Every year, I begin the new year by sending SMS messages to my friends and colleagues. This time, I thought to begin it in a unique way, by gifting a book to a fellow book-lover, though unknown to me. This way I can spread the joy of reading in this new year.
This is how it works:
STEP 1: Send a book to the address I'll give you. This is the address of the person who has introduced me to it.
STEP 2: Coy and paste my status on your Facebook wall, which is as follows:
Then when someone comments/says yes, give them my address and name.
Whoever says yes will send a book to me.
Of course, in reality, you may get far less books than 36 as claimed in the status message. But then the focus is on spreading the joy of reading.
Today I gifted a book to an unknown person. In my case, I decided to gift the book which happens to be my best read in 2015. So I gifted "Riot" by Shashi Tharoor to my unknown friend, hoping that he likes it. Thanks to e-commerce giant Amazon, it took me only a few minutes. Lets see how many books I get ultimately in return, or whether I get one at all.
In this digital age, number of book-readers are dwindling fast. In this scenario, this kind of initiative can go a long way to promote reading habit.
Thanks to all the readers who visit my blog and wishing all of you a very happy and fun-filled year ahead. Stay tuned to my blog. Keep reading!
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