There’s one around the corner and I gave some books to the boy so he could put them there. I haven’t stopped and looked for books…he said there’s mostly kid’s books and I don’t know if anyone is taking them. I still have some I could donate if it starts to empty out.
Often but they don't go under to that name. They vary in size from a box holding half a dozen books to a lobby in a shopping centre with a hundred shelf metres of books.
@DrWatson one of mine is a mystery novel. I learned of Harlan Coben from watching thriller mystery series on Netflix. I noticed they kinda had a similar feel so I looked into the producer or person behind it and all of them were him.
@cherokeepatti SO lucky! I am rediscovering my local BIG library. I need lots of reading material while I sit in waiting rooms, taking friends to their doctor's appointments!
@4meAndyou I think they started out putting them near schools on this side of the city so children could get some reading material..before the east-side (very small though) library was built. Then they started having different people put them in their yards too.
@NativePortlander1970 Sounds like a win all round - the sofa is reused rather than being sent to landfill, municipality is spared the expense of disposal -although it would have been courteous to have asked you first.
@SunshineGirl There's a common mentality in the US, once it hits the curb it's garbage, therefore free to take, it's a headache for people that are moving in or out of homes, thieves use that mentality to steal, despite the presence of moving vans or trucks, they even go inside the vehicles to get what they want.
@NativePortlander1970 There was a burglary ring that hit one residential area and I don’t know how many homes here about 14 years ago. They would bring a moving truck and break in and clean the houses out while the residents were at work… furniture, electronics, furnishings, jewelry, gun, tools, patio furniture, grills, etc. The neighbors would watch and say they didn’t know they were moving. Would find out it was a burglary after their neighbors came home. I heard this at a yard sale with the people talking about it. Now so many have security cams and can check on their homes while they are at work or on vacation.
