My SS sent me FOUR super-awesome books to read! I received "Star Carrier" by Ian Douglas, which I've never heard of, but it looks good. From the back cover description, it sounds like a great sci-fi book for me. Next I got "On A Pale Horse" by Piers Anthony. Wikipedia says this book is about "a photographer about to commit suicide who instead kills Death and must assume his office" which sounds like the best premise for a book I've heard in a long time. I also got Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" which has been on my list of things to read forever, so I'm super psyched to finally have a copy to dig in to. Finally, I got "Empire State" by Adam Christopher, which besides its really cool cover art and cover quote by Cory Doctorow, sounds like a really neat about a parallel universe New York city, inspired by Batman's Gotham City. Needless to say, I am overwhelmed by the sheer volume of awesome science fiction and fantasy that my SS sent, and I can't wait to get started on it!

EDIT- Yesterday I received ANOTHER book in the mail! I had posted my gift and didn't see that another gift was marked as shipped. The book is "Storm Front" by Jim Butcher, which, from a brief skim of the back, sounds like a scifi/fantasy detective novel, and looks totally cool. This brings the total number of books to five, and I can no longer hold them all in one hand. Thanks again, SS!