Comfort Reads discussion

I know some of you are members of Bookmooch and I thought it might be nice if some of us want to connect there in order to share/swap books. I know Goodreads has set up a swap program but it is only available for residents of the United States. I live in Canada and use bookmooch and am usually willing to mail books internationally. If you want to find me at bookmooch my user name is leeaiken. Just let me know you are from this group if you want to friend me there. My mooch inventory is usually quite low because books get snatched quickly but I add a few things periodically. If anyone else wants to connect on Bookmooch feel free to post your usernames here. :-)

I am on bookmooch but I haven't used it yet. If I do swap books, I'm definitely willing to mail internationally. After goodreads adds international swap and gets the kinks out, I'll probably use them. (when I add sone books, I'll post my name on bookmooch here. I haven't gotten that far yet, even though I've been a member for a while.

Good idea, Lee!

I currently use paperbackswap, but I would like to see what this goodreads swap is about. I haven't seen any details for it yet. I did do bookmooch for a while, but I was just too slow and never got there in time to be an effective moocher. I'm very active on PBS, but it stinks that they don't have international swapping.

I am on Bookmooch. I live in the U.S. but might be willing to send to Canada. My name on Bookmooch is Dara from IA. I love Bookmooch.

You've convinced me to give this a go, Lee! I'm just going to send you a friend request, then try listing a book. Eeek!!

my username at BM is lnatal (Brazil)

I use both Bookmooch and PBS. Some times only one of the two has the book I'm looking for so I hedge my bets.

Misfit wrote: "I use both Bookmooch and PBS. Some times only one of the two has the book I'm looking for so I hedge my bets."

If you want to add me as a buddy on PBS I am "Plumfan".
(yes, I signed up for PBS during a Stephanie Plum marathon, haha)

Christine wrote: "Misfit wrote: "I use both Bookmooch and PBS. Some times only one of the two has the book I'm looking for so I hedge my bets."

If you want to add me as a buddy on PBS I am "Plumfan".
(yes, I sig..."

I'll go find you. I'm Misfit on both places.

Darkpool wrote: "You've convinced me to give this a go, Lee! I'm just going to send you a friend request, then try listing a book. Eeek!!"

Don't be scared Darkpool! It's really fun. You will have to send a book or two to someone before you have enough points to mooch though. Unless you list a bunch of books.

Chandra wrote: "I'm not sure if I'd be a good bookmoocher as I'm only willing to part with books that I really disliked! Eeeek! ;-)"

Chandra, I rarely give up my books either, but given how many books I want that I can't find, I might try to get myself into swap mode someday. Also, I just went to a 42 year old paperback (that I've read probably 100 times but not for at least a decade) and realized it wasn't readable at this point; it's in bad shape. So, unfortunately, some books, especially cheap books, don't last forever anyway.

I sometimes pick up very cheap paperbacks that are in good condition at library sales or yard sales. I sometimes add those to my mooch inventory. I don't seem to get particularly attached to fiction especially if I know I'm not going to read it more than once.

Lee wrote: "I sometimes pick up very cheap paperbacks that are in good condition at library sales or yard sales. I sometimes add those to my mooch inventory. I don't seem to get particularly attached to fict..."

Lee, That's very smart!

Why thank you! *smiling*
I do like the idea of sharing books with people all over the world. And I love getting any kind of mail!

Awesomely excited. I've just had someone mooch a book off me. My first!!!

Yay Darkpool! Now you'll have a point or two to mooch a book! Yay!

Chandra wrote: "I'm not sure if I'd be a good bookmoocher as I'm only willing to part with books that I really disliked! Eeeek! ;-)"

One reader's meat is another reader's poison, or whatever that proverb is... I'm hdk on Bookmooch and have a strange collection of stuff, but y'all can take a look!

Hayes wrote: "Chandra wrote: "I'm not sure if I'd be a good bookmoocher as I'm only willing to part with books that I really disliked! Eeeek! ;-)"

One reader's meat is another reader's poison, or whatever that..."

I suffer from the same sickness Hayes. On the other hand, we start to read a larger variety of genres at BM.

Fiona, my username at BM is lnatal: Bio Laura

What a great site! It looks better than any other swap site I've seen. The picture on the home page is so cute.
I just signed up as VeganLinds. I don't know how soon I'll have any books up there, but I'm definitely interested in using it. I'll be sure to post here again when I get some books up.

Lee, I love your idea of picking up books at sales and posting them on there.

welcome to BM Lindsey. I have already mooched more than 100 books there.

Thanks, Laura! Wow, that's quite a stash!
I just added you as a friend on there :)

Lindsey, I'd like to add you as a friend there. Someday I might use it. I think I'm Laura's friend & Lee's friend. Maybe you can figure out who I am. ;-)

Found you!
I'm with you on the "someday I might use it" :D
I'm sad I just sold a lot of my books to a couple used bookstores before finding Bookmooch or thinking about using GR Swap. Oh well, I'm sure there will be plenty of books in the future!

Thanks, Lindsey. I just got the email and accepted you. I had to look up my name & password anyway. I keep a pw protected doc on my computer with all my many passwords, etc.

Lindsey wrote: "What a great site! It looks better than any other swap site I've seen. The picture on the home page is so cute.
I just signed up as VeganLinds. I don't know how soon I'll have any books up there, b..."

I sometimes find classics for sale at the library for 25 cents so it's nice to be able to pass those along to other moochers.

I've really enjoyed using bookmooch since Lee persuaded me to give it a go. I love the feeling of sending my no-longer-wanted books off overseas, where someone else may have the excitement of finally completing a series, for instance. I've managed to mooch a few books that have been recommended in the group that I've not been able to get at my local library, although I've yet to actually read any of them!

Lee wrote: "I know some of you are members of Bookmooch and I thought it might be nice if some of us want to connect there in order to share/swap books. I know Goodreads has set up a swap program but it is onl..."
Hi Lee - I am in Canada from July 5th and I just released my first book. I would love to do a bookswap. It would be my first :)
Tanya Johansen