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While with Pokemon Go, players use a mobile device's GPS and
camera to track virtual creatures around town, Aveline
Gregoire's version is played through a Facebook group called
"Chasseurs de livres" ("Book hunters").
Players post pictures and hints about where they have hidden a
book and others go to hunt them down. Once someone has finished
reading a book, they "release" it back into the wild.
"While I was arranging my library, I realized I didn't have
enough space for all my books. Having played Pokemon Go with my
kids, I had the idea of releasing the books into nature,"
Gregoire told Reuters.
Though it was only set up a few weeks ago, more than 40,000
people are already signed up to Gregoire's Facebook group.
The hidden tomes range from books for toddlers through to
Stephen King horrors, placed around Belgian towns and
countryside, often wrapped in clear plastic to keep off the
rain.
The Detournay family from the town of Baudour in southern
Belgium said the game was now part of their morning walks. They
found one book and left four others for people to find.
"My daugther said it's like hunting for easter eggs, only with
books," Jessica Detournay said.
When they returned home, they received a Facebook notification
informing them that somebody had already found two of their
books.
Gregoire is now contemplating taking the game a step further and
creating an app for it.
(Editing by Robert-Jan Bartunek and Robin Pomeroy)
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