After the mysterious vaporizing of my original match's gift, I just received my amazing rematcher's books! Girl was ON it! I canNOT use enough exclamation points!

Book #1 is "Wonderful Town," a collection of stories about New York from The New Yorker, of course. Contributors include Woody Allen, J.D. Salinger, John Updike, Dorothy Parker, among others... Absolutely cannot wait to read this with some tea and stilton, mmm, quite.

Book #2 is something I spied at a recent zine and comic fest we had here in New York but didn't have the cash to buy! "New York Drawings" is from Adrian Tomine, an awesome cartoonist/sketch artist who has done tons of illustrations for the New Yorker, dust jackets, and other things. There's some really awesome pieces in here, including some of his original sketches of nobodies on the train and other places around town. Right up my alley, since 47% of my reason for moving to New York was people-watching, maybe.

So thanks again, mrsplacedsoul, a fellow tri-state girl and New Yorker in spirit! I stalked you briefly and I have three things to say: congrats on finishing multiple marathons, owning an adorable cat, and having great taste and books. That's all.