Archive

Posts Tagged ‘book blogger holiday swap’

Secret Santa 2011 #2

December 24, 2011 3 comments

My second secret santa present arrived!!  This one is part of the Book Blogger Holiday Swap.  The lovely lady who sent it to me said in her card that she’d just started following me on twitter when she was assigned to me, but girl! I couldn’t make out your twitter handle!  So please do let me know who you are!  🙂  She individually wrapped everything in gorgeous paper that I, yet again, do not have a picture of because I ripped the package open as soon as I got it, haha. It contained:

3 books and a card

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly–I remember adding this to my wishlist around the time when I read The Birth House.  Basically, a historic 1906 setting with a young, independent woman and a murder mystery.  This is going to be an ideal winter read!

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston–I find it utterly fascinating that both of my completely unconnected santas got me the same book from off my wishlist!  I take that as a huge sign from the universe to get at this asap and also maybe to host a giveaway of it!

The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon–Wow! This is not only from 2011, but also is a complete audiobook and certainly looks brand new. Thank you so much!  The book covers inter-racial relationships and the world of mental hospitals and mental illness, so basically it’s a cross-section of two topics I read a lot about.  I’m very excited to have this to read while working around my apartment, knitting, or running at the gym.

A beautiful card!  Currently hanging on my fridge.

Thanks for making my swap a wonderful experience, and please do out yourself thoughtful twitter follower!

Categories: Just for fun Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Friday Fun! (Holiday Swap)

December 24, 2010 4 comments

Hello my lovely readers!  This year I get to have Christmas Eve off since Christmas falls on a Saturday.  Yay!  I am writing this blog post sitting on my couch with a snoring kitty on my lap listening to decidedly not holiday themed music.  Hehe.  My dad is coming to visit me this weekend for the holiday.  He should be arriving in a few hours.  I already cleaned all the things! so now I get to just relax, blog, and read.

I was really excited to discover my book blogger holiday swap present on my front porch this morning!  What excellent timing!  I was also thrilled to see it came all the way from California.  It was like receiving a box of warm sunshine.  Val of Truth Be Told really went all out.  I was surprised to see so many presents to unwrap when I opened the box. 🙂

So many presents!

Because I have almost zero patience or capability to delay gratification, I decided to open them right away. 🙂

I’m really touched and surprised to see how well Val understands what I like from just my blog and info I put in on the form.

Such wonderful presents!

The Scars bookmark really touched me, as it’s a book on self-injuring, and you all know how much I advocate for mental illnesses.  The necklace is truly lovely and really has a California feel to it.  I was just saying to some of my friends that I really need acquire more necklaces, so that was good timing.  The card from a local museum near Val is truly lovely too!  It’s definitely going to make it to my fridge.  The actual squeeing came when I unwrapped the books, of course though.  The Monstrumologist has been on my wishlist *forever*.  I’ve never even heard of Vegan on the Cheap (hard to find a veg cookbook I haven’t heard of), and it looks so amazing!  All the recipes sound amazing and most of them cost $1 to $2 per serving.  Such thoughtful presents!

Thanks a bunch, Val! You made my first holiday swap experience really awesome. 🙂

Happy holiday weekend everyone!

Categories: Friday Fun! Tags: , , , , , ,