She likes to buy spare copies so she can hand them out whenever she feels like it.
I like to file away in my mind a list of rotations, and buy only when an occasion arises. There are a couple of times, however, after I caress the sharp corners, smooth spines and creaseless covers of my favourites, I give in to the urge, buy in advance and bid my time.
Which is how I ended up buying Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence today.
As mentioned, I have a small list of absolute fave books in my head I love as gifts. And I would pick the book depending on the recipient's character.
And then there is The Age of Innocence, my newest love.Honestly, I find The Fountainhead a little hard to give away. It's definitely not for everyone, but it is an amazing, amazing work that left me awestruck. Apart from that, I also like Girlfriend in a Coma and The Gum Thief, but Douglas Coupland is not easy as a gift either. He's a bit of a love-or-hate writer, I think. The other two such writers I can think of being Irvine Welsh and Chuck Palahniuk. Welsh gives me tremendous headaches, Palahniuk I've never properly read.
But I digress. These are only a few of my most loved books, but not all books are good presents. These are the ones I think are remarkable gifts.
You? Any list of things you repeatedly and enjoyably as gifts?
2 comments:
Yah, i agree tt fountainhead is a difficult gift to give - it is not a easy read so the person really must be "worthy", must "measure up". oh well, u get what i mean.
I am starting to think that the age of innocence ain't that easy a gift either. i'll explain next time..
-turtle
ha, i don't find innocence an easy gift too. it has to be someone who loves gut wrenching bittersweet love stories and who gets and like subtleties. it'd be a bitch to give it to someone who doesn't get it, appreciate it, and it will be such a blemish.
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