Peckerwood Manor

As the winter holidays sneak up, I'm making my lists, making them twice, then making a batch of peanut butter cookies 'cause they're my favorite and it's a good distraction from making lists-lists-lists. But make them I must. I love giving books as gifts - frequently two or three to the same person - especially to my nieces and nephews, who've learned over the years that their Bawdy Foul-Mouthed Uncle™ knows from books and gives really good ones. And, yes, I slip a twenty in between the pages because it's fun (and paper money is so retro). Do you give books as gifts? Do you like giving big, hefty, delightfully oversized tombs (I'm thinking of giving this  to a friend who's into horror)? Or do you prefer giving the latest bestsellers? Personally, I avoid those, if only because you never know if the recipient hasn't already read them. I've also given Kindles in the past, but only if I know that the person will be into it, because many, like me, pre...