Books as Gifts was Re: [Sca-cooks] Belated introduction.

[Susan Fox-Davis]

> Jadwiga bewails:
>
> (Why is it when you are a librarian with defined interests, nobody ever
> buys you non-fiction books for your birthday or Christmas? I've been
> holding out on Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden and Pleyn Delit for several
> years now hoping someone will give them to me, because I can't justify
> spending the money!)

I got my family trained to buy my holiday and birthday gifts from my Amazon
wish list.  This saves a huge amount of family politics, and ensures that I
get something I actually want.

Right now, my only problem with Amazon is that they're moving too slowly for
newly-released books that I want RIGHT NOW.  I went out to the local Barnes &
Noble to buy the new Iron Chef book [fun!] and cancelled my Amazon order,
which wouldn't ship for another week yet.  Hey, you snooze, you lose, and they
snoze.  [Also picked up the new Terry Pratchett and Ruth Reichl, it was pay
day and Selene was a bad bad girl.]

I wonder if Janet Jarvits has a wish list?  <evile grynne> I'm referring to my
favorite all-cookbook bookstore, just moved to Pasadena from Burbank.  I'm not
happy that she's not as close to my home, but I hear the new storefront is
very nice.  She seems to be set up for online sales now.
<http://www.cookbkjj.com/>

Helpfully, Selene