Recently retired from a community mediation service, reading has always been a big part of my life. I recently travelled to India, where I got great pleasure out of exchanging books with fellow travellers, so I've finally got round to joining BookCrossing. I also am often in France, so it'll be interesting to se whether my English books are appreciated, and whether I get the chance to pick up French ones. A reading group friend told me about this site, and I'm glad finally to have taken the plunge and joined.