Hello and welcome back! I hope you´ve recovered from the week-long festivities. And now it´s time to start fresh for the new year. Most of us make resolutions each year. How many of you included your reading in your resolutions for the next year? To read more? To try new authors? To write to a favorite author? Well, you´re in the right place to find some things to help keep the first two of those resolutions, but you´re on your own for the last one. I´ll just tell you how many authors I´ve heard who say they love to hear from their readers, how it touches them to know they might have made a difference in someone´s life. Think about that.

To help you keep the first of those resolutions, I can promise lots more romance reviews for the coming year. I´ve already got a pile of January releases sitting here beside my desk, including the latest from Catherine Coulter, "The Scottish Bride." I´ll share that with you next week, though. I even have a February release from J.M. Jeffries here, and even though I can´t share with you for a few more weeks, I´ll just tell you now you´d better get your hands on it when it comes out. And rumor has it Diana Gabaldon´s next installation in the Outlander series is due sometime this year. As you can see, you´ll have no reason not to keep this resolution.

As for the second of those resolutions, I can also tell you you´ll be seeing some of those here in the next twelve months, including Sue-Ellen Welfonder, whose first book, a wonderful Scotland-set romance is due out late this summer. We´re hoping to schedule a chat or at least an interview with Sue-Ellen, along with a review of the book. I even have a new author in my January releases pile. There will be no excuse to let that resolution fall by the wayside either.

I´m afraid I can´t help with the personal resolutions, like the weight loss/exercise more; or be nice to the in-laws, no matter what. For those, you´re on your own. But stop by each week for help with the others.

Until next week, happy reading!