Blind Date with a Book

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So there's this: I usually have a "free books" box at work, which is where I drop all the books I can't (or don't want to) keep, so students can pick them up and get a free read. As I don't have the shelf space I'd love to have, I think this is the best option to give those books a well-deserved new home. :)

Now that  Valentine's Day is fast approaching I decided to give the thing a whole new twist. I got the idea from a guy called Steven Thompson who posted it to the wonderful Book Porn page on Facebook. So tomorrow will be "Blind Date with a Book" Day in my office! All the books are wrapped with little (cryptic) descriptions on the wrapping and people choose a package without knowing what's inside. Then they take their literary "Blind Date" home with them and are in for a surprise read. In case they don't like their "date", they can drop it back into the regular free books box for someone else to pick up later. All this wrapping, drawing and coming up with suitable teasers was a lot of work and I'm already excited to see how this will go.