Lots of questions on this week's post -- feel free to answer any or all!Do you have a book wish list for the holidays? (Or is that one of those 'duh' questions?) If so, what's on it?
Are you very specific when someone asks what you want for a gift? Or do you throw caution to the wind and say, "Oh any book you choose...." Or do you prefer a bookstore gift card?
Do you buy books for people on your gift list? Do you choose books for them that you like and try to influence their reading (or hope they'll loan it to you when they're done)? Or do you get specific titles from your giftee?
Where do you buy your book gifts? Do you shop at local independent bookstores, or the "big box" stores? or do you shop online?
I have an eternal “TBR” list going on at LibraryThing, so really any book on that list that I don’t already own is a welcome gift! I’ve suggested as a gift from my mom a Persephone subscription for Christmas (where they send you one book a month for six or twelve months). So I guess that leads to the second question—yes, sometimes I’m very specific about what I’d like.
On the other hand, to answer another one of the questions, we’re doing a Pollyanna gift giving thing at work; we had to list three things we might be interested in receiving, and I listed a Borders gift card as item #1 (there’s a branch store at the mall right up the road from the office).
As far as buying books for other people, I do sometimes buy specific books for people, depending on interests—though of course, sometimes I end up buying things for people that they already own! I don’t know if I want to go that route this year, though. I do a combination of brick-and-mortar and online shopping, though lately I’ve gone more online shopping—it’s just easier, plus I don’t like fighting the crowds.
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