Happy New Year to all! I hope I’m not being greedy if I wish for a better year than the last one.

My home is still Christmas-tized. The trees are still up, mantles, chandeliers and cabinets still dressed, in part because I need the spirit of the season to feed me for 11 more months. I’m just not ready to let it go yet.

I’m also not quite ready to begin working again, and so I’m cheating this week. My blog post is over on the newly created Recent Reads page, where in future I’ll post—what else?—reviews of recently read novels.