It's a snowy day in Chicago and I'm home sick from work nursing a cold caught on a plane back from NYC this past weekend. Contemplating a nap but really just wanting to curl up with a good read and a cup of hot tea, I perused my bookshelf for something worthy...to no avail. BUT a knock on the door announced the arrival of the post and this FANTASTIC package from my Secret Santa book match, accompanied by a lovely letter explaining her choices:

"The Cyberiad" by Stanislaw Lem - a book of short stories that my Santa noted is her all-time favorite

"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein - her husband's favorite

"Empire of the Ants" by Bernard Werber - a selection from a successful French author and a nod to my Santa's second home: France

SO SO excited to dig in to one of these beauties today! Thank you Santa - your gifts were not only thoughtful and well-chosen, but timely as well! (I will let you know what I think of them after I read...)