Yesterday I got given a book as part of World Book Night 2011, which was actually on the 5th of March. Essentially World Book Night was about giving away much-loved books for free around the UK in an attempt to get people talk about the books they love and recommending others to read.
Mr. B's Emporium of Reading, a bookshop in Bath, had 50 copies of Mohsin Hamid's novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist to give away, and decided to share those books up with other local businesses. Now this happened to include my place of work, The Salamander, which is literally across the road for Mr. B's. I believe we had 10 copies to give away but somehow my manager Rachel still had one left over, so she gave it to me since I'm a literature student.
Whilst I know the gesture was more blasé than that, since they simply had it left over and I just happened to be working yesterday, but I loved it. Not only do I get something free, but I get something which comes recommended by a team of literary experts.
I started reading it tonight at knitting, and whilst I didn't get very far into it due to chatting and eating chocolate buttons, I have enjoyed what I've read so far. Definitely going to read it to the end, and hey, maybe even review it!
-A
Yay! Free book! I'm loving the new pink here too x
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