Tracking SantaThing 2011 Arrivals!

Original SantaThing thread

SantaThing page

SantaThing Arrivals Map 2011 (first page now shows 1-200 only)

Full Arrivals Map

By popular request, we'll keep track of SantaThing arrivals here, and on the map. Feel free to post, if you like:

- where you're located (not your specific address, just your city or something identifiable for the map)
- which bookstore your SantaThing order came from
- the date on which it arrived

I'll keep track of these and plot them on the map.

Note: this is voluntary; you certainly don't have to post if you don't want to!

While we wait, a cautionary note and then some numbers. As usual it looks like some orders are being split into several shipments, so if you only get one book and it seems like it's probably not your whole order, it's very likely that more books are headed your way.

Now, numbers!

Total Santas: 545

Final store breakdown:
Book Depository - 241
Amazon.com - 178
Powell's - 71
Harvard Bookstore - 19
Amazon.co.uk - 16
Amazon.ca - 12
Amazon.de - 4
Amazon.fr - 2
Amazon.it - 2

Amount paid:
$30 - 352
$25 - 82
$20 - 53
$15 - 40
$10 - 18

Total by country:
United States - 374
Canada - 43
United Kingdom - 41
Australia - 24
Netherlands - 12
Germany - 11
France - 6
Finland - 5
New Zealand - 4
Norway - 4
Sweden - 4
Austria - 3
Belgium - 2
Ireland - 2
Italy - 2
Brunei - 1
Greenland - 1
Hungary - 1
Japan - 1
Malaysia - 1
Singapore - 1
Spain - 1
Taiwan - 1

I also have data on top books ordered. Do you all want to see some of that now, or will it spoil surprises? Or, do you want to guess? (Hint: four titles share the top spot; each was picked six times).

I'd love to see the list of top books!

Part of me thinks you should wait until Christmas to post the statistics, and the other part of me wants it now now now

No, I wanna know now, too! There's no way I can guess. Well, I will guess that one's Gaiman? he's usually a popular suggestion. I'd also guess Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, or whatever that ER title was a few months ago that was so popular, but I'm probably wrong on both.

I'd like to know now! Maybe it could be in a separate thread? That way people who want to avoid it till Christmas can still see the tracking thread.

I'd like to know now. I'm not going to wait til xmas to open the package when it arrives, so to be consistent, I vote for not waiting here either:)

I'm all for hearing now, but I'm with tottman, I HIGHLY doubt that my package will make it to Christmas either... :D

OH. Now I'm curious about how many books were ordered total - at least 1090, yes?

So just 6x4 out of 1090 shouldn't spoil the surprise for anyone... I mean, it's a small percentage of the total number of books ordered, you can't really be certain you'll be one of them...

I'd definitely like to see the top books! Putting it in a separate thread is a good idea so that those who want to wait can.

I know The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making was picked a few times.

I started a new thread to discuss the most-picked SantaThing books:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/128477

Mine is here already! A package form Amazon.ca arrived on my step here in southern Ontario. It was delivered by UPS. I don't order books from Amazon myself, so it must be my SantaThing present. I put it under the tree, and I'm going to try to wait for Christmas. It feels like it contains at least two paperbacks. I'm so excited!

Oh boy!! Time to make the map, back in a bit :-)

I've now linked in the map in the top post. Hopefully it works.

YAY! I hope that i dont get confused. I ordered my mom's christmas present from amazon last week and I got my santathing books from amazon too. I'm trying to wait until christmas to open the santathing packages, hopefully I wont get confused. That would not be good.

>17 lilkim714:..sometimes I read my own posts and realize that they dont make sense..blah for being sick..

I haven't been home yet but I am curious because we usually get lightning fast delivery from Amazon.

Are the packages marked as being from LT? Even so, unless my books look like Aunt Sally's Pralines or some Calvin Klein men's cologne, I should be able to tell. I haven't ordered any books for myself lately.

Will there be a thread to talk about what books we got?

>18 lilkim714: - Made sense to me :)

>19 lindapanzo: - sure, we can definitely have a discussion thread!

The packages won't be marked on the outside as being from LT, no.

how can i be part of this??? is it too late?

22> Unfortunately, yes. If you go to http://www.librarything.com/santathing.php you can see the information - sign-ups ended over a week ago, and we finished picking the books last Thursday/Friday.

Amazon.ca strikes again, Southern Ontario (London). I order so often I ripped it open not even thinking it could be SantaThing yet. Three books, none of which I have read, all of which sound perfect.

>24 jlrobinson99: jlrobinson99

Southern Ontario is the place to be!

Sunrise Manor, NV
Amazon.com
and Monday, December 12, 2011.

Millersville, MD
Amazon.com
Monday, 12/12/2011

Mapped!

This is SO fun! Thanks to all who do the work for this.

Reading, MA
Amazon.com
12/13

Still haven't decided if I'm gonna open it up or not. We'll see....

Received my books today!!!
Conneaut Lake, PA
12/13
I open mine because I had many orders coming from Amazon.com for Christmas gifts wasn't sure if it was my gifts I was giving or my Santa Thing Books. So I opened. What a wonderful surprise.
Thanks to everyone who does the work for this and to my Santa for picking such wonderful books from my wish list!

Mine came today! Unexpectedly early but a nice surprise :o)

Arrived Dec 13th in Bolton, UK, from Amazon.co.uk

Yay! Mapped!

First in the UK! Nice.

Received my books today:

Westbrook, Maine
Amazon.com
12/13/11

Minneapolis, MN
Amazon.com
12/13

Received my books today! I'm going to see if I can wait til Christmas before opening the box.

Albany, NY
Amazon.com
12/13

36 > good know Morphy! It means mine might be here today or tomorrow!

Hopefully the Maine and Massachusetts arrivals means that mine will get here soon! Amazon.com people - is it UPS that's delivering?

Just got mine (NYC, NY)! So bad, I already opened my box :)

Jeremy - are the colors for the flags automatically chosen? Because it might be more informative to group the origin by color, rather than the arrival date. That is, all the Amazons be blue, Powells be yellow, BD in red, and so on.

Yeah I was wondering that - right now I have them colored by day. Would store be more useful? Easily switched.

Switched to store color - let me know what folks think, we can go back to date easily enough.

It would be awesome if Google had a way to do multiple shades of the same color. Because then we could track day and store.

As it is, I appreciate having it by store, because then I can take a quick peek and see when each store's packages have started arriving, and where, as the colored flags increase.

Thanks!

Received today in Bellingham, WA, via Amazon.com! For those wondering, my Amazon package came via USPS.

I opened the package because I have no self-control. Many thanks to my Santa- I am delighted with my selections!

Received:
Los Angeles, CA
Amazon.com
12.13.11

Received in Healdsburg, CA
12/12/11
Amazon.com

Received in New Ulm, MN
12/13/11
Amazon.com

Received in Lindenhurst, IL
(north suburban Chicago)
12/13/11
Amazon.com

Has anybody else found themselves repeatedly checking their mailbox since this thread started? Even though there is no way they could be arriving for at least a week more?!

Amazon package, Willimantic CT, 12/13/11

Received in Boston, MA
12/13
from Amazon.com
Yay!
Now I have to hide it so I won't open it before Christmas.

Has anyone else who asked for Kindle books gotten anything yet, or maybe they're set to arrive closer to the holiday? I confess to a certain amount of hovering over my inbox...

Los Angeles, CA
Amazon
12/13/11

!!!

(Still waiting on one from
last year though)

>53 susanna.fraser:

You can stop hovering for a while :-)

http://www.librarything.com/topic/127197#3088987

(message 386)

>50 joannasephine: Yes!

Mapped to here.
>53 susanna.fraser: - Right, they're set to be delivered on 12/24. If you want insta-gifts, however, I believe that can be arranged. :-)

Mitchell, SD
Amazon
12/13/11

(At least I think it's from LTST, as my other Amazon orders are accounted for.)

Mine arrived. Complete with LibraryThing logo on the box so no mistaking it for anything else:)

Aberystwyth, Wales
Book Depository
14 December

Yay! A BD and with logo! Impressed!

>59 calm: - Oh, good, I'm glad they did that! Nice touch!

Yes it's the "LibraryThing What's on your Bookshelf?"

Hope that all the other BD packages start arriving soon - especially those outside the UK!

Neat!

Mine is set to deliver to my sister's apartment - where I'm visiting my family for the holidays - so no matter when it arrives, I won't get to see it before next week (waah!).

Received mine in Knoxville, TN 12/13/11 from Amazon.com. My holiday plans involve flying, so I've already opened the package since I don't have room to take it with me.

>64 cbl_tn:..theres hope for me yet in NC..maybe I'll get mine today if you got yours yesterday.. here's to hoping!

Received in Socorro, NM from Amazon.com, on 12/14.

(And yes, I opened it. Two interesting-looking books I would not have gotten for myself, and which I am now looking forward to sampling. Whee!)

53>

We were specifically instructed not to pick ebooks in the instructions; now I feel really bad, because my Santee specifically requested Kindle books, and I didn't give them because of that instruction.

>67 lorax: - We switched yours to Kindle editions, no worries (if they wanted Kindle books they didn't enter their whole address, so they were easily spotted)

68>

Thanks! I could have picked more if I'd known I could have picked Kindle editions, though; since shipping isn't an issue, is it too late to add another?

Amazon.de reports that three of the four packages have been delivered, but the Santees haven't reported it here yet. Likewise at least four more Amazon.ca packages have been reported delivered, and eight more Amazon.co.uk orders should be delivered as well.

>69 lorax: - We added at least one more to yours when making the order.

71>

Thanks so much. Presumably the "don't pick ebooks" was a relic from previous years that should have been deleted from the instructions, or amended to "don't pick ebooks unless they specifically ask for them?"

70> I guess some people don't know of this thread and don't report when their books arrive. I know my Santee has received her books, she added them to her inventory yesterday, but so far she has not reported here.

Maybe a notice in the LibraryThing Blog would be useful and more people would leave a message here :)

>50 joannasephine: Has anybody else found themselves repeatedly checking their mailbox since this thread started? Even though there is no way they could be arriving for at least a week more?!

This thread has made it WAY worse. I didn't expect mine to show up until the first of next week, but other people having gotten theirs, I'm WAY more impatient now!

>73 ghilbrae:, oh, I know. Even when all was said and done with last year's only about half of the folks ever reported in. There will be a note in SOTT, and maybe I'll add a thingie on the homepage too :-)

Mine's here!

Cambridge, UK
Book Depository
December 14th.

Arrived today!

https://twitter.com/#!/secretlondon/status/146998173032914944/photo/1

City: London, UK
Bookshop: Book Depository
Date of Arrival: 14 December 2011

>75 jbd1: I generally only come on the site when I'm adding a book. I saw the link to this page on twitter.

>21 jbd1: Mine was! It had the LT logo on the outside (from Book Depository UK)

They arrived yesterday - Dec 13
Baltimore, MD
from Amazon

Thanks to my Secret Santa - good choices

Received!

Bartlesville, OK
Amazon
December 14

Now to decide if I'm opening it now or going to try and save them...

Recieved!

Sulphur, Louisiana
Amazon
December 14

Recieved!

Sulphur, Louisiana
Amazon
December 14

My USPS lady has a very loud knock, my son was up all night and I had finally fallen asleep, scared the crap out of me but the packages were welcomed. lol

Fontana, WI
amazon.com
12/14

I don't know who my Santathing is, and I want to thank him/her. In the past, there was a note in the amazon packing list. Am I missing something?

>86 boblinfortino: You can wait until the 25th and your SantaThing page will be open or you can cheat, sign out of LT and look at it now.

Sorry, the packing slips should have a gift notice on them, but there was much ordering going on and I'm sure we missed a few. If you want to know before the 25th, just drop me a PM and I can tell you.

SantaThing arrived. Reading, Berkshire, UK.
Wednesday 14 December.
Thank you.

Quincy, MA
Tues, Dec. 13
Amazon

San Jose, CA
Wed, Dec. 14
Amazon

Greenville SC
Wed, Dec 14
Amazon

Dudley UK
Wed Dec 14
Book Depository
Thank you very much xx

>92 BarbsReviews:..there's a lot of hope for me.. I'm in NC..hopefully when I get home there will be boxes waiting for me.. I was going to wait, but now I'm not so sure.

And can I just add that this was more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Good job guys!

I got my packages yesteday and today. Longview, WA United States.

As for the top book orders, why don't you wait until after everyone has got their books, as it won't give it away.

>96 realityshowgirl: - We did that in another thread:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/128477 (don't go there if you don't want to see :-)

YAY!!YAY!! I received my santathing..well one of them atleast.. I have one more coming..do you want me to tell you when that one arrives too?

Mount Holly, NC
Wed., Dec 14, 2011
Amazon.com

I'm so excited!! THANKS SANTA PERSON!

Mine just got here... my husband said.... Ok what are you spending money on.... :) I said. it's my Secret Santa thing from my library thing.... he just was ahhh ok.

so Vancouver, WA
Amazon
and today Wednesday dec 14 through the U.S. Postal service...

thanks everyone..... I'm so excited.

>98 lilkim714: - up to you; feel free to report in when it comes!

>100 jbd1:..aye aye captain

Wow... you're fast... got me mapped and everything.... You're just the awesomeist !! Is there such a word?

I really love the fact so many folks stuck with Book Depository despite last year's snowpocalypse.

(98) Well, if your book arrived in NC today, mine may come tomorrow...

Do you want to know which books I got?

My SantaThing arrived today (Dec 14) in Morristown, Tennessee. (Amazon.com/USPS)

SantaThing made it to Madison, WI today! (amazon)

Lobster - Well I'D like to know!

This is too exciting and my carrier has come and gone for the day so I need to live vicariously!

Did Santathing for my daughter she got her's, still waiting on mine! I am so excited!

Daughter's SantaTHing came Monday Dec 12th! Pensacola Florida!! Still waiting for mine!

Baby theanalogdivide's books showed up today (December 14th). He got quite the haul of board books!

order arrived via Amazon.com
We're in Chicago.

And you know you're dying to see how he loved them.

112> That is adorable!

Austin, Texas
Amazon.com
12/14/11

Mine arrived today from Amazon!! Squee!
Brenham, TX

Do we have a thread going where we can discuss which books we got and say Thank You?

>112 theanalogdivide: - That is so cute! And appropriate book title as well!

Mine came yesterday, 12/13. I am in Akron, Ohio. Three books from Amazon. Yay! thank you SantaThing!

Mine is not here, but I wanted to say I love the map! Thanks!

>112 theanalogdivide:
Does that adorable toddler know he/she(/it?) is reproducing the cover in full scale?

(Edit: No books yet in at my home in Brooklyn, but according to the map, someone in NYC got their books yesterday.)

Thanks for the update on the Kindle books! I will wait patiently until Christmas Eve.

That said, I also requested print books for my 7-year-old daughter, and they arrived today, in Seattle, WA, from Powell's. And a great big thank you to her Santa, who did a wonderful job interpreting her tastes with only my brief description rather than a whole library to go on. We're both excited about sharing the stories together.

I received mine a few days ago from Amazon & I am in southwest Ontario.

>120 susanna.fraser: From Powell's??? Yipee!!! Mine should be coming soon!

Odessa, TX
Amazon.com
12/14/2011
YEAH!!!

Fargo, ND
Amazon.com
12/13/11
Thank you!!!!!!!! :)

Gaffney, SC
Amazon.com
12/14/11
Thank you! Have excitedly rattled the package and concluded that it must contain books ;)

I got my package today. Amazon.com
San Jose, Ca

Chapel Hill, NC
Amazon.com
12/14/11

Very pleased :)

In Lemoore, CA
From Amazon.com
On 12/14/11

Thank you very much. Very much appreciated.

Midlothian, Texas
Amazon
December 12, 2011

Got my books Monday from Amazon in the U.S. I'm in San Diego, CA. I'm very excited to have gotten my books and have already started reading one of them. :o)

Cambridge, UK
14/12/11
BookDepository presumably
(^ return address is LibThing, resisting opening to check before Xmas!)

Thanks bunches!

Potsdam, Germany
12/12/11
Amazon.de

Thanks a lot - haven't looked at them yet because I want to open the package on Christmas!

Mine arrived!

Dundee, Scotland, UK
Arrived on 14/12/11
BookDepository (with LibraryThing logo!)

Now I just need to resist the urge to open it before Christmas.

I recieved an Amazon package which seems to contain book, and since I am not expecting anything else I assume it's from my Santa. I'll wait until Christmas to open it.

Buxtehude, Germany
Arrived 13.12.11
Amazon.de

Okay - mapped to here!

And I started a discussion thread for talking about your ST goodies.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/128612

>>87 KarenElissa:!! I never thought of doing that!! Now I can't stop thinking about doing that!! sigh...

Germantown, MD from Amazon.com 12/12/2011

Le Sueur, MN from Amazon.com

Mine arrived a few days ago in Minneapolis, MN! :) Can't wait to read them!!

Received my books yesterday from Amazon! My husband won't let me open them until Christmas!

>131 snigl3t: And I thought I was special. Happy LibraryThingmas fellow Cantabrigian.

>140 fuzzy_pickle: - Location, for the map?

Mine arrived in London on Tuesday 13 December from Amazon.co.uk. Opened it before I realised what it was as I was expecting several other Amazon parcels (oops!) but now very excited to have three new books to read over Christmas. Thanks Santa!

Mine arrived yesterday, December 14 from Amazon.com. I live in Nashville, Indiana. Thanks, Santa! Terrific choices!

I got a second package today:)

Aberystwyth, Wales
Book Depository
15 December

Mine arrived on December 14 from Powell's. I'm in Germantown, MD 20874. It's actually for my wife, so I've wrapped 'em up and she won't see them until Christmas. But I'm pretty sure she'll like them, I'll ask her to comment after she's seen them.

Mapped to here!

Not gonna lie, the mapping might be my favorite part of SantaThing :-)

Is there any way I can look by name to see if my Santee got the books?

You can search in this thread with a CTRL+F, that should work ...

#147 Hah! I can see why! It is so much fun to watch those little colored thingees bloom across the world.

I got mine from Amazon in Davis, CA when I was out of town, so either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week.

Manchester, UK arrived today. Week+early. How do I wait this long?!

Order arrived earlier this week -- Charlottesville, VA

Mine came: Seaford, East Sussex, UK. I gave parcel to my daughter to wrap for the tree

Recieved!

Sulphur, Louisiana
Powells
December 15

Received my second santathing package today

Mount Holly, North Carolina
Amazon.com
December 15

and my mom worked from home and I called her every hour on the hour to see if my package had arrived..sure enough it did and what did she do..she opened it..

I received my two santa thing packages today!

Paris, France
Amazon.co.uk
December 15

Mapped to here. I've got to go prep for and attend the Portland (ME) meetup so I'll catch up on mapping later tonight.

I received a package today!
Providence, RI
Amazon.com
Dec 15

Apparently I have another on the way, as well!

Another Arrival for me:)

Healdsburg, CA
Amazon.com
12/14/11

Great sections by my Secret Santa, thank you!

Dayton, OH
Amazon.com
2011-Dec-15

I received a large box from Amazon today and HAD to know what was in it since it could have been SantaThing or one of the many gifts I ordered and need to wrap. I'm trying soooo hard to be good and not open my SantaThing until Christmas that I drove a mile to my parent's house and made my mom open it for me. Alas, it was not SantaThing, but the box set I ordered for my sister. :sigh:

Box arrived yesterday 14th December here in Ormskirk, UK. Parcel has come from Gloucester UK and has a LibraryThing printed label on the front, don't know which bookshop it has come from.

Received today (I think!)
Siloam Springs, AR

ETA: Amazon (sorry, forgot!)

163> That's Book Depository. They use LT return labels (for SantaThing orders) and are based out of Gloucester.

San Bernardino, CA, USA
Amazon
12/13/2011

Stratford, CT
Amazon
12/13 and 12/14

So So Excited, my SS did a good job :)

K. Mapped to here :-)

Seattle
Received today from Amazon.

Shout out to MSKeens. She did a FANTASTIC job as Secret Santa and chose excellent titles. Merry Christmas everyone!

Both Santathing packages arrived here today. Portland, OR area and both from Powells.

Winnipeg, MB
Canada

Got mine two days ago. kaelirenee did an excellent job ... very pleased

Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
Received today from BD

Albuquerque, New Mexico today from Amazon.com. This is the first of two different orders. I also was expecting other Amazon orders and was quite surprised! How much fun is this!!

Thanks so much. Mine arrived today, and I love them!! Can't wait to read them. Thank you.

Mine arrived today. Rockaway, NJ from Amazon!

I got mine in the mail yesterday, Dec 15 (although I'm not real sure when it "arrived" cuz I hadn't gotten the mail in a few days). And.... I'm in Houston, Texas. I used Amazon :)

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm totally going to wait until Christmas to open the package.

Mine arrived today. Larksville, PA from Powell Books.

Amazon delivered mine yesterday to Charleston, WV. Thanks, Santa, and thanks to all at Librarything for putting it together!

Irvine, CA - Arrived today via Amazon! AWESOME BOOKS! SO EXCITED! :D

94114. amazon. so far, at least 6 packages 12/12 and 12/13. Since I don't open, I have no way of tracking/counting - but I think we got it all.

Mine actually arrived yesterday. I didn't get home until late after a work party though I opened them right away, I'm not even going to pretend I "thought they were a different order"- I knew it was the ST!
Vienna, Austria
Amazon.co.uk
12/15/2011

It arrived today and I am so pleased!

Losne, France.
Book Depository/LibraryThing
16/12/2011

Mine arrived

Remsen, NY

Amazon

Now I have to wait for Christmas to open them.

Thanks.
Bette

Mine arrived just now:

Leeds, UK

Book Depository (marked as Library Thing)

Yay! :)

Mine has just arrived:

London, UK

Amazon (marked as LibraryThing)

Mine arrived yesterday!!
Scranton, PA
Powells

Got mine this morning! I couldn't wait and opened it immediately. I am VERY happy with the selections! :-)

Charlottesville, VA
Amazon
12/16/2011

Mine have arrived in London, on the 14th. :)

Baxley, GA, 12/16

Seattle, WA
12/15 from Powell's

Mine arrived! Thrilled with the selections: some off my wishlist, some not. Good job Santa!

Philadelphia, PA
Amazon
12/13/2011

12/16
Lemont, PA
Amazon
Thank you, Secret Santa =)

Mapped to here. Good stuff. And glad to see BD books have made their way across the Channel, at least, if not yet the Pond :-)

12/16
Port Arthur, TX
Powells

#192. Great to see that some one near me has received their gifts. Maybe I will get mine soon. Nothing today maybe tomorrow.

I'm interested to see when Book Depository gets packages to the US. I thought I would give them a second chance this year just to see, but maybe not next year what with the price fluctuations and maybe delivery debacles. Time will tell. They aren't late yet. :)

Yeah, they've all shipped now so I'd hope by Monday or Tuesday to start seeing BD books in the U.S.

Yup, I am going to be staking out my post box on the 20th maybe the 21st for my Book Depository parcels here in Florida. I usually receive books from them about 10-14 days after ordering (7-9 business days, I'd say?).

My parcel arrived today, December 16, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It came from Amazon.ca. I want to open it but I have a pile of books to read from the Books by Mail service so I don't have an excuse about lack of reading material.

Merry Christmas to all and a special wish to my Secret Santa!

Middleburg, Florida - package arrived 12/14 from Amazon. My Santa did a great job, I love the books I received! I can barely pull my nose out of them!

Received my SantaThing package from Amazon today in Naperville, IL. Loved the suspense of opening that box--and I knew I could count on Amazon to deliver on time. Thanks, secret Santa! (And thanks, Amazon.)

Received a couple of parcels from Amazon yesterday (15/12 Hove, UK). Going to wait until Christmas before opening!

Thanks Santa!

I got my books!

Modesto, CA
12/13
amazon.com

I wanted to wait until Christmas, but we all know how hard it can be when unread books are calling your name and they are sitting right there...

Many thanks to LibraryThing, amazon.com, and my awesome SantaThing! I can't wait to find out who found the best books for me!

Can I just be totally illogical for a minute? EVERYONE in the WHOLE WORLD got their books except me! And I'm as excited as a 5 year old! It's just pitiful!

I got my books! Thank you to my Secret Santa, (I couldn't wait to open them)...I can't wait to get started on the books!

12/16
Hillsboro, OR
Powells Bookstore

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and to my Secret Santa, thank you very much for the wonderful selections!

Thanks Librarything as well!

Drat!! I thought I would be first in Eastern Canada but when I came here to put in my info I saw Fredericton is ALREADY pinned!!

AND>> I'm not allowed to open it until Christmas too so that's even worse!!

12/16 8:15pm (yeah, seriously)
Fredericton, NB, Canada
Amazon.ca

Got my second one today! Albuquerque, NM from Amazon

Thank you Santa! They look great!

Memphis, TN

amazon.com

12/16

Got mine today in NE Kansas from Amazon.com

Got mine today too... I have never read this author - I am excited about this! I am headed into 1-2 years away from my bookstores and my personal library so this will go with me into my new "life". Thank you Santa!

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Amazon.com
December 12

I must confess that I dove right in and am enjoying my book tremendously.

#204,

Umm. EVERYONE in the WHOLE WORLD.

We here in Aussi are still waiting. Although being realistic,
I know the earliest DB book I have ever received, took 9 days.

Hannover, Germany
No idea where it came from, there's nothing on the parcel other than 'LibraryThing'
Today

Very good choices, I'm very excited!

London UK
amazon.co.uk

thank you to the thoughtful elves

Stuttgart, Germany
Book Depository
17/12

# 204 and 212 Still waiting here in Pennsylvania, but waiting on the Harvard Bookstore. You are not alone...

Salem, MA
Powells
12-16

Well I am just sitting here going through emails and stuff when the doorbell rings and I think to myself the door is unlocked my kids should be able to walk right in. Then it dawns on me, it must be the mail person dropping off a box to big for my mailbox. I received my books today and I will not open them.

Amazon
Dec. 17
Boothwyn, PA

So happy. Now I will let my daughter wrap the box.

212, 216 ah...I've been watching the map and checking Australia. This map is really fun.

Beckenham, Kent, UK
They tried to deliver yesterday (16/12), but collected today
Book Depository
(and I'm trying desperately hard not to open it!)

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amazon DE/FR
December 12

Hmm, will Australia get BD deliveries before or after us in New Zealand? ... gives me something to do other than checking the mailbox eight hundred times a day and hrmphing

Chicago, IL
12/14/11
Amazon.com

Excellent choices; I'm so happy!

Vaprio d'Adda, Italy
12/15/11
Amazon.it

I got mine today!! Couldn't resist opening them! Four books that look like I will really enjoy! This was great fun!

12/17/11
Bend, OR
Powells

What's with the Rockies - MT, CO, WY, UT, ID - no deliveries yet? I'm checking the doorstep every hour or so.

The LT crew deserves a big thanks for managing this so well! It brings back some of the Santa fun for us adults!

Berlin calling: one successful delivery from Amazon.de

in theory: Dec. 13th
in practice: Dec. 17th

Amazon.de was fast, but those delivery guys of Deutsche Post seem to be a bit overwhelmed those days.
From the markings on the package I can deduce that they tried to deliver the package first on the 13th, then tried again on the 14th to no avail (no surprise, as I am not at home during regular delivery times), finally they filled out a notification card and sent it with the regular post on the 15th which arrived in my mailbox on the 16th, so that I finally could collect the box at the post office today...
I still remember those days, when the delivery guy just left a notification card on the first unsuccessful delivery trial and I could pick up the box at my post office right the next day.

Yes #226, I (as an Aussie) just figgured, that part of America
just didn't read books :-)

Boo, Hiss Guido!
A friend just told me that part of America is...

>226 highland65: - Well, there were indeed zero ST orders from WY, ID and MT, so it's just a few from CO and UT that we're waiting on (there was only one other state with no orders!)

230: You gonna make us guess which one?

North Dakota!

Mine arrived yesterday (12/16/11) from powells bookstore (2 books) Macon, GA

>231 Mareofthesea: - Naturally :-)
>232 norabelle414: - Nope!

#234 -- Hawaii? Rhode Island?

>235 foggidawn:. Nope!

Alaska?

Speaking of Rhode Island, my arrival (reported in #159) doesn't seem to be on the map.

>237 crazy4reading: - Nope!
>238 kgodey: - Sorry, 'tis now!

239> Thank you!

Mississippi

239> Iowa?

If it really is Iowa, I am going to laugh and laugh. Whenever me & my friends trade mail with another friend who is in Iowa City, it seems to get lost in transit, or arrive strangely late/early, so that we joke about Iowa being in a black hole or not actually existing.

>241 majkia:/2 - Nope!

Delaware?

>244 kgodey: - Nope, not DE either!

South Dakota?

Arizona?

>246 lorax:/7 - Nope!

Vermont cause they just write their own?! Love those people!

>249 mkboylan: - It is indeed Vermont!

Alabama?

Edit: never mind.

Now do we get to guess which state had the most ST orders and how many there were for that state? I'd guess New York.

Mine arrived a couple of days ago.

Brooklyn, NY
Amazon.com
12/14

252 yes that would be interesting. LA County has 9 million people, which is more then each of 40 other whole states have, if I'm correct. Captain Obvious here reminding us of mediating factor.
I was surprised by the amazing libraries in Montana when I was visiting there. Maybe they don't need to buy books! I had to talk to the librarian and ask where the heck they got the money because I had not seen such great libraries in California. It was from a special tax she said it took em a Long time to get.

Whilst I am waiting for MY BOOKS, twiddles thumbs,
whistles off key, I thought I would wile away the time by asking trivial questions to my USAers.

Did you have to learn all 48/49/50 states when you were a kid? And their 2 letter abbreviations?

Well, when I was a kid the two letter abbreviations were not yet standard, but we learned all the states and their capitals and the old standard abbreviations - and could label a blank map with the right names. I do remember when # 49 and 50 became states, though I wasn't yet learning them in school.

255 no books here yet either. And yes, what helenoel said!

255> When I was a kid, they had just standardised the abbreviations (according to my grade 4 language & writing textbook, which could very well have been out of date). Not only did we have to learn all 50 states, place them on a map, and know the capitals, but we had to know the old abbreviations and the new 2 letter codes.

I imagine it's not much different than any other country's "basic knowledge for being a citizen", such as British kids having to learn the order of the monarchs from William the Conqueror on. We had to learn the countries/capitals in Europe, too, when we got to WW1/WW2 in history class in grades 7 and 8, at least at my school.

Thanks, #256-258,

Well here in Aussi it's easy. Lets see there is that hugh state in the west ( about one third of Aussie, and much bigger than Texas and Alaska) There is Queensland (our "deep" North) there is the civilized state, Victoria and of course, that other state, NSW. Oh and the rest!

Now, do you still remember ALL the state capitols, you learnt as kids?

My next question. Did you have to learn ALL your Presidents,
Their years of office, etc?

I can honestly say that I only learnt our Prime Ministers when I started to read some Australian history when I was in my 30's.

PS. Of course I should mention SA and Tassie and the "almost state" NT. They are tough in NT and might send a "contract" out if I am "disrespectful".

I live in Fort Smith, Arkansas received my books from Amazon this past Tuesday, Dec 13 I think. Yeah!

We had to learn the presidents in order, though not their specific years. We did have to be able to place Grover Cleveland correctly in both places (he had 2 non-consecutive terms).

259> If pressed, I believe I could recite all the state capitols. I'm hopeless at the geography, though, unless I'm drawing out a map. Just last year, I learned that Boston is north of New York - despite knowing very well where they are when I see an unlabeled map/outline of the coast. (I also learned that snow comes from clouds last year, which was a bit of a revelation. It's a theoretical vs practical knowledge sort of thing.)

We didn't have to learn the specific years that presidents were in office, but we did have to learn how many terms and the general decade of those terms. I expect that different schools have students learn different things, and you'll always hear reports about how terribly ignorant any particular age group of students is about things like the fact that Cleveland had two non-consecutive terms, or that F. Roosevelt was elected 4 times, or that Ben Franklin didn't actually serve as president.

Mine arrived today and I am tickled about my Secret Santa's picks. One is a new-to-me series that sounds great from the cover blurb. This was great fun in both the selecting for my person and the receiving. Thank You Library Thing and my Secret Santa!!

Mine showed up in southern Alberta yesterday, December 16th. And they are excellent choices!

12/16/2011
amazon.com
Burlington, MA, USA

I wasn't planning on opening it until Chanukah or Christmas, but didn't recognize the package. Very pleased; interesting choices. :)

Still waiting with delight & anticipation for the package from Harvard Book Store for my baby daughter!

First Australian delivery?
Today - Sunday! - 18-Dec-2011
Melbourne, Australia
Bookdepository.com

266> Australians have post delivery on Sundays?!

267> I can't recall ever, ever, ever having had a delivery on Sunday before. It is usual to have a Saturday delivery on the weekend before Christmas. I noted an item in "The Age" indicating that Australia Post was experiencing a significant increase in parcel traffic due to internet shopping. I guess this is part of their response to the increased volume.

My books arrived yesterday (December 17) in Michigan!

>266 rodneyvc: - Wow, that's impressive! Yes, first Australian delivery!

12/17/2011
Amazon
Saudi Arabia (through the APO system)

That was superfast compared to other packages I've been waiting for this month. Opened because I leave tonight for Dublin to celebrate Christmas; now I have fun stuff to read on the plane!

Here's a question: do the colors on the map mean anything? At first I thought red was US, blue Canada, etc., but there are a bunch of yellows in the US and UK is a mish-mash. What's up?

Edit: They're book stores aren't they? Duh!

Colors indicate which store sent the books. mouse over them and you can see. Book Depository, various Amazons, Powells, etc

>272 scvlad: They are bookstore, amazon, book depository, etc..

Yay for Australia!

Hengelo (Overijssel), Netherlands from Bookdepository on 17th December.

Books received from Santathing around Dec 13. I'm in Newport News, VA, USA. Looks like the whole batch arrived, it's from Amazon.com. Was thinking it was books I ordered from Amazon so I opened it already... oh well.
Thanks Santa, if you're reading!

received 12/14/2011
Keystone Heights, FL
Amazon.com

I'm Milan, Italy
amazon.com
Arrived the 16 of December

Brother rec'd his in Lakewood, CO on Friday (12/16). I think they were coming from Powell's. And he is pleased with his Santa's choices.

#266,

Paint me green. Also in Melbourne, where is mine...?

Hehehe Guido, I’ve wrinkled my nose and sent yours off to circumnavigate the globe until mine arrives …
;-)

Gasp, joannasephine, are you my...

No. Of course Not. Santa doesn't reveal his identity until I am at least "a big boy".

When I turn 6.

Hopefully never,

Guido.

Sadly Guido, I'm not your gasp, big boy or not. (Stop sniggering, the rest of you.) I'm just trying to tip the scales of fate, and add some trans-tasman intrigue to the event, since my own parcel is inexplicably still not here ...
:-(

I want that MAP which shows us on the top of the world.

this one maybe?

Yep, I'll take both :-)
Although Johnney Howard as a "boozer" is a bit hard to take.

The rest is of course quite plausible.

Guido, do I need to point out that the South Island of New Zealand is, in fact, higher than Australia?
;-)

Got one!
Sydney, Australia
Book Depository
delivery date is 19.12.11 (Monday)

I'm expecting at least one more book so it should arrive in the next couple of days..... I hope! I may have to go peak and see who my Santa was and what else I'm getting. I'm happy with the book I got and I just hope the other is as good.

My two paperbacks came. Southern Arizona.

Hrump! Another Aussi got their book/s before me.

NOT fair. (throws minor tantrum on floor)

And anyway "joannasephine" we ALL know that NZ will one day become a state of Australia.

SO THERE

Your, almost adult,

Guido.

ha ha ha ha ha ha

//skipping around the room waving my santathing book//

What, West Island?
As for you, bj, your time will come ...

#276 Yay! That must be the first from BD in NL! Now mine might arrive any minute. (Well...tomorrow - no delivery on mondays.)

Why no deliveries in the Netherlands on Mondays?

Not enough mail -> too expensive -> no mail on mondays or more expensive stamps -> no mail on mondays. *shrugs*

=edit=
Just now, I read that that will happen in the future. Not yet. :-) *keeps eye on mailbox*

Nothing in my area of South Georgia, but two other Georgia SantaThingers have received books. Maybe mine will be here soon. *waiting patiently*

Berlin, BD, just now!

Yay! Fingers crossed for BD arrivals showing up in the US! And for Guido so he'll stop whinging.

What, me whinge?

No, not you, Guido!!

Never YOU!!!

Not. Never. Guido. Complaining?? Never!

NEVER!! EVER!!

I love that map. Used to have it as my laptop wallpaper so when I set up in the classroom my students here in U.S. Would see it everyday and then just watch their faces.

So, I just got a whole bunch of SantaThing books:
Hanover, Germany
BookDepository
17.12.
Finally something to read again :D

Arlington, MA
Amazon.com
12.16.11

I got mine !

Book Depository
Wavre
Belgium.

ETA :
Two books, I don't know the titles because I had a quick look and saw only the pages.

Still waiting in Dallas, TX

However, it is so exciting to watch everyone else get theirs!

Package just arrived!

Denver, Colorado
12/19/11
Powell's

Hmmm... to open or not to open? Maybe I could wait until Thursday (Winter Solstice)...?

I know one of my Santees got his books because he added them to his library, but he hasn't reported it here!

My Santee is in Germany. I keep watching to see if she received hers, too.

My Santee received his/her box this past week, and looks happy judging by the post in this thread.

Mine hasn't shown up yet (unless, of course, it came since I left for work this morning) but there seems to be a more substantial cluster around the New York City area.

I received one book on Friday (16 December - already posted above), and two more books today!

Amazon
London, UK

I will not be opening these until Christmas. All three packages are helpfully marked 'LibraryThing'.

(Thank you dear Santa, whoever you are. wherever you are! Can't wait to open the packages and find out who my Santa is!!!)

Storvreta, Uppsala, Sweden
Book Depository
Dec 19

:)

(But we're not opening the package until Christmas Eve!)

eagerly awaiting my package still. i was handling the wait rather well until just now when i took the dogs out in the yard and the UPS truck drove by... without stopping. i'm on friendly terms with the driver, so he even waved as he sped by. i almost cried.

:peeking outside on porch to see if package has arrived:

:(

Pretty sure I'm going to win the whining contest. Opened my mailbox and inside was a key to the larger box where packages are. I KNEW it was from Amazon. Nope. It was one of those chrismas gifts you get from relatives every year, not books. Anyone want to guess?

My books (3 of them!) arrived today from Amazon. I'm near Cedar Rapids Iowa. My Santa was AWESOME! I found a new book that sounds wonderful and 2 books by authors I love that I hadn't read. So, I am tickled! Will there be a way to thank our Santa???? So glad I did this!

>316 mkboylan: Fruitcake? Socks?

316> Fruit from Harry and David.

Yep! Fruitcake! No books for me today! Can't complain tho - in the middle of an early review book. AND...the fruitcake is soaked in brandy and sherry so is actually yum.

Another delivery for me in Providence, RI!
Date: Dec 19, 2011
Bookstore: Amazon.com

This means I got all my books :). Very excited!

Lincoln, NE
Amazon.com
12/14/2011

Got mine! So excited!

Victoria, Australia
Book Depository
20th December, 2011

Guido, with no more "whines"

10.18 am.
20/12/2011.
Melbourne, Australia.
BD.

Yes of course I will open it immediatly after I have posted here! When I was a wee boy, we would celebrate christmas on the 24th. A European tradition I guess. I do miss those days :-)

Thanks, my secret Santa.

Guido.

Yeah, Guido got his books!!

Wait! Guido! Don't you feel rather obligated to wait with those of us who have been waiting with you?!

I suspect that my Secret Santa did put a bit of thought into "their" selection. I specifically added hughart 's book as my 3800th. on my library! More discussion later when I find out who my "Secret Santa" really is.

Guido, with thanks.

Got my books :)

Montreal, Canada
Book Depository
on December 19th

Also, I travelling for Christmas and don't want to carry the package so I figured I was going to open it after my last day of work before the my holiday starts. That would be wednesday. I don't know if I'll be able to wait. I feel like a child :)

Well, lets see "mkboylan",

I have been accused of "whining" so I guess That being called "a selfish bastard - not that you even implied that (probably me talking to me)"

is par for the course. But seriously, I was surprised how quickly the books turned up.

Surprised and pleased.

Indianapolis, Indiana
Powell's
12/19

I haven't received mine(east Georgia), but I am eagerly awaiting it!

San Pedro CA
Powell's
12/19

Not going to open until Christmas. Thanx Santathing!

Yucca Valley, CA
Powell's
12/19

One book I'd seen and wanted, so I'm thrilled. The other book is by an author totally new to me and looks absolutely perfect! Thank you Secret Santa and thank you LT!!! (BTW, the box made it in the door, but spontaneously broke open 5 feet inside our house. LOL!)

Some time last week in Phoenix, AZ.
Amazon.com

Sorry - traveling - no idea when it actually made it here.

Hahah, LMHTWB, mine spontaneously broke open too. Genuine mystery...

(333) LMHTWB: "BTW, the box made it in the door, but spontaneously broke open 5 feet inside our house."

:D

Midland, TX
Amazon
December 19

Arrived today!!!! (20/12/2011)

Melbourne, Australia
Book Depository

Oh, and mine spontaneously broke open too. Might need to look into that ;)

Very very very happy with the selections. One, a book that keeps popping up on my various 'recommendation' lists but I have been stubbornly avoiding (clearly the universe WANTS me to read it, who am I to argue). The other I didn't even know existed, from a new author apparently. Can't wait to crack them open.

Big thanks to my Secret Santa- you did well. Just the kind of thing I was hoping for.

Oh alright Guido as long as you tell us what you received here

http://www.librarything.com/topic/128612#3100260

Another.

20-Dec-2011
Melbourne, Australia
Bookdepository.com

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

328: Book Depository in Canada?!?! Yay! Hopefully they'll catch the flight out west soon...

Or south!

Got mine today!

Powell's
December 19
Springfield, IL

Received two packages labelled LibraryThing here in Montreal, Canada today.
I'm debating whether to open them or not... tough choices!!

I got my books yesterday! The package had already been opened by my wife, so I had to sneak a peak. Looks like great books, thank you so much Secret Santa!

Råholt, Norway

Perth, Australia
The Book Depository
20 (Tues.) Dec. 2011

#346 - Forgot to mention mine was The Book Depository as well.

20 December - Book Depository has reached deepest rural France (nearest big town Limoges).
Proding and the shape reveals it is at least 2 books, but it is now under the Christmas tree and I am trying to remain restrained until Christmas Day.

Thanks Santa!

And a third book today !

Book Depository
Wavre
Belgium

I'd like to be the 25th to thank my Santa (and to know which books s/he chose. Yesterday I asked to my son to look at the two books I get and he said that he doesn't know one but that I'll be delighted with the second book.)

#341.

No NZ books yet? Seriously worried for our cousins :-(

But wait, Christmas is still a few days away!

I hope they get there soooooone...

Guido. With LOVE.

Two in NC got their books already, but not me...:sniff sniff:

Nothing yet. :-(

Rochester, NY
Powell's
12/19/11

It came so early this year that I'm actually a little disappointed! I love coming home, wondering if it will be waiting for me. But my selections were fantastic this year.

Strong stuff that's so funny! And I really get that. This is so fun, especially seeing the ones in countries other than my own.

so I guess those of us who ordered from BD are the ones still waiting?

BD and Harvard Bookstore; I hope today's the day! :-)

does that mean if we haven't received books from Amazon that we should be worried?

eta: nevermind. apparently i just misremembered and kept thinking i ordered from Amazon when my SantaThing page says BD. that will make the wait a bit less frantic.

No, there certainly are still lots of Amazon and Powells books to arrive too!

My BookDepository books arrived today (December 20th) in Utrecht, The Netherlands!
Looks like I'll have a great Christmas holiday. Thank you Santa and thank you Librarything for organizing this great project!

A book! A book! A book came! Oh, wait... That's my November ER book not SantaThing. As you were...

Bergenfield, NJ
Powell's Books

And I'm waiting until Christmas - the package is under the tree. That combined with the 6 or 7 my wife bought me should keep me busy for a bit.

351 - What makes it worse is that I'm still waiting on books I ordered from Amazon about a month earlier even than Santa Thing, and which still haven't turned up. I genuinely am checking the mailbox six or seven times a day. Seeing so many books turning up in the West Island is just one more reason to sigh loudly and eat Christmas Biscotti ...

I haven't received anything (live in the Netherlands) which is kind of odd since I asked for e-books. Shouldn't I have heard something by now?

>364 yhoitink:

Nope, not until the 24th:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/127197#3088987

#364: I think e-books are being sent on the 24th.

Got a Powells delivery today in Averill Park, NY :-D

Goodness - was there no US mail today!? :-)

>367 lemontwist: - Ah, whew!!

#368: well, no packages from BD anyway.

One package from Book Depository received in Edmonton, Alberta! Hooray and thanks to my Santa!

Hi Jeremey,

Out of the approx. 545 Santa's How many have so far responded? Just idle curiosity.

I just placed the 168th marker on the map. But there are a great number who've received and not reported in here (I don't have a firm count on those, of course).

Woohoo! Finally.

Boulder, CO
Powells

Didn't wait to open it, and I'm not claiming spontaneous package deconstruction.

One book - and I am utterly enchanted! What a unique and thoughtful selection !! Thank you, Santa.

Finally New Zealand can be added to the map!

Auckland, NZ
BD

One book received today's mail, very nice and off my LT wishlist.

got one from Powell's on 12/20 in San Antonio

Saw a white bubble envelope just like the ones BD uses waiting for me when I got home and was so excited thinking a BD US delivery! Psych. Alas, just the newest edition of McSweeney's which is nothing to sneeze at mind you and I am happy about it but it's just not the same as a secret book from a secret Santa.

Received!

12/20
Powell's
Everett, Washington

> 375 Right, that does it. Tomorrow I’m lying in wait for our postie.

Hi Joanna - really hope you get at least one of yours tomorrow.

Dear Jeremy,

Obviously I am infatuated with "Secret Santa" as well I should be after 2 years of trying to get on :-)

Just a minor critism though, I find I seem to be "flying" between 3,4,5 different threads to find out what is happening :-(

Perhaps next year JUST have a single thread (even though it
does get large) so I can find out what's err. happening.

Guido.

Received today. 12/20

Powell's

Lincoln, Nebraska

The Chanukah fairy showed up in the DC area at sundown today bearing a package from Powells (and inside the package, a wonderful book).

I agree with Guido insofar as it is easy to lose the SantaThing-related threads in all the other conversations. Maybe next year, you could start a SantaThing 2012 group where you could find all the related threads in one place. It would also be good if people would automatically join the group when they signed up and anyone else could join in the usual way.

Hooray, my SantaThings arrived today!! Its sunny and warm in Melbourne, Autralia, and I've just spent the last few minutes reading Neil Gaiman's wonderful "Wolves in the wall" which was one of my surprises. Love LOVE LOVE this SantaThing idea and pleased my new friend loved hers too.

Ooops, forgot to say the books came from Book Depository.

- Melbourne, Australia
- Book Depository
- Yesterday, 20 December 2011

- Waiting until Sunday to open the package :D

Good thinking 99, err. #384

I like the idea of a separate SantaThing group, though perhaps it should be an option to join when you sign up. Automatic things have a way of annoying people around here.

>381 guido47:+ Let's not have that discussion in this thread, please. I'd like to get through this year's SantaThing before we start talking about the next one. I'll do a "debrief" thread in January, after the dust has settled, and you all can throw out all the ideas you want to for next year's ST.

I think mine arrived yesterday (saving the surprise for Sunday though!)
- Dublin, Ireland
- Book Depository
- 20th December 2011

OK, #390 :-)

And THANKS.

Guido.

>392 guido47: - You bet!

So, by way of update, I've just gone through the order logs to check tracking on the Amazon orders; there should be at most all or part(s) of about ten Amazon orders left out there; the rest all say they've been delivered (though clearly not all of them have reported here).

And the US BD/HBS orders were all shipped days ago, so they really should be starting to arrive at this point :-)

Hooray, my books are here! I'm overjoyed!

Oslo, Norway
Dec 21st
Book Depository

Thank you, Secret Santa!

Mine arrived today

Oulu, Finland
Book Depository
21st December

>395 julienne_preacher: - Neat! I think you might win the "most northerly" prize :-)

Arrived today
Somerville, MA
Harvard Booksore.
Dec 21st

>397 omnia_mutantur: - Oh Joy, HBS ( I like the typo in the name) has shipped- Things are likley to trickle out of New England soon. Cambridge to Somerville could have been a walking delivery, I hope they put ours on a truck at least.

My SantaThing arrived today. Now the hard thing is "to open it or not to open it" :S

Madrid, Spain
BookDepository
Dec 21st

358>

It's a little confusing because they didn't match like with like; so my books came from Powell's (arrived last night in the DC area) but I had to order for my Santee from Amazon, because that's what she had requested. So you may well have ordered for your Santee from Amazon, which may be what you're remembering.

jbd1 - Are there still Homeland Security issues? My OH works at the Post Office and said any package that isn't sent first class is likely to be searched?

>401 MrsLee: - it's possible, though BD said they thought that had been resolved. I'm still hopeful :-)

Book(s) delivered to my sister's in Hopkins, MN, yesterday (12-20), from Powell's.

I placed them under the Christmas tree this morning. Of course it will be the last gift I get to open because my family quickly learned that once I open a book gift I don't open any other gifts for hours.

received Dec 20, 2011 in Vancouver, BC, from Powell's in Portland Oregon. In time and beautiful!

Got my books in Fowler, CA from BD today.

>405 amanda4242: - Yay, the first U.S. BD order (and it's in CA; too funny)! :-)

#400 by @lorax> i ordered Santee gifts from BD and Amazon, but i think the confusion is just totally my own. i went back and forth with myself over which to choose: i would rather support BD and i didn't blame them for last year, but i also worried about shipping times and those darned fluctuating prices. obviously i decided on BD, but for some reason remembered it the other way around.

turns out that Amazon is guilty of fluctuating prices as well this holiday season, as one book i picked for a Santee went up $10 from the time i picked it to the time LT went to order it. which was a total bummer since i had that order down to perfection.

Ok lottpoet now that's funny!

Guess I'm one of the last ten amazon orders that haven't been delivered yet.....somebody has to be!

Did get a package from thinkgeek tho, Altho I ordered a shirt and got a calendar! Funny calendar tho.....the DEmotivator.....perfect for my sick sense of humor.

I've had no internet connection for the last 6 days so I'm very excited to see that not only are the Aussie books arriving, but one has even made it to Auckland! My mail hasn't arrived yet today, so fingers crossed!

mine arrived yesterday

sydney, australia
book depository
21 dec

I was hoping I would have a Harvard Book Store package waiting for me when I got home, but alas. Only books I bought for other people.

Mine is here!!!
Powell's
New Hampshire
03254
GREAT PICKS!!!

Harvard Bookstore order - arrived in Cambridge, MA 12/21! Trying to be good and not open early...

Ok, I jumped the gun yesterday (post #375) as the package was not a santathing one, but today's package was. I doublechecked but I should have triplechecked.

Auckland, NZ / BD

I am so excited!! A package from Powell's arrived today and I know what that means!!

Metairie, LA 12/21

*squee... for great justice!*

One from Book Depository to Healdsburg, CA
12/21/11

I love the choice my Santee picked for me! Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Location: Florida Panhandle
Bookstore Ordered From: BookDepository
Date Arrived: 12/20/11
Received: (1) UK edition of Libba Bray's, Rebel Angels

Too cool! ^_^ Thanks to my Santee for the fab choice.....here's hoping the person I played Santa to likes there's as much! Happy holidays everyone!

Oh whine... I'm in the Florida Panhandle too but have not yet gotten my BD package.. Hopefully tomorrow!

My package with (2) books arrived today. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Chicago, IL
Book Depository
Arrived 12-21-2011

417,418> Yay! I'm just east of y'all so maybe I'll get mine tomorrow, too!

Wanted to let you know that I received a book. It has the Library Thing logo on the package and I got someone else to open the package for me because I am confused with the packaging. I asked my books to be sent from Powell's. On the Library Thing label it says also Royal Mail (postage paid Gloucester) and then it also says Air Mail (par avian). Does that mean it wasn't sent from the United States? or is that for mailing purposes as a return address for other countries?

Anyway, It is:

Burns, OR
Powells?
Arrived 12-20-2011

Thanks so much, and I think that there might be another one on it's way, we'll see.

Storm's, Annie's and my own arrived today in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia from The Book Depository. Still waiting on Yasmine's, Butterfly's and Earth's.

>421 TracyK1: - Yours came from Book Depository; that's what we have you logged as choosing for ST delivery.

And indeed, there's another on the way :-)

3 books from the Book Depository arrived for me today (Dec 22nd) in Lauderdale, Tasmania!

>424 felius: - Whoohoo!

One book arrived in Livonia, Michigan on 12-20-11. I'm waiting until Christmas to open it. Like TracyK1 (421), it looks like mine is from BD, although I thought I'd signed up for Amazon (not wanting to repeat last year's BD fiasco). Was BD the default? I know I went back and forth to the order page more than once, since I had to update my Paypal account. Maybe I forgot to mark Amazon the last time. I can't complain about BD this year, though., and it was nice that they put the LibraryThing logo on the package.

Got it yesterday! Don't know who my SantaThing is but thanks!!!!!!

Still waiting in my corner of Georgia. It doesn't appear that my Santee has received her books, either. I will definitely open my package when it arrives!!

Mine arrived in North Vancouver yesterday, the 21st, from BD. Now sitting under the tree in its brown cardboard wrapping, looking plain and suitably gnomic.

One big package arrived from Book Depository
December 21st
Espoo, Finland

And a second package arrived on the 20th december in Hengelo (Overijssel), the Netherlands from BookDepository.

One package from BookDepository arrived in Vara, Sweden, 22nd of December.

One package received from The Book Depository yesterday, December 21st

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Thank you Santa!
My Santee already received her books and send me a kind thank you message. How do I find out who is my Santa?

>431 Puffin25: Aaaaargh! That is SO unfair! You (Hengelo) have two and I (Wageningen) have none. :-(

(edit) *waves at Maaike123!*

>433 Maaike15274: - The SantaThing page will open on 12/25 (or, as others have pointed out, you can sign out of LT and look at it now :-)

My package arrived today! I HAD to open it! Great choices, but no idea who picked them!

Cambridge, ON Canada
Book Depository
Dec. 22 / 11

Arrival today--such an intriguing choice, very much tuned in to my interests but not something I would have ever discovered on my own. I'm excited to read it!

Wilmington, DE, USA
Powell's Books
12/22/2011

Woohoo!

Newark, OH, USA
Book Depository
12/22/2011

So excited! I'm waiting until Christmas to open it.

Still nothing in my part of Georgia. Hopefully tomorrow. I don't think my Santee has received hers either.

A package from BD arrived today, Friday 23/12/11, near Rolleston QLD Australia.

Haven't opened it yet, but thank you to my santa, and to my sponsor!

All of our parcels have now arrived in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia from The Book Depository.

The Book Depository in Chicago, IL.

Thanks to my secret santa, I'm looking forward to reading them.

Two packages arrived from Book Depository today in Richmond, CA.

The cardboard one for Aviddiva's Mom was sealed and contained two books, but the envelope for me was open and contained only one book (which was right, according to the packing slip, so nothing fell out.) I'm assuming there is at least one more book on the way.

Yay! I was so excited they came on time!
Reno NV
Powells
12/20/11

12/21/11
Harvard Bookstore
Burlington, MA, USA
(via USPS, IIRC)

So I've received my baby daughter's package now as well, in time for the second night of Chanukah! She received a number of books -- I think there are 5, but she is asleep on me and they are upstairs -- which are all awesome and much appreciated. I can't wait until I can check for her Secret Santa's name after Christmas to say thank you! :D

*Lower lip trembling* Everyone around me in California and Oregon are receiving theirs, where's MINE!

This is some evil plot to keep me from opening them early. I know it is.

2011-12-23
The Book Depository
Gothenburg, Sweden

Thanks, Santa!

446 MrsLee - I know what you mean! All these people near me in Michigan and Ohio (not to mention Canada) have received theirs, why haven't I gotten mine yet?? :(:(

Me too! Others on the Florida panhandle have theirs. Feeling sorry for myself. At least I know my Santee got theirs. They didn't report in here, but added the books to their library.

Got mine yesterday
12-22-11
The Book Depository
Champaign, IL, USA

Thanks to my Santa!

My books arrived yesterday!
12/22
Book Depository
Chicago, IL, USA

Package received

Espoo, Finland
December 22nd
Book Depository

Still nothing yet. (Though according to the map, a fellow Brooklynite got something on the 14th, and also from Amazon.)

Just out of worry/curiosity, are there any current stats on how many people are still waiting for boxes?

There are quite a good number of BD boxes still enroute, and ~10 HBS shipments. Almost all the Amazon orders should have arrived at this point. I don't have more specific counts, sorry. I haven't gotten mine yet either! :-)

I received my books! I absolutely love them and I am so excited to get to reading them in the New Year. My secret Santa really did a good job! From Amazon.com. Thanks so much Santa for the thoughtful choices! Charlottesville, VA.

I'm watching to see if my Santee has received his yet from Amazon - nope. (Hoping he receives all 3 I requested, and of course hoping they are good selections.) Perhaps he is travelling. *anxious*

>456 highland65: - They've been reported delivered by Amazon (on 15 December, in fact). So hopefully they're there and he just hasn't checked in here.

I should note, if you're waiting on an Amazon package, I can check the status of most of those if need me. The other stores I don't have much tracking information available for.

ETA - Drop me a PM and I'll take a look!

Nothing yet here from HBS - expecting for two people - but they seem to have shipped others so will assume they are in the hands of the USPS. One more day to check the PO box. If they are late, I believe there are other books under the tree, so we might survive a few days.

>457 jbd1: Thank you, Jeremy. 3?

>460 highland65: - Yes, all three.

Craig, Alaska
Amazon
12/21/2011

Wow, Craig, Alaska............spent many a time there with brother & family and quite a bit of time at the Hill Bar. Is it still there?

Anyhoo, my gifts have arrived:
12/21;
Amazon.com;
Morton, Washington

Thank you SantaThing

>454 jbd1:
I should be getting a box from Amazon (I went for the $30 option), so this is a bit distressing. Do you know how it shipped? The post office has had some trouble* delivering packages recently, that one of their major competitors did not replicate.

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* Laziness, if anything, since their excuses are really lame.

Worthing, West Sussex UK
Book Depository
16/12/2011

I got mine today!!!

Indianapolis, Indiana
Book Depository

The last mail and UPS deliveries before Christmas have just gone by. The Book Depository voyageurs seem to have forgotten that Georgian Bay is the route between Montreal and Edmonton. I see they were in Cambridge ON yesterday, so maybe they will paddle up here on their return trip. It will be a great post holiday pickup!

>464 AnnaClaire: - Yours says it's coming from BD, not Amazon.

Yes! My first book arrived. I'm guessing it's only the first, since it's only one book,so I'm hoping I'll get another surprise in the mail soon! My location: the Hague (den Haag), the Netherlands. Shop: TBD. Looking forward to see my location on the map!

>468 jbd1:
That is very strange, since I'm sure I signed up for $30 worth of books -- and wasn't that option only from Amazon?

470> The option was available for all of them. Amazon you *had* to do $30 or ebooks, iirc.

>471 keristars: - Right. You do have $30, but from BD.

OK, just being sure. Still, I coulda sworn...

One book arrived today from BD, in Regina SK Canada. I'm glad there will be at least one book under the tree!

Still nada for me :(

Nada for me either. :( I think I'm giving up on BD for next year.

Two books arrived for me today in Chicago from the Book Depository. Yeah!

my UPS driver said that some things would still be delivered on Christmas Eve, but he wasn't sure if it would be anything that was deliverable or just things that had been "guaranteed" by UPS. not sure how many of the still undelivered SantaThing packages might fall under that umbrella, but i'm holding onto a tiny bit of hope that my books will still get here.

if they don't, i'll be the tiniest bit sad but not overly worked up about it. books are books whether they are under the tree or not.

I would think BD orders would be coming USPS; so, theoretically, there's still tomorrow!

Three books arrived for me today from Book Depository! I'm in McHenry, IL.

Two books arrived yesterday, 12/22, from Book Depository. I'm in Reading, PA, and SO thrilled with the books Five Flavors of Dumb and So Much to Tell You. Cannot wait to know who my Santa was and who the elves were who gave suggestions!

Still waiting in Georgia. :(

I'm still waiting on an order from Book Depository for my brother to arrive, near Albany, NY. *fingers crossed for a last minute delivery tomorrow*

I at least will have something to open since I got mine through Amazon and it arrived last week. I have resisted the temptation to open it early. I can't wait to see what my Santa picked for me.

I got one book today from BD in Austin, Texas.

>453 AnnaClaire: I'm also still waiting in Brooklyn so you're not alone there.

Greetings from Grand Rapids, MI. My books arrived a week ago. Looking forward to some quiet reading time this weekend.

Fort Collins, CO
Powells
Tuesday?

I would think BD orders would be coming USPS (#479)

Oy. If the USPS screws up (always a possibility*), will Book Depository re-ship my books? We've had some trouble getting boxes here without stupidity of an entirely, er, postal scale.

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* Since the infernal idiocy mentioned in my earlier post seemed localized to whoever was doing the larger packages in my neighborhood.

Thought I might be the only one in Australasia still waiting, but I see Auckland, NZ actually only has one dot on the map so far. Could've sworn I saw more than one Aucklander claiming to have received theirs last time i looked at this thread, but now the sun's so bright I'm having trouble reading my screen... you know how it is...

So Google Maps have gotten really annoying and only allow you to show 200 points per "page" now; you'll see that I've added another link to the first post to a version of the map which will show all of the points on one page.

>488 AnnaClaire: - Hopefully we won't need to worry about that, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Tokyo, Japan
amazon.com
Dec 24

Just in time for Christmas! I did open it, and found 3 books that look very interesting ;) I can really tell that my santa went through my library and gave a lot of thought before coming up with this great selection. Thanks so much! and I really appreciate all the work that the people at librarything put into this project (particularly with the logistical difficulty of allowing participation from international locations).

LT Santa just made it (7:10pm, Dec 24)!
Perth, Australia
Book Depository

I did open them, as it's already Christmas in some parts of the world :) Lovely books, so much thought went into them. Can't wait to read them, might even start tonight.
Thank you Secret Santa and LT!

Ludwigslust, Germany
Book Depository
Sometime prior to the 20th

Dear "joannasephine",

Did you get your books before Christmas?

1 Hour to go to the 25th here.
Although, when I was a child, we would get our presents, from under the tree on the 24th. About 6pm.

Christmas Day was for the "relatives" and the "feasting"!

Guido.

Clawson, MI
Book Depository
Woohoo!

I just got the mail here is Southern Georgia and no books yet. I believe mine will be coming from Book Depository so I'm hoping for UPS or Fedex!

496> Sorry! BD ships using Royal Mail which converts to USPS once it goes through Homeland Security.

We get the mail around noon in my neighborhood, so my fingers are crossed that my books arrive today. (Though I'm not too bothered if they don't - I just got into my September ER win and a highly anticipated book was delivered yesterday (Wandering Son 02 - from Fantagraphics, and it's a very well put-together book with great quality)

I've wanted to read Wandering Son and the Jiro Tanaguchi books that Fantagraphics releases.

Ypsilanti, Michigan USA
The Book Depository
Arrived Friday December 23

Just made the last possible check at the Post office until Tuesday- Harvard Bookstore is not at the top of my list. but Christmas lasts twelve days and we have no shortage of reading materials....

Merry Christmas or other celebratory event to all of the LT community- you are a good crew to hang out with.

I told my husband, the postal worker, to rummage around the PO and make sure no one was hiding my package! ;) Oh well, I know I have one book under the tree, because I bought it myself. Made my husband wrap it though.

>494 guido47: - Hi "Guido",

no, nothing for me. The last chance for things to be delivered in time was royally futzed by the earthquake on Friday. Somehow postal deliveries don't seem quite so important just now.

On the bright side: when they do arrive, I won't have to exercise any self-control whatsoever.

Mine arrived on my Kindle this morning.
Somonauk, IL

Received my Kindle books this morning. Hint to others since it took me a while to get over the frustration - if you get a window saying the server is down or some other obnoxious note, remove anything from the url before amazon and try again.

Thanks, leadmomma. Those look very interesting. I have been thinking of reading The Tiger's Wife for some time!

(446) MrsLee, others here in NC have gotten their books already, but not me...

:sniff sniff:

Perfect timing! Mine arrived today in Ridgefield Park, NJ. No markings on the box (except for an LT return address), but it came by Royal Mail. Present opening is tonight - I can't wait to see!

Got it!

Xenia, Ohio
Book Depository
Dec. 24th :)

Recieved today, I look forward to reading them!

Edgewater, MD
Book Depository
Dec 24th

NO! Last mail delivery before Christmas and still no Santa Thing for me. Boo! I'll tell you one thing tho. I've already had more than $30 worth of fun following this game on LT for my first time! Happy whatever you celebrate!
Or....as someone else said:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, with respect to other religious/secular traditions of others and/or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a personally fulfilling, fiscally successful, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of of the generally accepted calender year of 2012, but not without due disrespect for the calenders of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wish.

Oi, #509,

Does "that" disclaimer, cover curmudgeons?

Bah, it did cover "old".

Well, anyway and despite political correctness

I will wish you ALL a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Guido.

I forgot to sign in here when I received mine last week, so better late than never!

Peoria, AZ
Amazon.com
12/13

Merry Christmas everyone!

Received today! Just in the nick of time!

Milwaukee, WI
Amazon.com
Dec 24th

Received mine in Portland, OR Dec 24.
It appears to be from the Book Depository (it came with 2 BD bookmarks), which is interesting because I thought I specified Powell's.
Anyway, Thanks Santa and LibraryThing. I couldn't wait so opened them and am quite pleased. One I've wanted to read and another I am not familiar with, but it's quite clear my Santa did his/her homework. Perfect! Happy Holidays!

Received yesterday
Vancouver Island
Dec 23
Book Depository

> 509 : I love your "politically correct" wishes ! Same for you.

Independence Mo package arrived 12-23-11

515 that greeting is great isn't it? It's all over the Internet, with some longer versions also, but no one seems to know it's origin. If anyone discovers the author, please let me know!

I still haven't received my book, but I cheated. Since we can now see what was picked for us, I looked. I am so excited and can hardly wait to get the book! My Santa made a perfect choice!

Mine arrived while we were visiting family. St. Charles, MO

My package arrived on the 22rd (or 23rd- not quite sure) from BD (I am in sweden if that matters :) ) :D

There was some letter fail though :P as in alphabet letters; in swedish we have å, ä, ö (in addition to the rest- same as in english alphabet) and my last name starts with one of them, as well as the second letter of the city i live in and both words had disappeared completely from the address note. The package still found its way to me (yay :D), but i thought i'd just mention it here that it might be worth to mention as a note in the rules or something that one shouldn't use letters not in the english alphabet to be on the safe side- those letters can be changed for a, a and o an people will understand what it's supposed to be :)

My Book Depository package arrived really late on Friday, which is actually excellent considering it came by Royal Mail to Georgian Bay: definitely not a direct flight. So happy to have it for Christmas. Thanks to jbd1 for organizing and tracking all this. I am now going to find my Santa and thank them profusely for great books.

It's December 25th, how do we find our Santa?

>522 fuzzi: - go to the main ST page and click on your name :-)

I can't find our Santee on the SantaThing page any longer. What's up with that?

I have received no SantaThing package as of Dec. 25th. Bah, humbug!

>525 maggie1944: - Well that's troubling. Amazon shows your package delivered on 12/13!

No books from BD by Christmas, but I'm still hoping for tomorrow, I have that day off work too. So my big problem now is not going to peek at my ST page before the books arrive! I'm gonna go watch Dr. Who and remove the temptation!

msg 526 - I left a PM on your profile page. I think I solved the mystery. Please let me know if I am right.

Happy Holidays!

edit: OK, my bad! Stupidly thought I'd ordered these fine books, but now I know, my Santa was excellent at choosing books! I rec'd two very nice books and am looking forward to some good reading!! Sorry I cant's say just exactly when I rec'd them

maggie1944 in Lake Stevens, WA

My books arrived on Friday just in time! I managed to avoid the temptation to open them until this morning. Was pleasantly surprised by a couple of classics I don't have and will look forward to reading them soon.

Nothing for me from HBS in time for Christmas. And there's no mail tomorrow, so here's hoping it arrives on Tuesday.

Puerto Rico, Amazon, $30. I asked for ebooks and got them as gifts in my inbox yesterday on the 24th. :D

Mine arrived this week from BookDepository. I totally cheated and opened them ahead of time. :-)

My package arrived from Amazon.com. My location is West Milford NJ and it arrived more than a week ago.

I just realized, I didn't receive anything in time for Christmas! Am I supposed to report that?

>534 3wheeledlibrarian: - Not necessarily; there are still a bunch of packages enroute! :-)

yeah, finally got my SantaThing secret santa books!!!!!

Danville, PA 17821 USA
Amazon.com (kindle store)
December 25, 2011

Wow, they delivered on Christmas? What a nice surprise. I'm still waiting for mine, but the wait has been balanced out by the early arrival of my December early reviewer book (UNCOMPROMISED by Nada Prouty... very good so far) -- it arrived the day after I learned I'd been assigned it! That was fast.

If my books have been sent by the postal service (USPS), then I won't get them today (holiday), but if by some other vehicle such as UPS or FedEx, I might.

:waiting....waiting:

I don't think any of them will be coming UPS or FedEx, sorry.

Oh well...

...thanks for the input. :)

How long should we wait on BD before we should worry?

>541 heyjude: - I should think that by the end of this week most everything will have found its way. But let's see what the next few days bring.

Grant, Alabama on the 24th from Powells.
Whoo Hoo!!!

Still haven't gotten mine but WOW--the map is really exciting :)

Haven't got mine yet - they may be in my condo's package office, though, I'll check tomorrow. But I went and looked at my page and there's nothing listed there - my Santa is listed, and one comment, but no books. Should I be able to see what was picked for me now?

Weird, I can see an ISBN there. Are you sure you can't?

I can't see any ISBNs on my page either- can see everyone elses.
I'm ok with waiting, but tried to check since mine aren't here yet either. My Santa made comments, but they did not include names of books.

I couldn't see the isbns on my page either, so I signed out and then went to he page to see them. And yeah, I'm still waiting for mine as well.

Something has changed. I was able to see my ISBNs before, but they appear to have reverted to a point where I can no longer see them. It doesn't matter because I've already received the books, but it is strange that something is not quite working as it was.

Mine and my wife's arrived about a week before the 25th. I don't remember which day. Two packages from Powell's bookstore. And we're located in Mission, Kansas. This is so much fun I'm going to recommend it to all the readers I know next year.

Our books arrived today from HBS via Media Mail at USPS -
Pennsylvania halfway between Harrisburg and Gettysburg for the map.

redsox342015 is pleased with his selections and mine look very interesting. George Orwell on "Why I write" and a memoir on raising goats and making cheese in Vermont.

Thanks to both Santas and to Jeremy and the other elves at LibraryThing.

When I came back home after my christmas family visit, my SantaThing book was there! I don't know when it arrived, saturday (24) or today (27). But I would like to be on the map, so please, just pick one! I live in Wageningen, The Netherlands.

It looks like the book is a classic fantasy book, fitting very well in my library. *happy*

I just come back to Nuuk, Greenland and my SantaThing books were waiting for me. Don't know exactly when they arrived, but it was between December 19th and today

Georgian Bay, Ontario
Book Depository
Dec 23/11

Please see 521 above

I'm in Pittsburgh, PA and I'm happy to report that my books (from the Book Depository) arrived today Dec 27th.

Books haven't arrived yet in Louisville. Anxiously awaiting.

:looking out the door to see if books have been left on the front porch:

:(

our mail arrives late in the day so I'm still hopeful for today.

Mine arrived today, the 27th. Charleston, SC from BD.

Thanks LT & my secret Santa!

Arrived today from Book Depository
Washington DC
So pleased!
Thanks santathing elves and especially Jeremy
My secret Santa chose wonderful books

Woohoo, two of my three have arrived!
Book Depository to Southbridge NZ, 28th of December.

Recieved mine on the 23rd. Opened Christmas morning. Wonderful picks. Thank you whoever you are. Can't wait!

My books arrived today! Highland Park, NJ -- Book Depository

Having trouble figuring out if my person got their books or not.
Can someone help?
Thanks.

>564 hredwards: See #276 on this thread. But the short answer is, yes indeed.

Arrived today (28th) in Taipei, Taiwan from Book Depository. Very excited - three great picks!

I received my three books today in Laurel, MD. i am absolutely delighted with the picks!

Received books from Book Depository today in NJ

Sigh. Still waiting...

569> Me, too. If it's not here by Thursday, I'll be Officially Worried, as that's a full week later than the usual estimate for BD->me. But i figure just maybe the post office is still backed up... goodness knows my stepdad's still getting home later than usual by a good hour or more (he's a mail carrier for a nearby neighborhood).

Got mine today and loved the book! San Bruno, CA.

Mine arrived in Port Moody, BC, Canada on December 22nd all together in one package from Book Depository :)

Received a package from Book Depository here in Malaysia today :D

SantaThing arrived yesterday!

Dec 27
Worcester, MA
Book Depository

Wonderful choices!

Dec 28
Ajax. ON (counts as Toronto)
Book Depository

Huh, I just got an interesting surprise today. I got two SantaThing books from Amazon ages ago, and I figured that was it. I saw that my Santa had in fact included three choices, but I figured the third one must have been too expensive or something. But, lo and behold, it came today! So I got a before-Christmas and an after-Christmas present!

(569) (570): Still waiting here, too.............

still Thingless in Toronto. *le sigh*

I guess I'll have to choose my next read from the several hundred books I already have. :-)

I love that *le sigh*! :D

1 Santa Thing arrived Christmas Eve (from Powell Books) and I am so excited! Still wating for the other secret Santa from Harvard Books.

Still waiting on mine, in Washington D.C.

Just had a pleasant surprise as my packet just arrived (7:05 pm). I didn't expect it anymore as the normal mail package delivery had already been at the building earlier today. So now I've got 4 wonderful books to add to my TBR pile.

Delivered 28-12
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Bookdepository

I hope it comes soon. I'm pretty sure I'll be out of a job by the end of the first week of the year -- if not sooner -- so I could use some cheering. (The fact that mom isn't kicking me out too helps, but only so much.)

Final Delivery to Healdsburg CA from BD
12/27/11

Great choices!

I spoke too soon. Delivered from The Book Depository:

1850 Mintwood Pl NW
Washington, D.C. 20009

My Santa Thing package arrived today from Harvard Book Store to Carmel, IN 46033.

Mine arrived in Virginia today from Book Depository.

Got mine today in Brooklyn NY from Powells.

Well, I don't feel so bad about not getting mine from BD yet, when I see Powell's and HBS has stuff still arriving.

Received mine yesterday!
Dec. 27
Washington, D.C.
Book Depository

Yeah!

Nothing in South Georgia.

Hooray! I came home from work to find 2 books in Alexandria, VA from Harvard Book Store

My Grama's book and my second package both arrived today! Xenia OH

The last 2 books arrived today in Regina, SK Canada. Thanks Santa!

Nothing in NC today. :(

Last two books are here via BD in Richmond, CA. Thanks, Santa!

Half an hour after I was going to post a "not yet" post -- they arrived! Made it to Darwin Australia from BD finally :-)

Left home for the holidays at 11:15 on the 23rd, just got back home. Found *nothing* on my doorstep. :-(. Ah well, I was going to try to use my SantaThing to motivate me to get my 3rd certification in 3 months. If the package isn't here, I can't be tempted to dive in before I take that last test. ;-)

#595 I'm still waiting in NC as well. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

Also still waiting in NC. Surely in the next few days they'll arrive.

And my third book arrived today! Southbridge NZ, from Book Depository on December 29th.
:-)

Toronto, Canada. From Book Depository. On December 28th.

As one of three Austrians participating in SantaThing I'm still waiting! I hope that not someone else is reading my books now - my mail man tends to leave the packages on my door mat so that passers-by can easily spot them from the street...

Houston, TX
12/27
Amazon