# Interested in giving away/getting free books? Get in here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565 "2005-02-17T16:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/101 "2005-02-21T18:19:47Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > **JerH** , I’ll take that Bradbury. You’ve already got my address. Thanks for letting me pick over your bookshelves! Uh, scratch that Bradbury. I see I already have it! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/102 "2005-02-23T19:14:14Z")
I got my book today! Thanks, **UrbanChic**! I did have a moment when I got it out of the mailbox, though. I stood there thinking, “What is this? I don’t know this person, why are they sending me something?” Then I felt it, and thought, “It feels like a book. Who would be sending me a boo… Ooooooh, yeah!” :smack: I swear, if I get any dumber… ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/103 "2005-02-23T19:23:09Z")
I’m so glad to hear it! I felt bad that you had to wait so long to get it considering we so close to each other. How are others making out? Have you received your books? Does anyone need help with postage? I’ve got more books to list, but I wasn’t sure if this thread was officially dead or not. Maybe we should do this twice a year or so. What do you guys think? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/104 "2005-02-23T19:25:43Z")
**Peri** , I mailed your book this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/105 "2005-02-24T23:11:19Z")
I just wanted to post that I got my two books from \*\*UrbanChic \*\* and they are in beautiful condition! Thanks a bunch! ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/106 "2005-02-26T01:12:39Z")
**Naz** , I received _Midwives_ today. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/107 "2005-02-26T03:28:37Z")
I got my books from **Gorrilla Girl** this evening. Yay! I’m so looking forward to reading them. Thank you so much, **Gorilla Girl**! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/108 "2005-02-26T03:29:46Z")
And, of course, I then misspell her username, not once but twice. Sorry, **GorillaGirl**. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/109 "2005-02-28T23:14:00Z")
**Naz** , the Murakami came today. Sweet! Thanks so much! ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/110 "2005-02-28T23:47:57Z")
Dang. This looks like fun, but I just culled my bookcases a couple weeks ago, and everything went to the library sale. ☹ I do have one book I’d love to see go to a good home: It’s a Russian-English/English-Russian dictionary. About 700 pages, paperback. It was a required purchase for a course that I was ‘advised’ to drop about three weeks in. The cover used to have a plastic lamination, but much of that is/has peeled off. The book is in great shape otherwise, hardly looks like it was ever used. Uh, I did mention I was failing the course… :o I also have a VHS horror movie I’d be glad to send: Julian Sands in “Warlock: The Armageddon.” I know absolutely nothing about the movie – it just ‘appeared’ in our house a couple of years ago. Undoubtedly accidentally left behind by some visitor, but, hey, they’ve had a couple of years to reclaim it… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/111 "2005-03-01T00:32:33Z")
I received my books today; thanks, **Scuba\_Ben**. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/112 "2005-03-01T01:22:21Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > Uh, scratch that Bradbury. I see I already have it! Ooh! Then I’ll take that Bradbury! All of my books are at home, but I’ll sort through them and post here when I’m back for spring break. ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/113 "2005-03-01T01:33:09Z")
**JerH** , I got the Bone books today. Thanks so much! My kid and I were both immediately engrossed. She’s already carried them away to her lair, I believe. 😃 Mrs. Furthur ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/114 "2005-03-01T02:32:04Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I received my books today; thanks, **Scuba\_Ben**. Ooo! Scuba\_Ben is obviously very generous. I got my books today, too! And proved to my SO what really nice people Dopers are. He just couldn’t believe Dopers would send me books for free. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/115 "2005-03-01T02:57:15Z")
Monday is turning into free book day apparently. Not only did I get _The Love You Make_, Biffy the Elephant Shrew also threw in a bonus CD - apparently from Biffy himself. So now I have two things to help me ignore my duties at work tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GorillaGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/116 "2005-03-01T03:07:06Z")
I got my books from **Scuba\_Ben** on the 25th, and my book from **further** on the 26th. They’re _both_ very generous. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/117 "2005-03-01T03:41:26Z")
If anyone has non-fiction books they’re willing to part with (especially about science, int’l relations, or sociology), let me know. I’m also going to start learning Spanish soon, so if you have an old textbook lying around, I’d be happy to have that too. ---
**Author:** ![Pyrrhonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pyrrhonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyrrhonist)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/118 "2005-03-01T05:30:42Z")
Perhaps everyone lookinmg for books here would enjoy visting the Bookcrossing webpage. They do basically the same thing and more. People will leave books in public places for others to find… or trade with other members. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/119 "2005-03-01T12:46:30Z")
**JerH** , I got my book last night. I’d forgotten all about it, so it was a happy surprise in my mailbox. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/120 "2005-03-01T13:32:47Z")
I got my Harry Potter books from **Emerald Grue** yesterday, and promptly spent the evening reading _HP & the Sorcercer’s Stone_. Thanks very much! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565.md?page=7)