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I eagerly marked the event in my calendar.

to 5 p.m., the exchange ended around noon, when all of the over 300 books were claimed. The potential new book owners would rely on the original recommender’s note to pick a book.Īlmost two years after it was originally planned in March 2020, the exchange was finally held in the Hayden Library courtyard Nov. However, the books would be wrapped and organized solely by genre. The organizers would then purchase the books and allow MIT affiliates to browse through and take one home.

Any MIT-affiliated individual could recommend a book and write a brief description as to why they recommended it. A graduate student, Stephen Filippone, was hosting a “Mysterious Book Exchange” with the help of MIT Libraries, the Community Service Office, MindHandHeart, and the Graduate Student Council. In February 2020, I scrolled through my inbox to find an email advertising something different than the usual department spam. Arts book review A British history of World War I An exciting event ends with a disappointing read By Mindy Long Jan.