Today's guest blogger is Johanna Karlsson, who is one of five behind the hyped blog bokhora.se. The blog seeks to promote endless reading and is independent of everything except the written word itself.

Recycling has become quite popular. Nowadays you can recycle almost anything. You can recycle books too, but it is seldom you get anything other than a good conscience for it. It's a good thing, but if you want to transform your old, already-read books on the bookshelf for new, unread ones, you can arrange a book exchange with your friends. 

You need a flat surface on which to put all the books to be traded. For example, a few tables, a large floor area or blankets on the grass. For a book exchange, you will need to invite some friends; I recommend 5-15 people. Don't only invite your closest friends, you may have very similar and taste in books and the whole point of a book exchange is to find new things. Before sending out invitations, you will need to agree on how many books one can bring. More than 15 books is usually too much work.

How you choose to organize the book exchange is up to you. On Bokhora we usually draw straws to decide the order and then choose onebook at a time until all are satisfied. 

Bonus: Bokhora http://www.bokhora.se/blog/