Rather than watch a favourite book gather dust on its shelf, why not give other people the chance to enjoy it as well?
Simply leave it where others are likely to find it - a park bench, a bus seat, a waiting room - with perhaps a little encouraging note like "read me" and someone is bound to pick it up, read it and pass it on.
This is the premise behind bookcrossing.com where already almost 500,000 books have been registered and just over 146,000 people are members.
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