cam across a website that has seriously changed my book loving life!
www.paperbackswap.com
This is how it works:
You list the books you have on your bookshelf that you can part with.
Someone requests your book and you mail it to them and you get 1 credit.
You can take that one credit and and request ANY BOOK FROM ANY MEMBER.
Only exception is Audiobooks are 2 credits.
You get 2 credits right away when you list 10 books on your online bookshelf.
Here is the best part, this is a FREE service!
So if you are already on paperbackswap.com or you are joining now look me up.
My s/n is colormeglam. Add me to your friends list.
