Books as Presents.

I am always happy to receive books as presents. I think it's a thoughtful present to get someone.
For the last few years, I have exchanged books with one of my friends at Christmas and on Birthdays, now at times we have specifically asked the other for a book, but mostly we have left it to the other to gauge their reading interests. Is this playing with fire? I have a somewhat eclectic reading taste to say the least, and will as the name of my blog suggests read most things. Obviously the lines to get drawn at times, a certain well known Vampire Quartet being one example.
This Christmas was no exception to the randomness. I was given a copy of Haruki Murakami's new book IQ84 , and a book about the Women who were married to the Lake Poets. Could you get to books more further apart? (Expect both books to appear in a blog post at some point.)
I have also been delving into the world of Charles Dickens, as he seems to be just about everywhere you look at the moment, and reading some of his Christmas stories. A particular favourite has been, The Goblins that Stole the Sexton. This short story predates  A Christmas Carol, and again the central protagonist is shown the error of his ways through otherworldly beings. In some ways having discovered this story I prefer it, but it also gives you an insight into how Dicken's developed his stories. This lead me onto The Mystery of Edwin Drood, that is Dickens unfinished novel. Having recently studied this at University, it is fairly fresh in my mind. The edition that I used had Dickens notes in the back, for the unwritten chapters. The BBC, have decided to film Edwin Drood, and offer an ending to it. (I hope they use the notes and stick to the plot...) I wondered if it would detract from the story to have an ending to it. Is the ending we fill in, a better one? What is the mystery? Is Edwin murdered? If so, by who? I'm not sure what ending I'd want to see. Any ideas?