At first I was nervous about this. Secret Santa arrangements are not my sort of thing. But the more I though about Librarything's Santathing, the better I thought the idea was.
It works thus: participants register and undertake to buy a book to the value of $20 (that is to say about £9.80) to another librarything user picked at random. Amazon take care of the distribution, which is guaranteed for Christmas, and privacy is maintained.
So I've signed up. Do so too, the deadline for registering is noon on Thursday Eastern time, that is to say 5 p.m. GMT
Update" I bought a present that I hoped would please my designated recipient and was delighted to receive from my anonymous benefactor Aelian's Historical Miscellany.
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