The holiday season is in full swing, but there hasn't been a lot of downtime to celebrate. With the flurry of holiday parties (check out my turquoise tree at the office), finishing up projects for this year and getting ready for 2010, I didn't have much time for making gifts this holiday season (I love to knit!). My younger son asked for A LOT of books, thus shopping for him was easy. In fact, I found at least one book for everyone on my list in the bookstore. How are you doing with your shopping? Remember to keep our What to Give/What to Get Guide in mind for great last-minute gift suggestions for your friends and family. And, of course, you can also use the guide for additions to your own wish list (there's still time!).

This is the time of year when there is ALWAYS something to do. My life is busy enough, but layering in parties, presents, decorations and other holiday celebration items ratchets up life to a whole new level. Seriously, I think we all should campaign for Santa. I mean he gets all the credit, though I have NEVER seen him wrap a box around these parts. And did HE go shopping this week? The way I see it, he sits in a chair in the mall convincing children he has it all under control. Ha, I want that job.

Hello, and welcome to the last newsletter of 2009 for GraphicNovelReporter.com! It seems like just yesterday I was sending out the very first newsletter. Actually, it was a year ago…one year to the very day, to be exact --- December 18, 2008 --- when our very first GNR newsletter arrived in inboxes, and here we are, one year, 67 creator interviews, dozens of contributor pieces and hundreds of reviews later.