That's what we did. Miles and I trundled down to the bookstore Tuesday morning, bought two copies, slid the remaining one out more prominently, then got into a lovely chat with the cashier praising the series.

Then today I realized I really should get presents for the littlest one's preschool teachers for tomorrow's end-of-year party. One of the two is a bibliomaniac with us, loves good children's books and bases each class around one, and has said summer is her time to get to read adult books! So ... I went back to a bookstore (ooh, twist my arm) and got her the four Sharing Knife books by Bujold and Feed and Deadline. Books, the gift that keeps on giving.