A few of the holiday hotels I stayed at had something similar. A corner of the reception area where people going home, so their baggage wasn't overweight, could leave things they didn't want to take back. Books, suntan lotion etc. In one place, after the coach left it was like a feeding frenzy seeing what had been left, and it wasn't just me!
because some people find that very odd indeed. Some won't even watch a movie for a 2nd time. You listen to the same music more than once, so why not for a book, if it gives you pleasure to do so.
I've been given "The bedside book of algebra" (sheep counting for smarty pants). I accepted it, thinking it was going to be a humorous book. It looked unread, Now i know why! It's just pure mathematics, what a misleading title!
It's lovely when you discover an author new to you. I was the same with Han Suyin, I adored her first three books, but the fourth "The mountain is young" is very disappointing, to the point I'm struggling to finish it
