I always go to the used book sale and get like 30 $1 paperbacks then donate them to my unit book cart (inpatient psych) when I’m done reading them (also a paperback and cup of tea pair nicely with a good night shift).
If any of you would like you do this just remember only paperbacks and while it’s not a hard no it’s best to avoid obviously hardcore / explicit violent or sexual content (nothing the other patients are going to comment on them reading in the dayroom). Also most of my coworkers who would object to adult content don’t really actually… read. At least not enough to censor content deeper than the cover.
That’s a great idea, love that. Out of curiosity does your ward have a good selection then? I’ve been to the psych ward (patient) and there was a shelf with games/books, etc but maybe 20 books and eh 🤷♀️
I think it’s a great idea for psych wards (and honestly other general wards too) to have a small, varied library and ideally, a quiet space to read.
You say cart - is yours a mobile library? That’s a very cool idea too.
It’s just a cart that as you said has about 20 books and a few board games at any one time. My donation picks seem to go pretty quickly (but also I have very #booktok taste).
Check also with your local public library — they sometimes sell books cheaply that have been donated or removed from their collection.
My library was selling a bag of books for a dollar. As in, you bring a bag, fill it with your choice of books, and pay a dollar. Not sure if they still do that, but they were getting overwhelmed with donations.
Pretty sure those would go to other organizations in our city. But great info.
This is a donation book fair, all donated books, all proceeds to charity.
What a haul!
I’m just getting into the sun eater series but from a quick scan of book spines there if you haven’t I’d recommend wading in unless a space opera than casually mentions 52 planets in the introductory book and is an autobiographical spanning 1500 years of misadventure sounds overwhelming 😂
I love space operas. The Expanse, Dune, and Foundations are awesome.
The first book is a lot of main character development but the second jumps right into the plot!
Maybe the early arrivers got their pick, but a good haul none-the-less
Oh definitely, helpers mentioned they did have some.
My buddy just texted me and his SO got the only Brandon Sanderson book.
Thats an insane haul.
Unfortunately the must haves had been picked over already. Volounteers get an early day. No dinnamin, no wells, anything popular was gone basically.
Oh man, those Lucky Starr titles bring back memories
+1 for Timothy Zahm btw. Nice haul
