Present suggestions!

[hellison]

It is teh little brother's birthday today (26! Not quite so little anymore) and I need to go get a pressie, because I am a Nice Sister.
His request was 'a good book, or something', which is fairly non specific, so suggestions welcome! I may also donate some of the left-over beer from the party, tho I think it's mostly bud, so, maybe not ;p

UPDATE!
For him, I have purchased Lemmy's autobiography, because everyone should read it, the man is a Legend. Also a freak of nature.
And this, because opening it a random, I found it describing Prince Charles as "...the looney feudal shithead jug-eared parasite bastard." and I figure the Brat will enjoy that kind of thing.

For myself I bought another Tom Holt (tho I did give up on him a while back when they were just getting over twisty and pointless) and "The Dumas Club",as per malvino's recommendation, because how can I tell if the brother will like if I haven't tried it? These things are important to test out you know!

Comments

[tyrell.livejournal.com]

Anything from http://www.firebox.com/ .

Especially the Flying Car (http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=415).

[hellison.livejournal.com]

ooh firebox, good call. I wonder if he'd mind waiting ;p

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Do you have a gadget shop in town? They normally sell the same stuff as firebox and iwantoneofthose.com. If not, perhap something by Arturo Perez-Reverte, one of the best novelists around and largely unknown in the UK.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

We did have a gadget shop, but it shut I think. There is some great stuff on firebox tho, sorely tempted by the electric-shock laser guns ;p

But since it is actually his b'day today, I may just have to run round to Waterstones and see what I can find!