"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't to forget make some art - write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself." - Neil Gaiman

Thanks for a wonderful year, and warmest wishes for a Happy and Healthy 2010!

- Liz, Alison, Ann, Brad, Carol, Cole, Emelie, Julia, Karen, Katherine, Kathy, Lara, Louise, Marsha, Marti, Mary, Mary-Kate, Mike H, Mike J, Nancy, Rebekah, Reid, Sandy and Suzanne

FINALLY time to read a little!

If you have not discovered Lisa Black, pick up Takeover (in paper) and then read Evidence of Murder. Both are set in Cleveland, and star the same characters. Black is obviously on a roll - her second is even better than the first.

And, because it's my birthday, and I LOVE to celebrate birthdays - Queen for a Day: Recapturing Your Happiness One Birthday at a Time by Linda M. Sacha. Calling itself "A handbook for reflection and renewal", this is the PERFECT gift for anyone on their birthday. Full of reminders about celebrating yourself, and pages to fill in with what YOU consider the perfect birthday.

And one with GREAT discussion potential: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick - brand new in paper.