To the Readers of the World... Welcome to the PB&J (Pass a Book and Jam) Movement! We know that one book can change a person’s life, so why keep them on a shelf collecting dust? Our names are Jake and Rachel, we are two college kids whose mission is to spread the knowledge and joy of some works that have inspired us. We are just starting it, now it’s up to you! It's a book-share, and people-connecting movement. These books will keep on moving and we want them to see the world!

How to get involved: We’ve started passing books, but you can pass your own! Let’s try and only pass mind-blowing awesome books, not books that you want to get rid of. Pass the book on to a friend, or we encourage you to get someone you don’t know involved… like that nice guy who pours your coffee every morning :). We would like for you to write a little diddly on the inside-flap so people know what they’re getting into. Here’s a template (we tried to keep it short and sweet):

Welcome to the PB&J (Pass a Book and Jam) Movement!
Here is your mission: read this life changing book, tell us about your experience, and then pass it to somebody awesome; they could be a friend, stranger on the street, or even that weird space alien that dropped by for a funk party last night. We have a communal blog, it’s super easy to use! Go to blogger.com, username: pbjmovement, password: freeyourbind. Simply click ‘New Post’ and go to town. Please post so we can all see where the books are traveling to! Free your bind, reading for the mind!


Also, if you so desire: Take silly pictures and post them on the blog, too! For example, pictures of you 'jamming' with your book or with a PB&J sandwich or use your creative jelly to come up with something :)

Also, when using the blog: We want to facilitate friendly discussion and dialogue, too! Feel free to "follow" us or "comment" on any posts. We are letting the blog be communal and open to anyone and everyone, but please be respectful! In addition, if you post, you can add "tags" to your entry to help identify what's being talked about in the post. This will help people find your entry. So, if you're talking about a specific book, add the book title in the "label" box before you post.

"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read." -Abraham Lincoln

Yeaha! Reading is awesome!

Monday, August 15, 2011

It all begins at the Outside Lands Festival!!!




Hey Everybody!
Jake here, just getting the movement under way!
This weekend the funk was stickin between our toes, the positive vibrations radiating through our hearts, and the strangers dancing with other strangers; what beauty.
So I figured since we are trying to spread these books out as far around the globe as possible and to different type of folks, a music festival would be the prime place to begin.
I ran in to friends of the past, groovers of the present, and space people of the future, and enlightened beings living in all three. People out there dig reading and are aching for something to nourish the mind.
In the three days at the festival I went around telling people about the movement, how they can get involved, and if they were interested in participating. Nearly everyone I approached was in search of some new wisdom or just a nice brain snack, so I can say: It has begun! The creative jelly is being spread across the massive whole wheat multi-grain seed bread of the world now.
Here are some pics of the first people to get involved!
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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Why I think it's important

Hey guys, Rachel here.

I just wanted to say real quick why I personally think this movement is important. Very recently I've begun to start reading more, and I really believe it is so important in becoming a better citizen of the world. Knowing what is going on in the world, hearing different perspectives, understanding the way you think, the way others think, the way the world works. I want to encourage everyone to read more for pleasure and to read new books that might challenge their way of thinking (get outside yo comfort zone!).

Sometimes I feel super-dumb. I'll be sitting in a room and everyone is having a conversation and I want to join in but have nothing to say because I'm not familiar with the issue or I just feel super-dumb. Reading can help! It's so exciting, we can feel better connected in so many ways just by picking up another book.

Also, it's funner if it is a shared experience and I think PB&J Movement can not only be a book-share but a people-connector. Anyway, I'm super psyched about sharing and connecting, and I hope you all get pumped about this too.

Open your mind and heart,
I hope all this wasn't too cheezy,
But I don't care,
Love,
Rachel
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Friday, August 5, 2011

Ze Beginning

Like peeling a banana as you salivate and anticipate to devour it's delicious innards, every beautiful thing must begin somewhere.

Jake and I (Rachel) have selected the following 16 books to begin their PB&J journey:


Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Robert A.F. Thurman
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Solar Storms by Linda Hogan
The Power of Silence by Carlos Castaneda
Demian by Herman Hesse
The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit by Shirley MacLaine

We're gonna start passing and jamming, we hope to hear where these books go on this blog. 
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