The new international trend: Bookcrossing

By Maria Laura Blanco & Andrea Rodriguez

Book-crossing is an idea from United States since 2001. The objective is to share books people have finished reading, and exchange them in order to motivate people to read more. It is good idea for people who do not have enough money to buy a book on their own. Because with this new idea they can share with other people their books, and they can have a new one. Furthermore, it is a funny way to recycle.

Books have an incredible cultural value: they are full of knowledge, insights into a happy life, life lessons, love, fear, prayer and helpful advice. One can read about anything anywhere. Books have been here for centuries and without them today's knowledge about our past ancestors, cultures and civilizations would have been impossible.

It is an activity with a beautiful intention because, this trend is being implemented in different countries around the world like Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, France, United Kingdom, Germany, etc.