Today, I received an email from Goodreads that mentioned World Book Night. World Book Night started in the UK in 2011 where passionate readers across the country gave 1 million books to light- or non-readers to spread the joy and love of reading. Reading changes lives and at the heart of World Book Night lies the simplest of ideas and acts - that of putting a book into another person’s hand and saying ‘this one’s amazing, you have to read it.’ World Book Night 2012 will be held on April 23, in the US and the UK. They are looking for 50,000 volunteer book givers to hand out 20 copies each, for a total of 1 million free special World Book Night paperbacks!
I applied to volunteer to be a giver. I would need to pick up 20 copies of (one of 30 books) from my local bookshop or library and commit to giving the books away on World Book Night to light- or non-readers. Givers are chosen based on where, to whom, and why you want to give books away. I chose The Stand as my #1 book pick, Q is for Quarry as #2, and Little Bee as #3. I hope I get chosen to give away 20 free books!
I applied to volunteer to be a giver. I would need to pick up 20 copies of (one of 30 books) from my local bookshop or library and commit to giving the books away on World Book Night to light- or non-readers. Givers are chosen based on where, to whom, and why you want to give books away. I chose The Stand as my #1 book pick, Q is for Quarry as #2, and Little Bee as #3. I hope I get chosen to give away 20 free books!
What did you do today?
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