You may have heard of Book Crossing, a website which tracks books that you “release into the wild,” hoping that someone will claim and love them as much as you did.

Pass the Book is similar, but different. With this book giveaway plan, you give the book to a friend who agrees to read the book and pass it on to someone else. Eventually, if you put your name and address in the book, you get it back with comments and a list of the names of all who have read it and passed it. It sounds like fun to me.

Bookins is a book trading site. List the books you’d like to trade and list the books you’d like to get. Registration is free, and all it costs to trade is the postage. I haven’t signed up yet, but I think I’m going to do it and see how it works. Oh, and if you sign up, put my email (sherry DOT early AT gmail DOT com) in as your referrer, and I’ll get extra points.

Operation Paperback is a non-profit, grassroots program founded in 1999. They collect gently used books and send them to American troops deployed overseas.

I think it’s time for me to share some books –and make room for my Christmas gifts???