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School’s out! No more teachers,
no more books, no more parties? Absolutely not! Leave the professors to teach summer session, but bring the books
and your party spirit home for the summer. Oh no, we're not talking about text books, we're talking about trashy,
chick lit. Summer means reading by the pool or at the beach, and since modern woman does not live by Cosmo alone, you need to host a book swap party.
What's a book swap? It's a party
where guests trade their books for those of the other guests. With paperbacks costing upwards of $8, it’s easy
to wonder, "do I really want to read this?" We say, recycle those books by swapping them out for your friends’.
Besides, hosting a book swap creates a social occasion to catch up with girlfriends and get personal reviews on the books
everyone is talking about (or at least seeing the movie it was made into).
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Timeline
Two Weeks Before Your Book Swap
Use Evite or simply send out an email
to your girlfriends inviting them to your first annual summer book swap. Explain that each guest should bring as many
books as she would like to swap, and suggest they write their name and contact information inside the book if they would like
the swappee to return it to them. Also ask each guest to bring either an appetizer, dessert, or a bottle of wine, and
to let you know which. Now your party planning is nearly complete!
Three Days Before Your Book Swap
Send out an email reminder. Make
sure you know what everyone is bringing so you can round out the menu. For a group of ten women or less, strive for
four appetizers, two desserts, and four bottles of wine. Multiply this formula for each group of ten, but realize that
trying to swap books with more than twenty women can be chaotic.
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Day of Your Book Swap
In the morning, purchase any pre-made
food items or the ingredients to make the dishes to round out the menu.
Pull out the books you personally plan
to swap. Don't forget to write your name and contact information in the ones you wish to have returned to you.
Create a space, such as the coffee table or an end table, where guests can deposit the books they plan to swap.
At the Book Swap
Devote the first hour to noshing and
conversation. This also ensures you have the maximum amount of books available to swap as it gives stragglers time to
arrive and get settled. After about an hour, start swapping.
Happy summer reading!
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