What is it about book exchanges that finds the best people?! These are the only exchanges I've done recently where I've actually received a gift! AND this year was AMAZING!

I have had a migraine since the 18th, and am posting now, post-Urgent Care solumedrol shot. I received my gift a few days ago, but obviously just recently been able to do anything productive! It is probably also the reason why I can't find the packing slip that came with it from Amazon that had my Gifter's name and Username on it; please, reveal yourself again!! You are soooo appreciated!

She sent me two books from my wish list, William James' "The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature" and Darby Penney and Peter Stastny's "The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic." She also mentioned how much she liked my wish list, and found some books she was interested in. I have degrees in religious studies with a minor in human sexuality, psychology/neuroscience, and grad work in immortality/mortality theory. I'm also working on finishing a nursing degree (on medical leave currently) with plans to go to either (hopefully) medical school to be a forensic pathologist, or do grad work in forensics. I have a lot of books, so wish lists are kind of mandatory to keep my own wants and haves straight, and because I have so many academic interests, I can't ever pare it down to less than five pages. But I try!!

The book exchanges are my favorite ones, because I love seeing what everyone is interested in, and I usually add a favorite book of my own to the books I get my own giftee. Books are so personal; it is giving a part of yourself, a part of your mind, to someone when you do. This needs to be a more-than-annual exchange.