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Irish-EnglishGuy

Hello All,
I'm soon to be moving to Kuwait City and have an idea that I hope will catch on.
Having travelled a lot over the years I've often found myself paying out a lot of money on English language books/novels.
Wouldn't it be a great idea to meet with like minded people once a month, to swap books and have a coffee.
This would help us all meet new people and save money at the same time. We could just lay out two books each on a big table, mix them all up and pic another two from the pile.
I hope to get a good response, if it's positive then maybe someone could suggest a good central-ish cafe for the first meet.
Happy reading,
Irish-EnglishGuy

bhaas

IrishGuy, good idea! Some suggestions were made earlier about the same topic, but unfortunately the response wasn't overwhelming... Maybe we can kick-start this again... I know of one brave soul that tried this before (legacy) :cool:

legacy

im sorry mon ami, it kept skipping my mind as stuff just kept piling up,

tell u what, ur in Jabriya, im in Hawalli, Salmiya is close by, that nifty new bookstore/ coffee shop opened up there, better world books or something? i'll get the name later, bassically, they are in the business of selling second hand and buying back, so might i hazard a suggestion as to meeting there? preferably during the week, as weekends are difficult to navigate :P

Irish-EnglishGuy

Sounds great guys, lets keep the ball rolling. I'll be arriving in a few weeks so hopefully we can all hook up.

ace117

:)

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