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Secret Santa 2018 - Post here when you receive your book!
We have 292 participants from 36 countries! This is by far our largest group.The top three countries are the US (191 participants), the UK (18 participants) and India (14 participants).
75 folks wanted ebooks, and 217 wanted physical books.
37 brave souls declined to give their Secret Santa any direction at all and decided to be surprised. :)
TO ALL PARTICIPANTS: I am still sending out messages. Because the participant rate was 3x higher than usual, it is taking way longer than expected to scrub the data, do the matches, and send out messages. Unfortunately, Goodreads limits the number of messages a user can send at a time. I really appreciate your patience! I will be finished within a week.
I received “born survivors” from Rachel Coleman !! Thank you I really appreciate it : perfect read while I pump
I recieved Me Talk Pretty One Day! So excited to finally read this one and the cover is one I've never seen.
Preethi wrote: "I received 'The Hate U Give' by Angie Thomas, Thank you so much!!"Glad to know you like it, Preethi. :) Happy reading!
Yay I received The Little Women Letters today!!! Thank you Kimberly M!!! I can't wait to read thisShout out to Kara for organizing this! Thank you!
Thank you so much to my Secret Santa for Beyond Redemption, which came in the mail today! I have been wanting to read this one for quite a while now. :)
Candiss wrote: "Thank you so much to my Secret Santa for Beyond Redemption, which came in the mail today! I have been wanting to read this one for quite a while now. :)"My pleasure I really do hope you enjoy it =)
I received Game of Thrones from my Secret Santa today. Thank you very much! I can't wait to read it.
Got The Library of Mount Char. Never heard of this book before but it sounds really good! Plan to start it tonight. Thanks so much!
Julia wrote: "Got The Library of Mount Char. Never heard of this book before but it sounds really good! Plan to start it tonight. Thanks so much!"I hope you enjoy it, Julia!
I've recieved Mrs. Dalloway, and the Mayor of Castorbridge. These thoughtful additions to my library really did make my day! :) Looking forward to reading them. Thanks, Lata!
Nelly wrote: "Thank you Antonella! Received A Gentleman in Moscow and it's looks like great read..."I loved that book. Good choice.
I tripped over my book on the mat today. Thanks Santa. I got A Closed and Common Orbit. I’ve read the first and really want to read all three. Thanks so much.Xx
Thank you Tiffany for my book! I received The Night Circus today which is a book I've been wanting to read for a long time.
I love how many books being received are among my favorites! :) There are some really great books getting sent and received.
I got The Reluctant Fundamentalist today. It is perfect - just the kind of thing I like! Thanks chelsea!
A million thanks to my Secret Santa who sent Slade House by David Mitchell! I'm not familiar with this author, so this is a great way to start one of my NY's resolutions - to expand my horizons, and read new and different authors. I hope all the Good Readers out there have a wonderful holiday season!
I got Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky. I’ve wanted to read it for a while so I’m super excited! Thanks to my Secret Santa for getting it for me. :)
I received The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (and two sequels ! ) But I couldn't download it (it says it's not available in my country). Still, I want to thank my Secret Santa for the effort. It was a wonderful surprise and I appreciate the thought :Dupdate: I got gift card from amazon in exchange for the books and I got those books again. Happy holidays everyone!
I also received my gift certificate from Amazon, for Kiss Quotient, but cannot claim it even though I regularly buy books from Amazon.com. It seems that it is not working in our small countries. They offered the coupon, so hopefully that will work. Thank you Santa and Daniel C for the kind thought!
update: managed to redeem the credit, so the book is in my kindle. Christmas came. yay!
I received my books!I got Boyfriend from Hell by Ehrich Van Lowe, Sacked by Jen Frederick, and Lick by Kyle Scott.
Big thanks to Jessica Graves for sending me those books!
I received mine yesterday and I got The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden! Thank you secret santa!
Excited to read Kate Morton's The Lake House, an author I discovered this year ......thank you so much, Secret Santa!
Gretchen wrote: "Excited to read Kate Morton's The Lake House, an author I discovered this year ......thank you so much, Secret Santa!"Yay! I really hope you enjoy it :-)
Have a great holiday!
I received 3 ebooks from Nadira Harahap. "The Tattooist of Auschwitz", "Warlight" and "The Atomic City Girls". Thanks a lot Dee!!!
Debra wrote: "I received my book today Mistborn: The Final Empirethank you secret santa"Hope you love it (and get hooked).
I just received 2 ebooks from my Secret Santa.Albert Camus, "The Stranger" and Milan Kundera, "The Unberable Lightness of Being".
Love it!
Thank you so much!
I have received my secret Santa gift, yay! After quickly realising what it must be, I covered it up and put it under my tree. I shall keep you posted when I open it :)
Thank you Secret Santa for my new book The Girl from Venice!I am going to TRY to hold myself back and take this with me for our sailing adventure in January! It is just the perfect book for it!
Thank you again. :)
Thank you Secret Santa Tara! I am so excited about my books! I have been wanting to read The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, and Some Enchanted Éclair Perfect! A nice easy read for the holidays! Thank you so much, I feel spoiled!Robin
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Messages are just starting to go out--please be patient as there is a max number of messages I can send a day, so the messages will go out over the next few days. There are more participants than ever, so I unfortunately won't be able to get all messages out for a full week. I am going through the physical books first then will get to the ebooks. I appreciate your understanding!
Some of your books are coming from very long distances (and some countries are experiencing significant post delays), so don't worry if you don't receive anything quickly.