Books In The Wild: Books in the Wild

The purpose of this blog is to share and discuss books. It is not intended to be a list of reviews but an exploration of reactions, exploring what books mean in our lives and why.

The main intention, and the idea that triggered the blog, is to leave books in places to be discovered: maybe on a train, in a cafe or on a park bench, or simply passed to someone else to read. I am hoping that whoever finds the book will decide to read it, and then leave their comments and reactions on the blog. Fingers crossed they will also decide to leave the book for someone else to find and repeat the process.

The initial idea came from a journey when I found Lori Lansens', 'The Girls' left on a train at Victoria Station, London. Since then the thought of books being taken off bookshelves and released into the wild has whittled away at me. More details of my musings and plans for the blog can be found in my first blog post, The beginnings of a plan.

As I started work on the blog, I realised I would also like it to be a forum where people could post thoughts, feelings and recommendations about books and stories, much as we would do with friends and relatives. Hopefully this could extend to include memories of what first made you a reader and what books mean to you now.

At the moment the blog is in its very early stages. Over only a period of days it changed from my original plan, of purely being about those books that are 'set free', to one which is broader and more inclusive. I am looking forward to seeing how it continues to develop and where it will take us.

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