Book Swap Club

I've always loved reading, and for ages I've been thinking about starting a book club. But the more I thought about it the more I realised that I wasn't that interested in the everyone-reads-the-same-book-and-discusses-it type of book club (I would probably irritate everyone by doing this a lot).

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So instead I started a book swap club, and we had our first get together last night. Everyone brought along a selection of books that they'd read and enjoyed, we piled them up in the middle of the room, and in between eating and talking explained a little about them. Then at the end of the night people took home any books that took their fancy (and some that I forced on them like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies).

It's so good to be exposed to some more authors, since I've been finding it really easy to get into a reading rut and just keep on sticking to the same type of books. We've decided to make the book swap a monthly occurrence which gives me plenty of time to get through the stack of books I bought home, and some type to read a few new books that people might like.

Any recommendations? I tend to like books with love/monsters/crime/magic/humour/history/travel