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I love the idea but whenever I look in these it’s always the weirdest books and never anything I’ve heard of I guess that is expected though as the unwanted on

I love the idea but whenever I look in these it’s always the weirdest books and never anything I’ve heard of I guess that is expected though as the unwanted ones build up over time

singpolyma3 8mo ago
Why would you want something you'd already heard of? That's hardly a discovery you could get such a book at the public library.
- eudamoniac 8mo ago
  Why would you want something you hadn't heard of? Nobody has run out of books that they've heard are good.
  - ex-aws-dude 8mo ago
    Yeah the thing is books are really time consuming so I tend to pick carefully
  - singpolyma3 8mo ago
    I run out of books all the time and go hunting for recommendations
    - eudamoniac 8mo ago
      https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/great-books-reading-list https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/great-bo... Should keep you busy
dfxm12 8mo ago
Consider stepping out of your comfort zone.
- ex-aws-dude 8mo ago
  Into the harlequin romance zone or the “Wordperfect 6 for Dummies” zone?
  - pasquinelli 8mo ago
    harlequin romance zone, for sure.
  - lelandfe 8mo ago
    Sure it’s not 1985 now, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?
egonschiele 8mo ago
I feel like they are often unwanted discards... but we have one and we try to put interesting books in there. Recently gave away my entire Harry Potter series.
mtndew4brkfst 8mo ago
The ones in my neighborhood are full of religious evangelism titles or bad self-help books.
- ForOldHack 8mo ago
  I cannot and will not advocate the burning of books, but I did get a 13 volume collection of Ann Coulter books... And they did burn well. 415F.
  - WalterBright 8mo ago
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eucyclos 8mo ago
Sorry. I'm the weird niche author who puts a copy of his books in these whenever I come across a new one. Author's copies are so bloody cheap and little free libraries are full of weird stuff already, it feels more likely someone looking for books in one will appreciate mine.

I love the idea but whenever I look in these it’s always the weirdest books and never anything I’ve heard of I guess that is expected though as the unwanted ones build up over time

singpolyma3 8mo ago

Why would you want something you'd already heard of? That's hardly a discovery you could get such a book at the public library.

eudamoniac 8mo ago
Why would you want something you hadn't heard of? Nobody has run out of books that they've heard are good.
- ex-aws-dude 8mo ago
  Yeah the thing is books are really time consuming so I tend to pick carefully
- singpolyma3 8mo ago
  I run out of books all the time and go hunting for recommendations
  - eudamoniac 8mo ago
    https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/great-books-reading-list https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/great-bo... Should keep you busy

dfxm12 8mo ago

Consider stepping out of your comfort zone.

ex-aws-dude 8mo ago
Into the harlequin romance zone or the “Wordperfect 6 for Dummies” zone?
- pasquinelli 8mo ago
  harlequin romance zone, for sure.
- lelandfe 8mo ago
  Sure it’s not 1985 now, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?

egonschiele 8mo ago

I feel like they are often unwanted discards... but we have one and we try to put interesting books in there. Recently gave away my entire Harry Potter series.

mtndew4brkfst 8mo ago

The ones in my neighborhood are full of religious evangelism titles or bad self-help books.

ForOldHack 8mo ago
I cannot and will not advocate the burning of books, but I did get a 13 volume collection of Ann Coulter books... And they did burn well. 415F.
- WalterBright 8mo ago
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eucyclos 8mo ago

Sorry. I'm the weird niche author who puts a copy of his books in these whenever I come across a new one. Author's copies are so bloody cheap and little free libraries are full of weird stuff already, it feels more likely someone looking for books in one will appreciate mine.