Christmas gifts, anyone?

I do love a good book.  The only gifts I love more than electronics, on which I can read books, are actual books (oh, and gift certificates for books)!
I think it's fair to say that every writer is a reader first.  We began reading early, then started thinking of our own stories.  We started sharing our stories with friends, and it became a necessity to write them down.
Finally we got them published.  But by then, it was just a small part of our whole reading/writing experience.  Then came the sharing.  We wanted others to read our stories, to enjoy them! 

We love a good book, a library, a bookstore, a coffee shop, a stack of magazines, anywhere that we can immerse ourselves in our favorite story.
Give a book for Christmas!  Make a writer happy!