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Bookaholics Anonymous started as a platform to do bookcrossing. Bookcrossing is the act of leaving books in random public places for people to take a book to read, and to keep passing on the books to others. This way, the books get more use out of them and sharing is simply caring.
Then we started adopting and rescuing more used books that would be sent to recycle otherwise. It’s just not cool to waste them like this. At the same time, some of our followers lamented that they could never get their hands on books that we leave in places, and asked if we could sell them affordably instead. So that is what we did - we started an online second-hand bookshop, and subsequently having a physical bookstore in Subang Jaya.
I believe we are a very different kind of bookshop and for as long as we exist, we will continue to be a bookshop of good reads, friendly service, and meaningful deeds. We hope to contribute in many ways towards our communities by paying it forward, and thank you for being a part of it too!
Media Coverage
We're grateful to have opportunities to share the love of books and reading, and to have supportive members of the media to lend their reach by covering some of our community reading initiatives.
BFM By The Book Feature
A CELEBRATION OF BUYING (AND RENTING) SECONDHAND BOOKS
Click here to listen to the interview via BFM’s podcast.
FMT Lifestyle Feature: Bookworm Carol is spreading the joy of reading
PETALING JAYA: Books can cost a pretty penny, and a bookworm could very well end up emptying their pockets in the pursuit of their reading habit.
While periodic book sales offer unbeatable discounts, it’s not always that you find the titles you’re looking for, and many a book-lover is guilty of carting home armfuls of books, all bought on impulse and often left unread for months or years to come.
And despite a new generation of readers who have embraced e-books, many more still crave for the tactile sensations that come with reading a physical book.
These are some of the reasons that prompted Carol Low to start her book rental service, called simply “The Joy of Books”, after she rekindled her long-abandoned love of reading during the long lockdowns brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Star Lifestyle Feature: Former Malaysian national rhythmic gymnast builds mini street library in her neighbourhood
It could pass off as a birdhouse from the outside. There’s nothing feathery in it but it is a hatchery for learning.
The small structure has been drawing attention from people around the area lately.