On SantaThing....

[conuly]

Well, first of all, let me say I loved the books I got. Three picture book biographies, as requested, and now I have a new favorite author, Don Brown. So that's good. I may get a few of them for the nieces' school, actually - I'm always trying to get them some non-fiction books, because I know some children prefer those to fiction and schools are always full-full-full of early readers that are stories, not much in the way of biographies or science or history or whatnot.

And I checked out the guy I Secret Santa'd as well. Unlike me, he mostly lists the books and only seems to rate or review them if they're especially good or especially bad, so I was very happy to see he'd given Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers a five star rating. That's the sort of thing you want to see when you give somebody a gift :)

Next year I'll do it again!

Comments

[prezzey.livejournal.com]

Wheee! I'm happy I could give you useful advice! I think next year I'll sign up myself. It loooks like a lot of fun!

[conuly]

And thank you so much for the advice, too!

It was fun - the person who got me *also* had no idea what to get and had to rely on advice (they have no kids and their library is all Christian-lit), but I guess not knowing exactly is part of the fun?

[leora.livejournal.com]

Neat, I'm glad it worked out. Giving gifts is far more rewarding if the person ends up really liking it.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

*laugh* I misread that author as "Dan Brown" and had a moment of fear for your sanity.

BTW, I've been wondering how you'd feel about a loan of kids' books. I've got some great picture books that I can't quite bear the thought of losing altogether, but I'd be happy to loan them out to someone who's the right age, and I don't mind if they come back with a few jammy fingerprints.

[conuly]

Put your name inside so I know they're yours, and then... sure, why not?