As the days ticked by for the exchange with no word from my new internet friend I wondered what might be in store for me for Arbitrary Day. I awoke for a long, grueling day of work yesterday and found my email inbox filled to the brim with BOOKS! Not just any books mind you, but the master of horror and the macabre...Stephen King books.

I will take a moment here for some back-story before you jump in with "What a n00b! She hasn't read all these Stephen King books yet? Who let her onto the internet?!". You see, I had amassed a rather lovely collection of King books over the years. Most of them are first edition hardbacks even. Not exactly pristine condition worthy of admiration, but a few valuable gems in the lot (Such as a first edition Eyes of the Dragon with textured scales on the cover). I have included a photo of my...former...collection. Alas, it had to be sold to pay for some of life's necessities. Now my Amazon wishlist is brimming with all those King, Pratchett and Robbins books that once graced my shelves.

Here enters my Arbitrary Day match. He dug deeply into my Stephen King wishlist and rebuilt a solid chunk of my collection (only 23 more King books to go!). Thank you kind sir for the excellent gift. This gift is not only for me, but for my sons as well. You see, the beauty of Kindle books is that we can all read the same book at once and talk about it as we go. My teen boys have just started digging into Stephen King's world, becoming part of the Ka-Tet and they enjoy sitting down for a bit of palaver around the dinner table.

Thankee-sai.