In response to their clamoring for more, he started an online museum of sorts,, containing letters, ticket stubs, photographs, four-leaf clovers and anything else you can imagine fitting between two leaves of paper.
Popek’s journey began in 2007, when he started sending images of his finds to a few close friends. In essence, everything that we turn on the TV to get, but love nothing more than discovering in private. Also, I created an envelope at the back of the book before sending it out, and inserted a few bookmarks, inviting people to take a few or leave a few as the book travelled.Thanks to his meticulous sourcing, those of us who love nothing more than the idea of snooping through other people’s journals and attics will find between these pages much of what we dream of discovering: love letters hate letters letters to mothers from sons overseas during the war letters to mothers from sons asking for money strident letters to mothers from sons explaining that they will be proposing to their girlfriends, regardless of their parents’ approval. The book itself was fun but the comments of all who read it after me were great. Why am I blathering on about this, you ask? One of my favourite and most successful bookrings was for a book called Forgotten Bookmarks by Michael Popek.
A bookray does not have to wind up back *home* with the original owner when that happens, it's called a bookring. Each person who *journals* the book is basically reviewing it and each person subsequently is able to see all the previous journal entries. I then set up a more or less geographically sensible list and send it to the first person, who reads, then sends it to the next, and so on. I am a member there too and once started what we call a bookray: the owner of a book asks on the threads if anyone else is interested, then assembles a list of those who reply.
I will find a few of my faves and post them (I have *tons* of bookmarks).ĭon't know if you are familiar with. 12 - I haven't posted here yet but have been enjoying this new thread you started.
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