I got shafted in last year's book exchange, so I was looking forward to getting, well, anything in this year's exchange. My Book Santa, JenniferJ323, really went above and beyond the call of duty! She must be a superstalker or a telepath, because each of the four books she got for me 1) hits on one of my passions, and 2) is something I don't already own!

Here are the books:

'Deadball' by David B. Stinson - I didn't think that I volunteered this info-- if I did, it's buried dozens of pages into my comment history-- but I'm a sucker for old-timey baseball stadiums and baseball history. I can't wait to dig into this novel!

'The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy' by Pietra Rivoli - It's been a while since I got my hands on some engrossing econ writing, and this should scratch my itch for internationally focused food for thought.

'Supergods' by Grant Morrison - I am a comic book nerd and a huge fan of Morrison's writing, but I'd never picked this up. I seriously want to drop all of my law school reading right now and sit down with this book until I'm done.

'The Nine' by Jeffrey Toobin - I advertised that I was a law student, sure. But there's no way that my Book Santa could have known that was at a panel on legal literature just a few weeks ago, heard Toobin talk about this book, and really wanted to buy it but thought it'd be too expensive.

The only plausible answer to why my Book Santa knew exactly what books would make me feel like a kid on Christmas, of course, is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-klQ-kpq98

Despite all of her kindness, JenniferJ323 did present a big problem: I don't know which book to read first! Thank you so much for everything!