As a reader it breaks my heart to think of books going in the bin. There are people who throw a book out after reading (my jaw dropped when I heard this) and others who send boxes of books to the dump when cleaning out a deceased relative’s house. But, there are those who seek a way of rescuing doomed books and rehoming them. Two of those kind of people run ‘Book Bounce’ - they rescue books that would otherwise end up as worm food and offer them up for a ridiculously good price to reading lovers in Ballarat.
This morning, in a pokey unused shop behind the McDonald’s drive-through on Bakery Hill, they opened the door for two hours and for a tenner you could fill a bag. I don’t need any more books, but I love books, so I braved the crowded rooms to rifle through a curious and unsorted collection of books. I came home with my bag, feeling reassured that people will always love books, and delighted with my stash.
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