I am on a lot of bookrings (through Bookcrossing). Occasionally I get a book that smells musty but recently got my first that was permeated with cigarette smoke. My sense of smell is heightened these days (along with nausea) so I'm desperately seeking out methods of ridding the book of the odor so I can read it.
I found a list of items here:
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf000592.tip.html
I'm trying the cat litter method -- sealed in a plastic box with clay litter. If that doesn't work, I'll move on to newspaper. My dryer sheets are moist so I would probably need to get a different kind. Although the cedar method sounds interesting... I have some old cedar shavings from when I used to have gerbils a couple of years ago....
Anyway, I ramble. Will keep posted on how this works.
