Let me start this by saying that this is my first successful Reddit Gifts exchange. My first was Christmas and I got burned by both my match and my rematch and never received a gift at all.

I decided to try again, mostly because I love books. I am a contract writer in the Video Game industry, an author and an avid devouter of words. I figured, that even if I didn't get a good match this time around, at least I could share my joy of reading with someone and send them some cool books.

Today my gift arrived and I am estatic. Not only is it a book I haven't read, and an author I have never heard of. But from a brief first impression it seems just the the perfect mix of postapoc, political, scifi mix of craziness that seems right up my alley. Either my match went overboard with the stalking, or got really lucky.

I am VERY difficult to gift for, and it appears as though my match not only hit a home run, but a grand slam as well. (I hope I used that phrase right, as I am not a sports guy and don't know football... wink)

So tonight I shall sit down with my favorite bookmark (my vintage Simon Simon autograph), my favorite beer (mmmm beer), and with this new treasure of a book that appears to be a bit of a quest, a journey and an adventure.

Cheers to my match, and thank you.