SantaThing 2024!

UPDATE! We are extending our SantaThing deadline, to give members a little more time to join in! Sign-ups will now close tomorrow, November 26th, at 12pm EST.

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It's that time of year again—this is our EIGHTEENTH annual SantaThing!

Important links
- SantaThing page
- SantaThing Help/FAQs
- Blog post
- Donations thread
- Help picking thread
- Arrivals thread

You can edit your SantaThing entry at any time by going to the SantaThing page, and scrolling down a bit to "Your SantaThings." Each entry has an "(edit)" link to the far right of that line. Click on the member name next to a SantaThing profile to read about their preferences and leave suggestions!

Any questions? Post them in this thread, see the SantaThing Help page for FAQs, or email me directly at kate@librarything.com.

Yay!

What are the stores this year? And which ones charge shipping? Thanks!

ETA: OK, I see in the FAQs, this: "Non-US members should choose Blackwell's (UK & International), "

So that would be me. Do they charge shipping?

ETA (again!): Guess I should read ALL of the FAQs before asking. Looking a little further I see this: "Blackwell's (UK & International): All Santees will get exactly what they've paid in."

Are Canadians obligated to order from Kenny's/ Blackwell's? I'd prefer a US option, if possible.

I hope next year you'll consider using Amazon for books, not just for Kindle. I get the appeal of independent stores, but the in-stock selection is so much worse.

I know my opinion might not matter as much since I am not planning to participate (except on the help picking thread!), but I really appreciate that Amazon isn't being used. I think their company policies, affect on the environment, and treatment of workers is deplorable, and I find it encouraging that LT isn't willing to trade ethics for convenience.

If I were receiving books, I would (hypothetically) love to see some second-hand sources. Thriftbooks ships internationally,* has high standards for the quality of secondhand books, and has a huge selection. Plus, secondhand books (usually, not always in cases of rare or collectible books) gives more product for the amount of money spent.

*There are some countries that they can't ship to, but according to their website, this is only temporary.

>6 GraceCollection: I'd be ok with a secondhand store, if that was an option!

>6 GraceCollection: I too would be fine with a secondhand store or books.

Used books will never work for SantaThing, because the stock can't be guaranteed.

>5 KeithChaffee: Unfortunately, that's not a possibility. Amazon blocks our credit cards when we make too many orders, and SantaThing requires a lot of orders.

>9 norabelle414: >8 crazy4reading: >7 LibraryCin: >6 GraceCollection: norabelle414 is correct: used books' stock changes frequently and thus can't be guaranteed.

>4 fionaanne: Shipping to Canada from the US stores would be much more expensive (for ex: BookPeople charges $55 for the first book and $5 for each book thereafter, Powell's charges $8 for the first book and $7 for each book thereafter).

And you might get lower prices or free shipping.

I also wouldn’t mind gently used books, but I’ve found thriftbooks.com not always most reliable on their descriptions. Better World Books has been, well, better for me.

>10 katemcangus: Thanks for the eplanation.

So excited for another year with SantaThing!

I am so excited I could burst into glitter! ✨ I love SantaThing and the Holiday card exchange!!

>17 Some1LikeYou: i am so excited for the card exchange this year.

Trying to find last years page to copy and paste my likes/dislikes as a starting point - is this accessible anywhere? (I also meant to write down some of the other suggestions from other users on my thread but didn’t).

>19 bigcurlyloz: I can access that info and send it to you privately. Check your messages on LT!

>20 katemcangus: Please send my last year info to me as well. Please and thank you!

Reminder for readers who request Kindle books from Amazon: If you need to exchange the Kindle book your Santa picked, you cannot do it yourself as you used to be able to do in the past. You have to message the LT helpers who ordered for you and ask them to help you exchange the book. The LT helper has to cancel the original order and send you a link for a new book.

>21 LadyoftheLodge: I'm sending you a DM now!

>23 katemcangus: Got it, thanks!

>18 mellymel171328: I love the card exchange. It’s so cool to receive cards from faraway places and people.

I haven't signed up yet, but still plan to. I also do the card exchange every year.

Thought I'd mention this, though. Canada Post may be going on strike starting on Friday... guess we'll have to wait and see. So, anything to/from Canada may be delayed if that does happen.

>25 LadyoftheLodge: me too :)

>27 mellymel171328: I have all my card exchange cards taped on the door of my home library room. It is fun to look at them and remind myself of my faraway friends.

I seem to have created 2 identical forms #216 & 217.

>29 dianeham: I've deleted your duplicate entry. You're all set!

>30 katemcangus: did you pick the one rgat is paid? It’s still ptompting me to pay.

>6 GraceCollection:
I also never purchase from Amazon because of their appalling ethics and disregard for the environment.
While I love secondhand books I think that would be hard to coordinate under the current SantaThing model.
I work in an Australian school library and we use Readings for many of our purchases. Years ago when I was working in childcare I looked after the owner’s son He is now General Manager himself.
They do a lot of philanthropic work particularly around First Nations and immigrant/refugee literacy and education so very happy with the Australian option.

>32 secondhandrose: I'll look into Readings! Sounds awesome.

>31 dianeham: We received payment for one of your entries, so you're fine.

>6 GraceCollection: And that's even with AMazon owning a 40% share in LibraryThing

Will there be an option for sending Christmas cards this year?

>36 DKnight0918: I checked last year's thread and the card exchange opened Nov 28 and closed Dec 5 so probably still to come.

Any suggestions as to what makes an entry "in good shape" (as per message prompt from staff) for Santathing? What do other pickers like to see in an entry?

Things I find helpful
- A full library
- ratings/reviews - some indication about what you think about specific books, especially those we have in common.
- Suggestions of authors you have read and enjoyed and which you'd like similar works

I find specific wishlist titles less helpful, because part of the joy is finding soemone something new. But it does make it easy to just get specifically what has been requested.

>36 DKnight0918: The Card Exchange is to come!

>38 reading_fox: I'd be sure to add what you DON'T want to receive - certain authors or genres, etc. Oh, and be sure you library is public, not private so that your Santa can see what you have read!

>35 fulner: And that's even with AMazon owning a 40% share in LibraryThing

This is widely said, but is not quite accurate. They owned 40%—thorugh Abebooks— before Bowker became a third investor. They own less than 40% now. I am not sure if I'm allowed to say how much, but it's still substantial. I own a majority and have control. I don't need their permission for anything short of a major change to the company that would affect all investors (e.g., LibraryThing is now a casino! I'm borrowing $10m!). Neither Amazon nor Abebooks ask us to do anything. I missed an entire Abebooks CEO we talk so little.

I'm ordering to Canada. Does anyone have any opinions on Blackwell's vs. Kenny's? In particular, does anyone know which tends to have a better selection (or any other reason to pick one over the other)?

I'm not too worried about whether it arrives before Christmas. There will be the $6 shipping charge for Kenny's, but I compared the prices on a few random books, and Kenny's seemed to be cheaper, so it probably comes out to about the same.

I had a lot of fun with this last year--looking forward to it again this year!

Also, I would also find it useful to have my last year's request to work from. Thanks!

I contemplated SantaThing last year but didn't get around to it, and may have left it a bit late this year too. One thing I wanted to clarify was whether the books are brand new? I get the impression that they are but I can't find anywhere that definitively says so. I like my books pristine and unread before I get them if they're going to live in my library :0)

>43 humouress: The books are new. Staff orders them from the bookshop you picked.

>42 EerierIdyllMeme: I'll DM you with the details from your entry last year.

Hey All! LT has covered a few more donation entries, but we're still looking for donations for those who can't cover their entry fees this year. If you'd like to help, send a message to mellymel171328 and she'll walk you through the donation process.

This is a great idea! I'm so happy to be involved this year. Yesterday, I had way too much fun reading through people's likes and dislikes and making recommendations; so much so that half the day had disappeared before I knew it! This is a really cool approach to Secret Santa. Thank you, LibraryThing.

I've been having fun reading through peoples' preferences and thinking of recs as well! ^.^ Looking forward to finding out who I'll be picking for!

>47 Xtrangeloop: >48 Kalira: Thank y'all for taking the time to make suggestions! They're so helpful (and also fun).

I seem to have signed up twice- I only paid once, and edited out most of teh second, but cant get rid of it. Assume it will go away in time.

>50 Helenoel: Yup, we've taken care of it. You're all set!

I would like to participate in SantaThing. I want to donate to the event, but I don't need any books myself. Can I just donate my funds to my choice of bookstore and NOT require anything to be sent to myself - I have PLENTY of books, but want to share with those who might NEED MORE books. :) Thanks!

>52 chrirob: That's so kind of you! We have a donation thread going where you can donate an entry to another LT member: https://www.librarything.com/topic/365519

Feel free to DM me if you want help before we close in... 30 minutes!

SantaThing is now closed. The "picking" script is running. It's actually quite slow—a lot of comparisons between libraries going on. So give it an hour or two.

>53 katemcangus: Oh shoot! I missed the window! Well now I know I can donate an entry to another LT member. Next year!!!!! Thanks for letting me know!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!! :)

I keep refreshing in excitement to see who my pick is and to get started!

>57 Cfraser: Same! I keep trying to do something else and finding myself refreshing again lol

Picks are made, messages going out. Sorry for the delay; we had a bug where some members chose for other members more than once. That's fixed now.

>59 timspalding: No worries! You were just building up the excitement and anticipation :D

>59 timspalding: No problem at all

I have a bit of a problem. I was matched with my daughter and she was matched with me. It would be terribly silly for me to buy books for myself and my daughter. Of course, I already have to buy her holiday presents. Can my daughter and I please be reassigned? Thank you. I also sent a message to Kate.

Anyone have suggestions for shopping Powells? I’m pretty much an ebook reader and I’ve never shopped there. My “Santee” wants paperbacks from Powells. I’ve checked probably 8 books so far on her wishlist and either they don’t show up as an option to buy “new” on Powells or the new trade paperback is $30. She would end up with maybe 1 1/2 books based on this pricing. Suggestions on how to handle? (Kate you can ignore the message I sent as I forgot about this forum.)

Several of the books I'm looking at on Book People are listed as "Out of Stock; Usually Arrives in 7-10 Days". They are still available to "add to cart" and purchase. Would they be safe to add to my chosen books for my Santee? Or should I just avoid them and pick others?

Ah, Powells - rapidly the bane of my SantaThing experience, with their fluctuating stock and weirdly ineffective new/used filters. One of the books I really want to get my Santee is only available from the "remote warehouse" and must be shipped separately. However, last year I got a whole series of separate shipments for my own Santa, from (IIRC) Blackwells. Is the different warehouses/different shipments going to be a problem for LT?

Also - Powells is saying that it's free shipping for orders over $40, but my Santee has pledged $50 - and LT has already deducted $6 for shipping. Is there a possibility to use the entire $50 now?

>65 saroz:

Yes, WHY does the new/used filter not work?!
Good catch about the free shipping. I also have a $50 Powells budget for my Santee and would indeed love to use all of it if that’s an option. I haven’t purchased physical books in quite awhile and they’re so expensive, even the paperbacks!

>66 ilovemaine14: It works, but in a way that isn't very conducive toward "window shopping" or gift selecting. Powells always shows the lowest price for a book, which is never the new copy.

Most of the time it's clunky but tolerable. However, I'm looking at public domain classics and it's nightmarish. There are dozens of "editions" of the same book and you know darn well some of them won't be acceptable gifts, even if they are brand new. Yet they rarely ever seem to have new copies of the editions by reputable publishers.

Shopping for my Santee today, I, too, have been discovering the bane of attempting to browse at Powell's and their very clunky/sketchy search and filter options! Including, as saroz points up, browsing for a classic that has multiple new editions out from different publishers, some of which I would not feel good about gifting, for sure. >.>

>22 LadyoftheLodge: Oh, shoot! I forgot about the changes to exchanging kindle books.

I didn't get through adding all the relevant books from my kindle last night. If i do a rush of cataloguing the various books I've never got around to, will the "your Santee may have this book already" automatically update?

because i never got a workflow for adding ebooks like i did physical ones, and since i became too disabled to read physical books a few years ago, that means my LT cat is terribly behind...

>69 keristars:

Can you make a LT list that’s a wish list? That’s what I did (and then instructed my Santa to please only pick from the wish list with a note that my LT library is not at all updated). I made sure there were 20 or so books to choose from in my wish list and am adding more as I can since they haven’t chosen yet.

>70 ilovemaine14: That's a good suggestion, except i have no idea what i might wish for!

Perhaps I'll try to finish adding all the ebooks tonight, so at least they're listed. I think like Babel by R.F.Kuang would be a good choice, but i had forgotten i got a copy a few months ago. (Ebooks are so much harder to keep up with, if i don't add them right away. There's no physical object to remind me!)

How close do you have to get to the amount available? I'm within $4.05 of the available $$ on Powell's, but I couldn't for the life of me find any appropriate new book(s) that seemed like a good fit for my Santee that could get me closer without going over.

>63 ilovemaine14: :) Good luck!

>62 sahra: Tim and I will address this this morning. Keep an eye out for messages from us!

>65 saroz: >66 ilovemaine14: Ah yes, the challenges of Powell's website. Ordering from the remote warehouse is absolutely okay. As for the shipping, they do offer free shipping for orders over $40 as long as they come from the same warehouse. We're charged a separate shipping fee for each book if they come from different warehouses, which is common, unfortunately. Deducting the $6 is necessary as we usually pay a lot more than that in shipping for Powell's orders.

>69 keristars: Fear not! As long as you catalogue the books by December 5th you should be fine. LT staff triple checks each pick against your catalog to ensure you're not receiving something you always own or have read.

>72 susanna.fraser: A general rule is to be within $5 of the total you've got to work with. Don't forget that we've got the Help Picking thread if you need some suggestions from fellow members: https://www.librarything.com/topic/366087

>64 faerywings: I would try to pick books that are in stock. Books out of stock will take that much longer to arrive at BookPeople which means that the Santee would receive their books much later. Good luck!

>76 katemcangus: I don't want to give you extra work on the ordering days! If it weren't for the exchange thing, drat.

I'll at least try to get everything added in the next day or two, so someone can check early and alert my Santa if necessary. :)

>79 keristars: Oh, please don't worry about that! We check every entry, so you're not adding any work that we weren't already doing.

>67 saroz:
Ooh, I feel that pain. Have not tried to search on Powell's, but I have run into that exact issue searching on ThriftBooks (outside of Santa Thing) and it is such a pain to deal with.

>69 keristars:
My LT is horribly behind; it was already a mess and then I just....didn't catalogue anything for about five years? I just realized today I had forgotten to sign up for the santa thing, but maybe it's a blessing in disguise - I don't even know what I would put for my tastes etc. when my listed books are so misleading.

I'm looking at the Readings site to order from. I've only looked up a couple so far but they both say:
"This item is not currently in-stock. It can be ordered online and is expected to ship in approx (this part varies)"

Can I choose these? One is too expensive, but the other is a possibility, depending what else I can find and at what prices.
Thanks

>83 LibraryCin: I would try to stick to in-stock books. Good luck!

>84 katemcangus: Shoot, but thank you for getting back to me so quickly.

>80 katemcangus:

well, it took me a few days longer than i expected, but my Kindle Backlog collection is all the titles and authors for my ebooks. So if it helps to check now, you can!

>82 Kanst:
I was thinking "blessing in disguise" the other way around! This finally got me to get those books listed so i can really use the lovely newish recommendation algo.

Now I just need to find a way to manage all these books so i know that i have to read.

But there is always some project i want to do to tidy my catalogue data. Plus the missing years of reading history... I suppose it's a benefit for me that i have Overdrive and Kindle Content records, so I'm not having to slowly go through each book on the device.

It ended up being 4 years for me. 5 years and if they're physical books would be so much trickier.

Another question about the Readings site... the vast majority (all? my notes are at home and I'm currently on lunch at work) of the books I'm finding that are in stock are the same price. This means that I am only getting within $3 (I think maybe $2.something) of the amount. In the past, I remember we should try to get within $1 or so. The books I've found that could use the additional $3 are not in stock. I guess I just need to keep looking?

By get within do you mean over or under? If you have $5 or less left that's considered great. If you don't go over by more than a dollar or so that's preferred.

>88 katemcangus: Oh, ok! Yes, I'm under. I guess I've always tried to get it to within $1 either way in the past. Thank you!

ETA: I guess I was making things really hard on myself! That made it much easier!

Awww, I'm so sad I missed the deadline to sign up this year. I had a lot of health stuff going on and time got away from me. I hope y'all have a wonderful Santathing this year.

Can someone check what books have been picked for me and confirm none of the below?
I am planning on purchasing some for my birthday but don’t want to pick ones I am being gifted via here.

The books I am considering are

The best of Adam sharp by Graeme Simsion
The word is murder by Anthony Horowitz
Emperor of thorns by mark lawrence
I couldn’t love you more by Esther Freud
Colditz/prisoner of the castle Ben Macintyre
17 years later by j p pomare
The watermark by Sam Mills

Thanks!

>91 Cfraser:
When is your birthday? any chance of delaying so as to not spoil a surprise? (whether or not any of those were picked...)

>92 keristars: it has just passed and I need more books to read between now and Christmas unfortunately (just finished the last of my current batch of ebooks). I failed with my planning

>91 Cfraser: I have no idea how to check this, so I can't look for you, but I would recommend, if your birthday is after SantaThing, to wait until you've received your ST books to order for your birthday, or, if your birthday is before/during SantaThing, to pick some of those books NOW to add them to your catalogue before SantaThing picks are finalised (even if you aren't ordering them quite yet, catalogue them now).

Since books are checked against your catalogue by LT before ST is shipped out, if you go ahead and do this now, it will guarantee you won't get another copy.

>94 GraceCollection: to >93 Cfraser:
Oh, that's a good idea - doing it now! There's 60 hours or so from the time of my reply here for Santas to make picks, so there's still a bit of time, if any of those were chosen. (I'm not telling ;-) !)

Thanks for the suggestions

I noticed that the rules say we shouldn't pick items costing less than $2.50. However, my Santee has requested ebooks, and some are very inexpensive. One of my picks is an omnibus of nearly 2,000 print pages. Another is my favourite book in the genre requested by the Santee. So these aren't worthless items, just inexpensive. (Another is a $1 item to use up some remaining budget but looked potentially fun.) Does it make sense to make exceptions to this rule?

Also, I should note that the omnibus is only just in public domain in the States, but not available on Gutenberg. (It does seem to be on Faded Page--I don't know if Americans can access it.) Does this make a difference (i.e. should I give Santee a link to Faded Page and use the money for something else)?

>97 EerierIdyllMeme: If it were me, I would appreciate the pointer to the public domain site with book title.

Faded Page doesn't have regional blocking, they just caution users to check the copyright status of works before downloading them.

As for other 99¢ or $1.99 books, I wouldn't pick them if they're part of Kindle Unlimited, as so many of those are. And a dollar or two leftover isn't a bad thing, helps if anyone goes over by a dollar or if there's unexpected price changes.

>97 EerierIdyllMeme: I think pointing the Santee to the public domain site with the book title is the right move.

I'd also suggest checking all of the prices you've listed in your picks as many of them are Kindle Unlimited prices. We won't be purchasing ebooks with Kindle Unlimited, so the normal Kindle ebook price should be chosen.

I'd checked the Kindle Unlimited thing, since they sneakily display that price much more prominently, I couldn't find any where I'd listed the Unlimited price, though (are there books that cost money on Kindle Unlimited? I thought it was usually free or not at all). I'm also hoping nothing has gone wrong with how prices are displayed in my location, although that probably wouldn't make the prices lower.

It seems the one book that was surprisingly inexpensive was on sale. (I'd been checking the price over the course of the week, and it had stayed at that price most of the time, but has now gone back up.) Now a different book is on sale, so I've done some rearranging which will hopefully still work out by the time the trigger is pulled.

I am having trouble since my Santee is using a store overseas. All the books I see are saying two, four, etc., weeks to ship. Any suggestions? Thanks.

>84 katemcangus:

Just saw this. Is there an easier way to find in stock books?

>102 gentlespirit512: Not that I can see, no. It's just gonna take some poking around. And don't forget that you can ask for help in the Help thread on Talk if you need it: https://www.librarything.com/topic/366087

>101 gentlespirit512: I would suggest sticking to in-stock books. I realize it's challenging, but it's possible (I also picked for someone who chose Readings).

>100 EerierIdyllMeme: All of the prices look accurate, thanks so much! I did notice that two of the titles chosen were mid-series books. Be sure to check your Santee's catalog to confirm they've read the previous books!

>91 Cfraser: You should be safe purchasing any of those. But add them to your library immediately, so the ones you bought don't get substituted in or added.

>106 Capybara_99: thanks, have done so. Hopefully they will last me to Christmas!

>104 katemcangus: LOL! Between the in-stock issues and the price differences (they are using USD, right?), it’s giving me a fit. But I will keep trying.

Reminder: you have 2.5 hours left to make your picks!! At 12pm EST we will open it up so that any SantaThing participant can make picks for those without any.

We've opened up picking for folks who have no picks yet: https://www.librarything.com/santathing.php. Please jump in, claim someone, and pick out some books for them!

Woohoo. That was fun. :) I was surprised just how many times I found myself in a hole needing a magical $6 book to fill a gap, though.

>112 saroz: Yes, it was :) With a special mention for the British bookstore which only allowed me to view prices including delivery to the Netherlands (where I am), while picking for someone in the US...
BTW it's Sint Nicolaas today, the original Dutch Santa Claus, so a very appropriate moment to choose presents!

>14 gentlespirit512:

The last time I ordered from BWB (and it will be the last time!), the packaging was so flimsy that the book was destroyed. Spine broken, cover torn, just dreadful.

All picks are officially done and we've moved on to checking and ordering! You can see on the SantaThing homepage that the first orders have been made. Now comes the hard part: waiting for your books to arrive. Let us know if you've got any questions!

Very pleased with myself. This year when choosing books plus shipping I only had 11 cents left!

>116 secondhandrose: Well done!

>116 secondhandrose: Congrats! I really, really tried but the Australian bookstore provided for book selection was giving me such headaches as I just couldn't find reasonably priced books. :(

I wish the bookstores would offer more discounts/more 'clearance books' during the holidays as I so wanted to get within a $1 since $6 bucks goes straight into delivery costs.

An update: ALL PHYSICAL BOOK ORDERS ARE IN!! Here's hoping they arrive before the 25th!

Yay!! Thank you!!!

For anyone that wants to share, after you start opening Santa's treasures, please update this list so we can all see what you got.

https://www.librarything.com/list/46061/all/2024-Christmas-Gifts

(This isn't an official list, I have just created one the last couple years for the 75 Book Reading Challenge group, and thought I'd broaden the audience)

And for those of you sharing, be sure to let us know in the following Talk thread so that I can map everyone's arrivals:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/366343

I'm not worried about what I get, but I would be very sad if I didn't fulfill my Santee's expectations.

Is there a way to find out what we received in past years? While cleaning up my catalog I realized that would be nice to know...

>124 saroz: We've got some of that data available. What years were you looking for?

>125 katemcangus: Any of them, really. The only ones I can remember are the last two! But I also didn't take part every year.

>126 saroz: I'll DM you!

Hey katemcangus i have a santathing question for you! Could i get a couple minutes of your time?

>128 camelama: Sure thing! Just send me a DM.

All orders are officially in! Here's hoping you all enjoy the books you receive!

And please don't forget to let us know and where-ish when they arrive: https://www.librarything.com/topic/366343

Hi katemcangus - our postal carrier, for no discernible reason, marked our address as moved with no forwarding address… we’ve since fixed that devastating-at-Christmas “error,” but it seems 2 books from “Ingram Book Warehouse” were affected. I assume this is my LibraryThing presents…. I think they’ve been sent back… is there something we can do about this?

>131 avanders: We haven't heard anything from Powell's yet, but when we do I'll make sure the books are resent if they were, in fact, returned. I'll keep you updated!

>132 katemcangus: Ok thank you so much!!

>132 katemcangus: hi again. Just wanted to post an update — according to usps both packages have been returned and delivered back to “original sender.” Let me know if you need anything else from me. Thanks and happiest of holidays!

>134 avanders: I'll keep an eye out for anything from Powell's! We'll get those books to you one way or another.

A few updates:

1. All Kindle redemption emails have been sent out!

2. Tim has opened up the SantaThing homepage so folks can see who their Santa was, what was chosen, and any comments left. Keep in mind that if you haven't received your books yet and you want to be surprised, you may want to avoid the page.

Happy reading!

Oh fun! I was curious what the comments were for mine. XD I now have two new books added to my to-read list along with my gifts. ;) (And the third suggestion is a book I own and love. Well-spotted. ;))

Thank you to my secret Santa! My two books look excellent and I’m excited to read them.

Except for getting a book I already had in my library and a biography, SantaThing was good. Two of the four books I received I hadn't seen before and they're exactly the type of book I would have picked for myself.

>136 katemcangus:
hi, I've been tracking via USPS and fedex but haven't received any notification of a future package. I just took a peek at the books that I will be receiving and am excited. :)

>140 FReads: I responded in the other chat re: your books. I'm so sorry for the delay, but I'm glad to know you approve of the picks!