i’m glad to hear you got the package, winkie. i hope you don’t stay up too late reading.
chanting: i’m getting canadian books, i’m getting canadian books.
Hee hee. No, I had no idea. I had two coworkers help me with the matching, actually. I printed everyone’s message to me out, and then made a second copy on colored paper. White was for giving, colored was for receiving. Then we spread them all out on the table and started grabbing and matching white sheets to colored sheets. We didn’t try to match people too exactly, just tried to beware of mismatches and looked out for really unique tastes that should be paired. I asked my coworkers to make sure no one pair lived in the same state. Then I went through and made sure we hadn’t matched anyone one-for-one (giving and receiving to/from the same person). I did a few switcheroos and voila, done.
It was quite a scene in the workroom, with my coworkers saying things like “They really call you Cranky?” “Is it just me, or do a lot of people like science fiction?” and “Wait, where is that other person who likes comics!!” They were really intrigued by us all.
Hooray! My package from Vix arrived today!
It’s a clearly well-loved copy of Updike’s Rabbit, Run , which I have heard of but never read.
I look forward to trying it.
Baker, hang in there, I was a little late to the post office, but your books are on their way now. Sorry for the delay!
Just a quick drop by to tell you I am knee deep in Master and Commander … Thanks Yersinia. I saw some of these books offered through the History Book CLub… now I will check them out. All I needed was a nudge!
Now I am going to go out and hang my plants on the porch and enjoy the 70 degree weather after a perfectly miserable winter.
Silly me I keep reading R.N. as egistered nurse… not Royal Navy :o
Your books went out this morning. Sorry it took a while, but I think I sent something a very busy law student can deal with!
I hope you will be presently (and pleasantly!) surprised. 
Quasi
(Who is desperately and unashamedly trying to build his post count back up to his previous 1100!;))
Dear bibliocat,
I am a jerk. Books will be sent tomorrow on the way to work. The one I really wanted to send you was a mess, so I had to go to plan B. The problem being, I didn’t have a plan B. D’oh! Please enjoy the books when you get them. I’m very sorry.
Yours in spazosity,
bristlesage
Cranky, was that me? I got your message in another thread (pretty clever, you!) and emailed you my new address. (I switches ISPs a few weeks ago.) Anyway, just in case:
I’m still interested, and my new email address is:
scurrie@ccountry.com
Thanks for your time in organizing this!
-Another Primate
Way cool! (Both the impending book, and the fact that you were a bit stumped. I’ll have to go back and read my initial email!)
Golly, now I’ll have to actually start checking my real mailbox. I usually wait until I see that the poor newspaper deliveryman can’t cram any more newspapers into the paper tube, then grab several days’ worth of mail…
Dear Spazosity, 
No worry. Anticipation is part of the fun.
I can’t wait to see what I get.
BiblioCat. 
Another Primate:
I do hope you like it. It’s fiction.
It’s one I loved, by an author whose other books I have loved. I’m not sure what it would be classified as…definitely not horror. Adventure, maybe. It takes place during the beginning of World War 2. Some of the characters include an English aristocrat, her facist father, a noted German scientist, a murderer, a young wife escaping her husband, and a charming, unscrupulous thief, all thrown together in an unusual situation…but I’m giving away too much. Enjoy it!
There are no “Jerks” in this thread!
Feel free to use this as a sig!
Quasi
Got my books, singular1! Thank you, and I look forward to getting started.
I admit, sometimes I do run screaming when I see a book with an Oprah sticker on it; however, I’ve heard The Poisonwood Bible was a good book, so I’ll give it a go on your judgement.
The Night Life of the Gods looks intriguing. I’ll let you know what I think as soon as I finish it.
Thanks again!
Sheri
<pout> I wanna hear that someone has me. RickQ’s books from his book swapper arrived here yesterday, and he won’t even let me open the package. No fair! Just because it is addressed to him and all…
Oh, and DarkWriter IMHO Oprah has a decent track record. I can do without all the Toni Morrison (I could not have hated Beloved more), but The Poisonwoon Bible was good, although not my personal favorite from Kingslover.
Oh, don’t let the Oprah sticker put you off (although I personally love the Oprah books). The Poisonwood Bible was a great book. Interesting format, a good story, fast-paced…consider yourself lucky!
Yay, Dark Writer!
Glad you got 'em!
I have Oprahphobia myself, but I’m frequently surprised that a book I really liked turned out to be on her list. The whole reason I read The Corrections was because he had the balls to turn down the sticker of the masses-
and it was so worth it!
Speaking of Oprah books, I thought about sending this one but had two other choices to send to Ellen, so…
“The House of Sand and Fog” was also an Oprah pick that was better than you OprahPhobes might expect. Fairly depressing, though. Since it’s about the disaster that can ensue to prideful people won’t back down or give an inch, it feels very current given the Mideast situation.
We never got to talk about it because my book club was reading it when 9/11 happened. When we next all got together, we couldn’t bear to discuss a sad book, and we needed to talk to each other about that day. So…powerful book, no chance to talk about it.
Got mine today. Thank you, Winkie!
Brynda, yours is on it’s way. Hope you haven’t read it…
i got lovely perfect books in the post today. thank you, rjk. i’m almost afraid to read them, they look so untouched. books look rather touched when i am finished with them.
curling is good. denmark’s only olympic medal is in curling.
“who has seen the wind” sounds very intriging. i will dive in on friday.
Glad they got there, rc!
Men with Brooms is recent, not new; I picked it up a few weeks ago, and decided it’s not a keeper but entertaining enough to pass on. I first heard of the title in a “What sports have movies?” thread a while back and bought it on a whim. Must go see the movie!
Who Has Seen the Wind (by W. O. Mitchell, for those who want to read about my home town) is new; I couldn’t give away my copy! As I said in the note, it’s one of my favourites.
And DarkWriter, if The Night Life of the Gods is the ones by Thorne Smith, it’s a hoot! And a good choice, singular1!
I got my book from Little Nemo today–it got here fast!
It’s Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley. I don’t think I’ve heard of it before, but it looks funny. Funny is very good; I could use some funny.
I’m not going to be able to take it with me on my trip tomorrow–too much schoolwork has to come along–but it’ll be the first one I start after I come back.
Thanks!
Don’t worry, you haven’t given away too much. I don’t see many movies, and I’m sure I haven’t read it… Looking forward to it!
rjk, sorry for the delay! Will send your book within the next few days… I’m still torn on what to send.