I know Book Crossing hasn’t really taken off but I have stumbled upon a book-crossing book that somehow intrigues me at the coffee shop. The title would speak for itself: Masquerade by Walter Satterthwait.It’s a thriller about an investigation of a double suicide in 1923 Paris. One of the victims is an American publisher and those who are among the list of suspects are big names like Getrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway. Have you heard of Book Crossing?
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I have not heard of it before now but it does sound kind of interesting though.
I have known about it for quite a while and have received several books registered with book crossing via bookmooch.
I have never released a book into the wild before though! I have heard that the massive majority of book crossing books just disappear, never to be seen again, so I think it would be a frustrating hobby.
I have heard of Book Crossing, but never caught or released a book. It sounds like an interesting concept but it seems that most of the books just disappear.
I’m a bookcrosser, sort of. I used to be quite active, though more among members (like forum talk and book chain) than to ‘wild release’. But then I decided to save up and posting cost seemed like one that I should cut off, so I did and haven’t been dropping by the site that much since then. It was great though. There were a lot of very nice people, and really, people who love books! My bookshelf:
http://bookcrossing.com/referral/meexia
I have heard of it, and I actually registered. However, I’ve never participated by sending any books out. I like the idea of it, but I’m not sure exactly why I haven’t gone further with it.
I registered on it a while back but never really did anything. I think it’s a great idea and have always wanted to stumble on a book.
That’s so cool that you found one. I hope you’ll enjoy it!
I’ve heard of Book Crossing but haven’t investigated it much. I’ve got my hands full as it is
I have heard of book crossing but I have never actually seen a book crossing book anywhere and would have thought that in London I just might. I need to keep my eyes peeled!
I tried the whole Book Crossing thing. Never found any books, and none of mine were ever picked up.
I released a couple but have never heard about them since.
I’m registered, and even have a couple of books registered–keep meaning to actually release them somewhere. One day!
I do wish bookcrossing would take off more – I printed stickers and bought bright orange bookcrossing post-it notes (just to help support the website) – but I seem to most often finish a book on a plane or in an airport and I just worry that leaving books about in an airport may cause a security issue.
That said, it would not be very good for secondhand bookshops if it really took off which do provide a useful service too..
I released a few, and would go hunting for books in the wild when I lived in a large city, but now that I’m in a smaller town, there’s only one other person who releases books here, and we don’t share the same tastes.
How can you say it “hasn’t really taken off”?
There’s a worldwide community and I strongly believe it is also quite wellknown outside of that. But hey, I’m a BX-er as well so maybe it’s just wishful thinking 
Gnoe’s Bookcrossing bookshelf
800,000 + members and 6,000,000 books registered. Now THAT is success, especially when you consider that it’s counter-intuitive to give free books to strangers. It does make sense though: “I want to find free books so I’ll leave free books for others and that will encourage them to do the same”.
A lot of books haven’t been heard from YET but a book’s life is a slow one. The sooner we release books the sooner we’ll get a journal entry. After all, we’ll all release everything one day. How gutted would you feel if you got a journal entry but you couldn’t read it because you were already DEAD