Inver Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 (edited) I'll be gettting out to choose mine soon....sorry for the delay. Was going to go yesterday or today but have felt rubbish with this yucky cold. Tuesday ~ bought my book today will get it posted tomorrow. Edited December 1, 2009 by Inver Quote
Stephanie2008 Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 I will (hopefully) be sending mine tomorrow Quote
madcow Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 I am sure you did Chimera, I choose with the tried and tested method of eenie meenie minie moe (I imagine its slightly scientific) I used the ip dip do method I've sent mine off through Amazon Gotta love amazon that's how I sent mine Quote
Kate Posted November 30, 2009 Posted November 30, 2009 My secret santa book has arrived, thank you!! Quote
BookJumper Posted November 30, 2009 Posted November 30, 2009 Ordering my lucky person's gift as we type would have done it sooner but evil bank took over a month to issue me with a replacement card ! Quote
Weave Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 I received my Secret Santa present today, thank you Santa Quote
Lucybird Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 Mine came today (or at least I think it's my secret santa, I haven't unwrapped it or even opened the card). And once I can be bothered to get up and get my bank card I will be ordering the one for my giftee. Quote
Stephanie2008 Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 I got mine today I haven't opened it yet though, can't decide if I want to or not Quote
Kimmy619 Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 I posted mine yesterday and my gift arrived this morning, so thank you Santa . I am not opening it until christmas day though. Quote
madcow Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 Mine arrived whilst I was away and shame on me I couldn't resist so opened it Thank you Santa I'll look forward to reading it over the festive period. Quote
Readwine Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 Santa came, Santa came. Thank you, Thank you. I will admit I opened my pressie as I cannot resist surprises. I must have been good this year because Santa brought me Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie. I can't wait to start it. I looove what I call cultural novels. Novels set in different cultures and countries, giving you insight and inspiring interest. Thank you, thank you Santa Here is a little blurb from Amazon: By turns luminous and horrific, this debut ensnares the reader from the first page and lingers in the memory long after its tragic end. First-person narrator Kambili Achike is a 15-year-old Nigerian girl growing up in sheltered privilege in a country ravaged by political strife and personal struggle. She and her brother, Jaja, and their quiet mother, who speaks "the way a bird eats, in small amounts," live this life of luxury because Kambili's father is a wealthy man who owns factories, publishes a politically outspoken newspaper and outwardly leads the moral, humble life of a faithful Catholic. The many grateful citizens who have received his blessings and material assistance call him omelora, "The One Who Does for the Community." Yet Kambili, Jaja and their mother see a side to their provider no one else does: he is also a religious fanatic who regularly and viciously beats his family for the mildest infractions of his interpretation of an exemplary Christian life. The children know better than to discuss their home life with anyone else; "there was so much that we never told." But when they are unexpectedly allowed to visit their liberated and loving Aunty Ifeoma, a widowed university professor raising three children, family secrets and tensions bubble dangerously to the surface, setting in motion a chain of events that allow Kambili to slowly blossom as she begins to question the authority of the precepts and adults she once held sacred. In a soft, searing voice, Adichie examines the complexities of family, faith and country through the haunted but hopeful eyes of a young girl on the cusp of womanhood. Lush, cadenced and often disconcerting, this is an accomplished first effort. Quote
madcow Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 I forgot to mention that there was also another package which had a personalised bookmark in. I have to assume it was part of the secret santa pressie as I know I haven't ordered it so thank you again santa Quote
Inver Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 Two parcels arrived via Book Depository...now I know I haven't ordered anything from them.....to open or not to open:exc:that is the question....thanks whoever it is Quote
SaraPepparkaka Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 Thank you Santa for the present. I hope you don't mind that I couldn't wait and had to open it.. Quote
Lucybird Posted December 11, 2009 Posted December 11, 2009 Sent mine today, would have earlier if I hadn't managed to loose my bank card! Quote
Nicola Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Oooooh my secret santa gift came today It's under my tree as we speak and there it shall stay until Christmas morning! Thanks Santa xxx I also received chocolate coins which I love love love! Can't promise that they'll stay there until Christmas morning mind you......I'll try my best though Quote
Chimera Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 My stocking got filled today! And there was a lovely letter along with the package I was going to tore it open... But when I saw the care that went into it I decided to wait. So it's now sitting under my tree Thank you, thank you, thank you !!! Quote
Inver Posted December 24, 2009 Posted December 24, 2009 Soon be time to find out what is inside the pressie Quote
Inver Posted December 25, 2009 Posted December 25, 2009 My Secret Santa books 'The Notebook' by Nicholas Sparks 'Twenty Wishes' by Debbie Macomber Thank you Santa (was it you Bookjumper) __________________ Quote
Kimmy619 Posted December 26, 2009 Posted December 26, 2009 Yippee! Thanks Santa (Inver) for my book - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire. Quote
Weave Posted December 26, 2009 Posted December 26, 2009 Thank you Lovesreading for my secret santa book ~ Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy Quote
Shabby Princess Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) Ooooh this sounds like such a fun and brilliant idea. If only I’d registered on here sooner. Still maybe next year! Edited December 27, 2009 by Shabby Princess Quote
Lucybird Posted December 27, 2009 Posted December 27, 2009 Thanks Stephanie! I finished New Moon already, and The Path to the Lake sounds like something I would pick up myself, good choice Quote
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