Imagine walking round the block a few times at closing time, varying your pace while trying to look convincingly lost so as not to draw attention to your real aim - to dive into the free Pret a Manger/Starbucks/whatever sandwich... we would all feel just a little embarrassed if we were caught, right? I oddly feel the same about World Book Night when people start giving you free books. Books for free. Half a million good, bestselling novels that you don't have to pay for... it doesn't feel right! However, this does seem to be an exceptionally good year... with some of my favourite books being handed out all over the UK, Ireland at the USA this evening by 20,000 bookish keen beans standing on street corners, the underground, famous landmarks.
Books this year include The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevallier, Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman, The Road Home by Rose Tremain and Jeanette Winterson's Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? which I reviewed here last year. Take a peak at the other books featuring in World Book Night 2013 here if your eyes just can't quite make out any more than tiny vague squares in the picture above...
Have a look on the WBN website for information on how you can be involved tonight and how to volunteer next year.
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