I've been a BookCrosser since 25th of June of 2003, and i've lost count of the many ways bookcrossing changed my life. Yet lately i've been dispirited with it, the endless bickering and utter silliness in the Portuguese Forum, the cheap marketing tactics by the founders, the terrible conditions offered by the website...
I've often felt like i already got the most of what i could get out of BC, i've met extraordinary people, made everlasting friends, read things i'd probably never read.
But even thinking something like that already sounds like a betrayal...
Still i've decided to take a step back from what an active bookcrosser usually does, which appears mostly to be actively participate in the Forum, and become a closet bookcrosser.
I don't think it was on purpose to cheer me up but i was showered with books from some of those friends, Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness is what we tend to call this, here are the books:
The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Wolfsong and Journey to Sorrow's End by Wendy and Richard Pini, Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey
RABCK from BlossumU
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
RABCK from Xana
Thank you girls, most days i think i don't deserve such good friends, others i'm sure!! :)
Não é o facto de participarmos no fórum que nos torna bookcrossers. Eu considero-me uma bookcrosser activa e, no entanto, raramente vou ao fórum. Os assuntos ali abordados passam-me a maior parte das vezes ao lado e não tenho paciência para alguma picuinhices. Endfim :-P
ReplyDeleteE vivam os amigos :-)
oh, de nada :) e sei o que queres dizer precisamente, embora se calhar eu ainda tenha mais preocupações ( se pensasse nisso, o que não penso) com a finalidade exacta dos donos do site.
ReplyDeleteTambém deixei de frequentar o forum, no entanto continuo a ter alguma actividade a nível do BC.
ReplyDeleteRealmente, era muito mais giro passear pelo forum quando lá entrei pelas primeiras vezes, e durante aquele ano... Agora há demasiada mesquinhez para o meu gosto. Parece que só se anda por lá para encontrar alguém com quem implicar e não tenho pachorra para isso.
ReplyDeleteDou lá um salto de vez em quando, revejo velhos amigos e "prontes".
Tudo isto para dizer: compreendo tudo o que queres dizer!
Jinhos