The thing that scares me about moving out of our apartment eventually is all the books we have accumulated over the years. I am painfully attached to most of them, the memories they stir up, and the people they remind me of. I can't bring myself to give them away. But there are some godawful ones that I must get rid of, which too trigger memories, but sometimes there is some benefit to disremembering!

So I came across this fun website called Bookmooch that I am inclined to try. You log into their site and list the books you want to give away. For every book that you give someone through the website you earn one point, which will allow you to get any other book of your choice from the website that is listed by someone else! To begin with, you get 1 point for listing 10 books that you want to give away and three points for sending books out of your country. There is no cost to join or use the website, except for mailing the book. You can also maintain a wish list on the site, so that they can mail you the book of your choice once it becomes available!

What is interesting in addition to exchanging books is that you can donate points to charities that BookMooch works with!

Overall, I think it seems like a brilliant idea. It helps you get rid of bad books and narrow down your collection to good ones. It keeps books in circulation. It seems like an exciting and cost-effective alternative, if you, like me, prefer owning books to borrowing them from the library. It's passably eco-friendly! (not really). There is also that charity bit.

So there! I have convinced myself! I am going to be Bookmooching!