The Alibrary Experiment

When walking one of the quieter Vancouver streets recently, I spotted a bright cabinet by a driveway, labelled 'Alibrary'.

Vancouver people have a pretty good habit of leaving free swag in public places..but was this a whole cabinet of free books?!

Hell yes! Naturally I had to get in on this action and use it for an experiment. I decided to take a second hand book from my collection, write a note explaining what I was doing, and leave the book in this wonderful Alibrary. What book did I choose? Well...

Ok, so it won't be to everyone's taste, but I'm hoping whoever is willing to pick up a book of wisdom from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson will be willing to drop me an email telling me when they picked it up, and where they are going to leave it when they are done with it, etc.

So.. I brought the book with me the next time I knew I would be passing the cabinet. What did I see waiting for me in exchange for my tale of the most electrifying man in sports entertainment?

Only four Calvin and Hobbes collections! This was the cherry on top of what was already a lucky day for me. I'm hoping I was owed some karma or something. If you didn't know, I love Calvin and Hobbes, but had to leave my collection at home, two years ago. What an amazing, unselfish act for someone to give such a generous gift to a stranger like me. I will of course be returning the collection to Alibrary before I return to Ireland.

As for The Rock book..only time will tell if I will be able to track its journey or not. I will however be adding more books to the experiment in the coming weeks.