Halforums Secret Santa 2024
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I hope the elves err on the side of sooner rather than later, coz I'll be out of town on the 30th, but we'll see how it goes!
I'm in possession of my gifts! Thank you very much, Santa! Pictures probably tomorrow
I brought this in but as I am still suffering from plague I have not gotten around to much.
Secret Santa gifts highlight my two favorite things: cooking and violence 
My girlfriend has been (playfully) talking smack saying she wants to fight and I've been threatening to buy sparring gear so she can give it a go. She suddenly got all timid about it when these showed up
Thank you!
My girlfriend has been (playfully) talking smack saying she wants to fight and I've been threatening to buy sparring gear so she can give it a go. She suddenly got all timid about it when these showed up
Thank you!
There were notes, but they had real names on them
One said basically "I expect to see some of this food in the dinner channel" and other "to work off those calories from the food"lol, after I got the two messages, the rest I pulled out seemed to be individual return receipts without messages, so I stopped pulling them from box. But I found it just now. Thanks!
@Bubble181 You should get all 3 of your packages by Dec 17th.
'Tis true! They are here, and I am now the proud owner of 2 Dill mysteries!
I am looking forward to reading both! Thank you, appropriately-named Secret Santa Nick!
I hope you enjoy them! I was worried it'd be too self-indulgent to send copies of my own books.
Nah, just the right amount of indulgent.
But quick question: I remember people discussing the books on the forum, but how "adult" are they? In regards to language and content?
The first one is worse, but they both have a fair amount of innuendos. The first one has a few jokes about a "pearl necklace." As far as I can recall, there's no major swearing (no "shits" or "fucks"). And some of the violence gets a little graphic, especially the second book with descriptions of a murder scene.Nah, just the right amount of indulgent.
But quick question: I remember people discussing the books on the forum, but how "adult" are they? In regards to language and content?
In retrospect, I'd say the age group is middle school and up. I can't recall how old Lil Z is, but it's PROBABLY not appropriate for them.
Ah, yeah, I thought he was a bit younger. You're right, 12 is definitely borderline. Either way, I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it!
omg lil z is twelve we are all ancient
Slowly but surely we're creeping up to 1% of Dave's age (all the rest of us together, of course).
(in all seriousness, I think I'm almost the age @Dave was in the days of the Image boards; I think he's in his mid-fifties now and that's over 15 years ago so he was just around 40ish. But that won't stop me from joking about it!)
When does he get the upgrade to Medium Z?
They're definitely PG-13. People get killed, and people get naked, but I don't remember people having sex other than behind closed doors. However I've only read up through Man From Mundania, so I don't know if that changes. This means I also haven't read Panties, though I knew it was coming (it was in-universe canon, after all).Nah, just the right amount of indulgent.
But quick question: I remember people discussing the books on the forum, but how "adult" are they? In regards to language and content?
--Patrick
I think she's referring to @ThatNickGuy 's books here, not Piers Anthony's. I wish there were 20+ Dill books to read through, including one canonically called some pun with Panties in the title, but for now, this is sadly not the case.
Sooner than you think. Mr. Z realized a few days ago they have the same size hands, and almost are wearing the same size shoes. Ouch, my budget.
Also, I think I'll skip introducing him to Xanth. However, I asked about Dill because his ELA teacher has an extra credit project called "The 30 Book Challenge", where any student who finishes 30 books before the school year is over gets 30 points extra credit and a $30 gift card to Amazon. Last year only 1 student completed it. Li'l Z just picked up his 13th book today.
There are some rules, of course. The books must be grade-level or higher, you have to fill out a 2-page "book report" for each book completed, and you have to read at least 6 books each of the following genres: sci-fi/fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, mystery, and non-fiction. Mystery is the hardest section for us because we don't read a lot of mysteries, or at least ones he'd enjoy, so I'll report back if Dill is going to middle school!
If or when you know, could you let me know who's responsible for the last mile delivery? There's some pretty big differences in reliability and delivery windows between the different providers here (Bpost, PostNL, Amazon, DHL, DPD, FedEx). Don't want to miss them
